1To James Madison from William McKinley, 1 May 1809 (Madison Papers)
William McKinley lived in Ohio County, which JM’s brother-in-law John G. Jackson failed to carry. McKinley served as an Ohio County delegate in the Virginia General Assembly between 1798 and 1807 and was elected to succeed Jackson when the latter resigned from Congress in 1810 (
2William Dawson to Samuel Greenhow, 24 May 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
, which was incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly in 1794.
3Samuel Greenhow to Thomas Jefferson, 29 May 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Virginia; General Assembly [index entry]
4William Fontaine to Thomas Jefferson, 3 November 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
nearly captured TJ and obliged the Virginia General Assembly to
5Thomas Jefferson to William D. Meriwether, 27 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Virginia; General Assembly [index entry]
6Archibald Thweatt to Thomas Jefferson, 4 January [1810] (Jefferson Papers)
4 Dec. 1809 message to the Virginia General Assembly at the opening of its session, in which the governor presented “such things, as have been thought most worthy of consideration relating to the public interests” (Richmond
7To James Madison from John Tyler, 17 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
In 1780 the Virginia General Assembly had voted the gift of a sword to Col. William Campbell for his gallantry at the Battle of King’s Mountain. Promoted to general, Campbell died less than a year later, but his heir apparently sought the tendered...
8To James Madison from John Tyler, 29 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
The Virginia General Assembly approved joint resolutions—passed by the House of Delegates on 3 Feb. and by the Senate on 7 Feb.—that castigated Francis James Jackson’s “unwarrantable and insidious appeal to the nation,” declared that the handling of...
9Thomas Jefferson to Eli Alexander, 12 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
The Virginia General Assembly adjourned on Friday, 9 Feb. 1810, not
10John Tyler to Thomas Jefferson, 12 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Virginia; General Assembly [index entry]