Additional documents assembled by Jefferson relating to Notes on the State of Virginia

The Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts at the Massachusetts Historical Society includes a group of documents that Jefferson assembled while working on Notes on the State of Virginia. Digital images of these notes, lists, tables, letters, are now online and available to researchers.

Arranged by title of loose additional documents

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"Bodies intermediate between the three kingdoms of nature," list by Thomas Jefferson
Relates to page(s): 14, 23

Catesby's descriptions of undescribed birds and animals of Virginia, notes assembled by Thomas Jefferson
Relates to page(s): 40-43

Commentary about Jefferson's draft of Notes on the State of Virginia, by Charles Thomson, late March or April 1784
Relates to page(s): 117-127

Letter from Col. Archibald Cary to Thomas Jefferson, 12 October 1783
Relates to page(s): 28-30, 40

List of crops, vegetables and plants, by Thomas Jefferson
Relates to page(s): 23, 48

List of distances along the Ohio River, copied by Thomas Jefferson
Relates to page: 5

List of flowers arranged by color, and notes about birds, compiled by Thomas Jefferson
Relates to page(s): 20-23, 40-43

List relating to Query 6 of Notes on the State of Virginia [manuscript] and a passage about limestone, by Thomas Jefferson
Relates to manuscript page: 17

Madison's cave plan, drawn by Thomas Jefferson
Relates to page: 11

Memorandum about American animals, by Thomas Walker, with some notes by Thomas Jefferson
Relates to page: 43

Memorandum about animals, trees, and birds, by Thomas Walker
Relates to page(s): 20-23, 40-43

Notes about a bird, by Thomas Jefferson
Relates to page: 40