Notes on the State of Virginia

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Notes on the State of Virginia is Thomas Jefferson’s detailed 18th-century survey of Virginia’s geography, natural resources, society, politics, and laws, and his only full-length published book.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
nonfiction book
political treatise
author Thomas Jefferson
contains arguments for religious liberty
critiques of slavery
demographic data
maps and geographical descriptions
statistical tables
countryOfOrigin United States
describedAs Thomas Jefferson’s only full-length book
firstEditionLanguage English
firstEditionPlace Paris
genre natural history
political philosophy
travel literature
hasNotableFeature combination of scientific observation and political reflection
detailed empirical description of a U.S. state
early articulation of Jefferson’s political ideas
hasPerspective agrarianism
republicanism
influenced American political thought
debates on slavery in the United States
discussions of church–state relations in America
language English
mainSubject Virginia
geography of Virginia
laws of Virginia
natural resources of Virginia
politics of Virginia
society of Virginia
numberOfQueries 23
publicationDate 1785
structure series of responses to queries
topic Native American cultures
agriculture in Virginia
climate of Virginia
constitution and government of Virginia
economy of Virginia
education
flora and fauna of Virginia
race
religious freedom
separation of church and state
slavery in Virginia
writtenByPositionHolder Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France
writtenDuring American Revolutionary era

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Everson v. Board of Education ("writings of Thomas Jefferson")
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Thomas Jefferson
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