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Memoranda book

Description

Autograph notes and memoranda written on blank leaves of the Virginia Almanack for 1775. Includes legal and political notes and cash accounts that Jefferson kept in 1775 when he attended Second and Third Virginia Conventions in Richmond and traveled to Philadelphia to attend the Second Continental Congress. Also present is an account of the murder of the family of Mingo leader Logan in 1774, later published in Notes on the State of Virginia. (118 pages)

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1775 January 2-December 31
Call number
HM 590
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from American Art Association, 1920, 1921.
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, 1915-1920.
Purchased from Maggs Bros. 1916, 1918.
Purchased from George D. Smith,
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bacon, Edmund, (1785-)
Barnes, John, (1730-1826,)
Bixby, William K. (1857-1931,)
Brockenbrough, Arthur S., (1780-1832,)
Carr, Martha Jefferson, (1746-1811,)
Cocke, John Hartwell, (1780-1866,)
Eppes, Elizabeth Wayles, (1752-1810,)
Eppes, Francis, (1747-1808,)
Eppes, Francis, (1773-1823,)
Eppes, John Wayles, (1778-1804,)
Eppes, Maria, (-1817,)
Lemaire, Étienne, (1772-1836,)
Randolph, Martha Jefferson, (1768-1828,)
Randolph, Thomas M. (1849-1937,)
Taylor, Cornelia Jefferson,
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