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    Notes on the State of Virginia

    Author Thomas Jefferson
    Introduction by Frank Shuffelton
    Notes by Frank Shuffelton
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    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Classics
    5.13"W x 7.68"H x 0.81"D   | 11 oz | 52 per carton
    On sale Dec 01, 1998 | 384 Pages | 9780140436679
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    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.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
    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. View titles by Thomas Jefferson
    INTRODUCTION
    A NOTE ON THE TEXT
    SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING

    NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA

    Appendices
    No. I: Charles Thomson's Observations
    No. II: Draught of the Constitution
    No. III: Act for Establishing Religious Freedom
    No. IV: Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family

    Letters and Documents


    EXPLANATORY AND TEXTUAL NOTES

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    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.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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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. View titles by Thomas Jefferson

    Table of Contents

    INTRODUCTION
    A NOTE ON THE TEXT
    SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING

    NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA

    Appendices
    No. I: Charles Thomson's Observations
    No. II: Draught of the Constitution
    No. III: Act for Establishing Religious Freedom
    No. IV: Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family

    Letters and Documents


    EXPLANATORY AND TEXTUAL NOTES

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