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A Guide to the Thomas Jefferson Letters 18 December 1780, 1974 Jefferson, Thomas, Letter, 18 December 1780 24615a

A Guide to the Thomas Jefferson Letters 18 December 1780, 1974

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Accession Number 24615a


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Repository
Library of Virginia
Accession number
24615a
Title
previous hit Thomas Jefferson  next hit Letter, 18 December 1780
Physical Characteristics
2 pages
Creator
previous hit Thomas Jefferson  next hit
Physical Location
Personal Papers Collection, Acc. 24615a
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

previous hit Thomas Jefferson . Letter, 18 December 1780. Accession 24615a. Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Purchased, 8 May 1957.

Biographical Information

previous hit Thomas Jefferson  next hit was born 13 April 1743 in Goochland County, Virginia, (now part of Albemarle County, Virginia). He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1762. A member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, Jefferson represented Virginia in the Continental Congresses in 1775 and 1776. He wrote the previous hit Declaration of Independence  next hit in 1776. Jefferson served as governor of Virginia from 1779 to 1781. After serving another term in Congress from 1783 to 1784, he was appointed minister to France and served from 1784 to 1788. Jefferson served as Secretary of State under President George Washington from 1789 to 1793, and as Vice President under President John Adams from 1797 to 1801. Jefferson succeeded Adams as president, serving from 1801 to 1809. Upon his retirement, Jefferson returned to his home Monticello in Albemarle County. He founded the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Jefferson died 4 July 1826 and is buried at Monticello.

Scope and Content Information

Letter, 18 December 1780, from previous hit Thomas Jefferson  next hit (1743-1826), Governor of Virginia, to the Virginia delegation in the Continental Congress concerning ports in Virginia where the French fleet can winter. Jefferson mentions Hampton Roads and Yorktown and contends that Yorktown provides better shelter from potential storms and possible enemy attacks. Julian P. Boyd, editor of the PAPERS OF previous hit THOMAS JEFFERSON  next hit, informed Louis H. Manarin, state archivist at the Virginia State Library and Archives (now Library of Virginia), that a French translation of this letter is published in the PAPERS OF previous hit THOMAS JEFFERSON  next hit, volume 15, pp. 598- 599 with a footnote stating that the English version is missing. Boyd states that when the volume is revised, the note will be corrected to state that the English version of the letter is located at the State Library.