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Manuscripts
Autograph manuscript, pen and ink. For first and second stories of Virginia capitol, Richmond. A separate Fiske Kimball note on these drawings lists 1785 as a possible date. (2 pages)
HM 9373
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Autograph manuscript, pen and ink. Includes notes. Plan for Richmond with 28 lots from which it is proposed to take ground appropriated for the State House, Capitol, Halls of Justice and prison. (2 pages)
HM 9372
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Autograph manuscript, pen and ink. Fiske Kimball notes drawing as possibly a suggestion to Virginia governor Lord Dunmore (John Murray) for a new governor's palace in Williamsburg. (1 page)
HM 9664
Manuscripts
Autograph manuscript, pen and ink. Drawn at the request of Virginia governor Lord Dunmore (John Murray). (1 page)
mssJefferson
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This series contains architectural drawings, plans, surveys, and notes; autograph manuscripts are in Jefferson's hand unless noted otherwise. Architectural drawings and plans are for Jefferson's properties including Monticello and Elk Hill, the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, the Virginia capitol and the city of Richmond, and the Hôtel de Langeac in Paris. Surveys are of lands in Virginia, primarily in Albemarle County and the Monticello area. Also present are Jefferson's working drawings of a polygraph machine and other devices. In addition, this series has some related notes, estimates and calculations, including architectural memoranda on the President's House (White House) in Washington, D.C.
mssJefferson
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Autograph manuscripts, pen and ink. HM 9384 (1) possibly a sketch for Farmington. The Huntington Library's exhibit catalog A Selection of Original Plans and Drawings by Thomas Jefferson (1938) identifies HM 9384 (2) as possibly a floor plan for rebuilding Shadwell, and HM 9384 (3) and (4) as probably sketches for the McRae house in Richmond and a plan intended for a townhouse. Frederick Nichols identifies HM 9384 (2) as possibly a sketch for Poplar Forest, 1803? and HM 9384 (4) as possibly for house in Philadelphia, 1776?; Fiske Kimball has the same identification note for HM 9384 (4). Some plans include calculations; some are drawn on backs of notes or invitation. (4 pages)
HM 9384 (1-4)
