1From Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, [ca. October 1763] (Jefferson Papers)
(1837), 305, where it was printed with four other letters to William Fleming “from the papers of a deceased revolutionary patriot, once a Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia”—presumably Fleming.
2From Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, 20 March 1764 (Jefferson Papers)
To William Fleming
3From Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, 19 May 1773 (Jefferson Papers)
(The Rosenbach Co., Philadelphia, 1946). Addressed: “To Mr. William Fleming at Mount-pleasant.” Endorsed: “Thos. Jefferson.”: Dabney Carr, TJ’s brother-in-law, had died on 16 May; TJ wrote an epitaph for his tombstone at Monticello and subscribed it as from “Thomas Jefferson, who of all men living, loved him most”; Carr’s widow and children later came to live with TJ (
4Association of Members of the Late House of Burgesses, 27 May 1774 (Jefferson Papers)
Peyton Randolph, Ro. C. Nicholas, Richard Bland, Edmund Pendleton, Richard Henry Lee, Archibald Cary, Benjamin Harrison, George Washington, William Harwood, Robert Wormeley Carter, Robert Munford, Thomas Jefferson, John West, Mann Page, junior, John Syme, Peter Le Grand, Joseph Hutchings, Francis Peyton, Richard Adams, B. Dandridge, Henry Pendleton, Patrick Henry..., William Fleming,...
5Memorandum Books, 1775 (Jefferson Papers)
’s friend, the burgess and jurist William Fleming (1736-1824). It was located on the are: “T.I.”: Thomas Jefferson; “S.W.”:
6To George Washington from Major General Charles Lee, 5 April 1776 (Washington Papers)
...McClurg (c.1746–1823) was one of Virginia’s most eminent physicians, having studied medicine in Edinburgh, Paris, and London before returning home in 1773 to practice in Williamsburg. On 6 April 1776 McClurg appealed to Thomas Jefferson to use his influence in the Continental Congress to have him appointed physician to the Continental troops in Virginia, “an office that I desire Exceedingly”...
7To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 15 June 1776 (Jefferson Papers)
From William Fleming
8To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 22 June 1776 (Jefferson Papers)
addendum in William Fleming’s hand (
9From Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, 1 July 1776 (Jefferson Papers)
(Thomas Gildnease, Claremore, Oklahoma). Addressed and franked: “To Mr. William Fleming Williamsburgh. free Th: Jefferson.”
10To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 27 July 1776 (Jefferson Papers)
From William Fleming
11To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 11 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
, 7:557–58, and William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July, in
12To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 10 May 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
). Addressed: “Thomas Jefferson esquire in Wmsburg.” Franked: “Free Wm. Fleming.”
13To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 22 May 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
From William Fleming
14From Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, 8 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
To William Fleming
15To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 22 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
From William Fleming
16To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 13 July 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
From William Fleming
17From Thomas Jefferson to Col. William Fleming, 7 August 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Col. William Fleming, county lieutenant of Botetourt, had been appointed one of three commissioners to superintend defense of the southwestern frontier; see
18To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 10 August 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
From William Fleming
19To Thomas Jefferson from Andrew Lewis and Col. William Fleming, 31 August 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
, directing Genl. Lewis, William Fleming and Willm. Christian to meet for the purpose of fixing the Stations proper for the Troops designed for the Defence of the So. western Frontiers, Andrew Lewis and Wm. Fleming accordingly met, and on Maturely considering the......transmitted to William Fleming and his fellow commissioners for the southwestern frontier (Andrew Lewis, William Christian)...
20From Thomas Jefferson to the County Lieutenant of Botetourt, 24 July 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
...(not recorded in Swem’s “Va. Bibliog.”), with handwritten additions (see textual notes below); signed by TJ. Addressed: “The County [Lieu]tenant of Botetourt.” The lieutenant of Botetourt co. was presumably still William Fleming, appointed in 1776.
21To Thomas Jefferson from Col. William Fleming, 19 January 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
From Col. William Fleming
22From Thomas Jefferson to John O’Bannon, 14 April 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
is puzzling. From April 12 to April 25, excluding Sundays, the Council met every day and was attended by TJ, David Jameson, William Fleming, George Webb, and Jacquelin Ambler. Webb was not present on Saturday, 14 Apr., but the Council met that day and transacted business. A probable explanation is that O’Bannon’s letter did not arrive until after...
23From Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, 13 May 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
); in a clerk’s hand, with one insertion in the text, signature, and address in TJ’s hand; addressed: “The honble William Fleming Botetourt”; endorsed: “Received May 19 12 oClock.”
24From Thomas Jefferson to Andrew Lewis, 13 May 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
. This letter is identical with TJ’s letter to William Fleming, preceding.
25To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Huntington, 24 May 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
This letter was not received until after the Assembly had adjourned on 4 June to meet at Staunton. William Fleming transmitted the letter and its enclosure to Benjamin Harrison on 7 June (
26[To Thomas Jefferson from the Continental Board of War, 25 May 1781] (Jefferson Papers)
. Extract of a letter from Col. William Fleming to Benjamin Harrison, Staunton, 7 June 1781 (
27Virginia Delegates to Thomas Jefferson, 29 May 1781—Note on Missing Letter (Madison Papers)
. In a letter to Thomas Jefferson on 14 June 1781 from Staunton, Va., William Fleming (1729–1795) of Botetourt County and a member of the Council of State, wrote: “The inclosed paper came under cover from Our members in Congress of the 29th. of May. In theirs, mention is made of...
28[To Thomas Jefferson from the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 29 May 1781] (Jefferson Papers)
Col. William Fleming’s letter to TJ of 14 June 1781
29To Thomas Jefferson from James Callaway, 4 June 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
...his official capacity as Governor were dated 3 June. Letters known to have been addressed to him after that date which were of an official nature, and which were obviously handled by Col. William Fleming or Thomas Nelson, have been summarized or listed in this edition because they do not properly belong to TJ’s correspondence and in most cases were never in his hands. Exceptions will be made...
30To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur Campbell, 4 June 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
TJ by Col. William Fleming in his letter of 14 June 1781.
31From Thomas Jefferson to Col. William Fleming, 9 June 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
To Col. William Fleming
32To Thomas Jefferson from John Beckley, enclosing a Resolution of the House of Delegates, 12 June 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
); addressed: “The Honourable Thomas Jefferson Esquire Albemarle”; endorsed by TJ: “recd Aug. 7. 1781.” Enclosure (, May 1781, 1828 edn., p. 15). As Malone remarks, the proceedings of this day “marked the nadir of the entire public career of Thomas Jefferson” (
33To Thomas Jefferson from Col. William Fleming, 14 June 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
From Col. William Fleming
34To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 23 November 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
From William Fleming
35From Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 27 December 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Among those born on the north side of the Tweed with whom TJ had been more or less intimately associated in various important activities having to do with republicanism were William Fleming, John Paul Jones, James Wilson, and John Witherspoon. TJ may have thought of them as Americans, and to have made the present allusion to apply only to inhabitants of Scotland.
36To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 2 May 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
From William Fleming
37From Thomas Jefferson to Hugh Rose, 2 July 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
: Thomas Mann Randolph, Sr., Paul Carrington, and William Fleming recently had remarried, or were engaged to, women much younger than themselves (
38To Thomas Jefferson from John Clarke, 17 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
...and good Character, from gentlemen who have known him from his Childhood Viz; The certificates of The Hon’ble Robert Goode, one of the council of this state, And the certificate of The Hon’ble William Fleming one of the Judges of the Court of appeals. Mr. David Ross’s Narrative was sent to you some ago, but fearing that it miscarried I would now send another, but his being a considerable...
39To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 30 October 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
); subjoined to enclosure; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson, esquire Monte Ceillo”; endorsed by TJ and recorded in
40From Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, 19 September 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
To William Fleming
41To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 13 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
From William Fleming
42From Thomas Jefferson to Peter Lyons, 26 November 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
TJ to William Fleming, 19 Sep.
43To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 9 February 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
From William Fleming
44Memorandum Books, 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
; James A. Bear, Jr., “Thomas Jefferson’s Silver,” TJ to William Fleming, 24 July 1809
45Thomas Jefferson to David Copeland, 25 June 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
estate. William Fleming was named as defendant because his father
46Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, 24 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
William Fleming (ca. 1735–1824), attorney and judge, was a classmate of TJ’s at the
47William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
From William Fleming
48Description of a Public Dinner held for Thomas Jefferson in Richmond, [21 October 1809] [document added in digital … (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson—First in the hearts of his Country. William Fleming,
49William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, 9 November 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
From William Fleming
50Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, 28 November 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
To William Fleming