1801 Thomas Jefferson Notes on State Virginia SLAVERY Indians Colonial Americana

1801 Thomas Jefferson Notes on State Virginia SLAVERY Indians Colonial Americana

“I cannot live without books.”

― Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson’s ‘Notes on the State of Virginia’ was his written response to various questions he had been asked about Virginia by French secretary Francois Barbe-Marbois. This book is regularly considered the most important American book published before 1800 (Bernstein). This book is important for many reasons, but it gives insight to Jefferson’s views on slavery, Native Americans, important laws, powers given to the people and the government, as well as how to exhaust resources reserved for the military.

This book instilled fear in many slave owners, out of fear that their ‘property’ would be taken from them and that an emancipation would become imminent. In addition to the more controversial topics, Jefferson discussed the geography and topography of Virginia, religious views of Colonial America, and important state-papers.

This 1801 edition, printed in Philadelphia, is the first edition to include Jefferson’s own edits on the Logan Act and includes the folding map of Virginia that is often removed.

Item number: #27516

Price: $1950

JEFFERSON, Thomas

Notes on the state of Virginia

Boston: printed by David Carlisle, for Thomas & Andrews…, 1801.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 364
  • Map and table included, along with portrait of Jefferson
• References: Sabin 35898; Howes J 78; Bernstein, Thomas Jefferson; Evans 27162; Goldsmiths’ 25756; Sowerby, ‘Jefferson Library’, 4167
• Provenance:
  • Handwritten – Richard Mish
  • Sticker – George Abbott
  • Handwritten – Krause
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; secure
• Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21.5cm x 14cm)

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