Notes on the State of Virginia

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Penguin, 1998 M12 1 - 384 páginas
Jefferson’s chronicle of the natural, social, and political history of Virginia is at once a scientific discourse, an attempt to define America, and a brilliant examination of the idea of freedom.

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INTRODUCTION
vii
A NOTE ON THE TEXT
xxxiii
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
xxxv
Notes on the State of Virginia
1
Charles Thomsons Observations
205
Draught of the Constitution
217
Act for Establishing Religious Freedom
231
Relative to the Murder of Logans Family
233
Letters and Documents
265
EXPLANATORY AND TEXTUAL NOTES
289
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Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) was the third president of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the most beloved and revered Founding Fathers of the United States of America.

Frank Shuffelton was an eminent scholar and critic of American literature. He taught at the University of Rochester for almost 40 years and served as a professor and chair of the Department of English. He published two books on Thomas Jefferson, including Thomas Jefferson: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography, and edited Jefferson’s Notes on the State of VirginiaLetters of John and Abigail Adams, and The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Jefferson. He died in 2010.

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