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I. 23 pages, 1767 August 19-1770 June 30, T. J.'s personal accounts in his hand. II. 26 pages, 1786-1792 June 21: "The Est. of Thomas Jefferson Esqr. in Account with Nicholas Lewis" in unidentified hand. III. 68 pages, 1783-1791, accounts of various persons with T. J.'s estate in unidentified hand, with 1 page of Martha Carr's account in T. J.'s hand. IV. fragment (p. 659) in T. J.'s hand. V. 3 pages, "Alphabet to all accounts from J. Key's superintendence to Mr. Lewis's inclusive," in T. J.'s hand. VI. 1 page, "Alphabet to the Merchant's accounts" in T. J.'s hand. VII. 10 pages, 1794-1797, accounts for the "Nailery" in unidentified hand. VIII. Other later accounts and sketches by members of the Randolph family. [2341-a]

A committee of five, consisting of Jefferson, Thomas Ludwell Lee, George Mason, Edmund Pendleton, and George Wythe, were appointed by the Virginia Convention of 1776 to draft a revision of the Virginia laws--the genesis of Jefferson's epochal work for religious and intellectual freedom. Lee died, Mason resigned, and the work was divided among the other three. Jefferson prepared the sections on common law and statutes to 4 James I; Wythe prepared the British statutes from that date to 1776; Pendleton worked on laws passed in Virginia. The index is in Jefferson's hand, the ordinances in several other hands, probably of clerks of the committee. Jefferson indexes 126 bills, 66 of which are included in this draft. The bills were printed by Dixon and Holt, Richmond, 1784. [29]

Deeds, plats, patents, and other legal papers concerning lands in Albemarle, Fluvanna, Goochland, Henrico, and Powhatan Counties, several of which establish the chain of title to Edgehill. Deeds for land owned by the Randolph Family (Richard Randolph, Jr., Thomas Mann Randolph, Thomas Jefferson Randolph), the Eppes Family (Francis Eppes, Richard Eppes, and William Eppes), and the Nicholas Family (John Nicholas, George Nicholas, and Robert Carter Nicholas.) Jefferson items are more fully calendared under dates 6 June 1751 and 29 March 1762. [1]

Commissions. Captains: Burnley, Purvis, Porter, Burton, White, Herndon. Lieutenants: Slaughter, Taylor, Paulett, Pettus. Ensigns: Winston, Slaughter, Paulet. Has no provisions, but Board of War may help. [2360]

Alphabetical index to his Account Book for 1779-1782, which is owned by the Library of Congress. [34]

Transmitting a petition from Alexander Dick to the Governor and Council of Virginia requesting a commission as major in the Marines. [33]

Authorization to inspect and state the quantity and condition of all military stores in Virginia. [32]

T. J. refers to Bland's recent letter to former Governor [Patrick] Henry forwarding an unspecified request from British General [William] Phillips, currently imprisoned with the British troops at the Barracks in Albemarle County, Va. He discusses the barbarities of Indian attacks upon settlers at the instigation of British General [Henry] Hamilton into whose conduct the Council [of State] will soon be inquiring, noting that there should be a respect for Hamilton's "honorable bravery" in opposition to the "cruel & cowardly warfare of the savage, whose object in war is to extinguish human nature." He informs Bland that the militia under his command should be discharged, repeats Colonel [William] Finnie's instructions on applying for clothes for Bland's regiment of guards and horse, and authorizes him to put the guards and horse under his command together on the same payroll as both are part of the Continental Army.

Recommendation for Rev. Charles Clay. [2359]

T. J. writes in support of exchanging Baron de Geisman, one of the Convention prisoners in Albemarle County, Va.