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1Thomas Jefferson to John Minor, 30 August 1814, including Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Moore, [ca. 1773?] (Jefferson Papers)

Virginia; laws of [index entry]

2Queries to and Answers by Jacquelin Ambler, [3 December 1782–8 February 1783] (Madison Papers)

. A Virginia law of 5

3To James Madison from Samuel Emlen, Jr., 17 August 1792 (Madison Papers)

...s agent in France. Lormerie then sent the title to the lands to Michel-Guillaume St. Jean de Crèvecoeur, French consul at New York, who asked JM to make inquiries about how the Virginia law of deeds of conveyance applied to Blackden’s sale. Lormerie was under the impression that Crèvecoeur had sent the title to JM to be registered at the Virginia land office in Richmond (Jefferson to...

4To Thomas Jefferson from James Monroe, 9 September 1800 (Jefferson Papers)

...2 Sep. the first group of suspects was brought to Richmond from the vicinity of the Henrico County plantation of Thomas H. Prosser, whose slave Gabriel had been named as the primary leader of the intended revolt. Under Virginia law of more than a century’s standing, the

5To Thomas Jefferson from James Monroe, 22 May 1801 (Jefferson Papers)

...person entitled to the protection of the laws of Virginia and the United States “excited the astonishment” of the governor, who submits papers relative to the inquiry and suggests that the General Assembly make provision for the punishment under Virginia law of any such actions in the future (

6From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, 8 June 1803 (Jefferson Papers)

By a Virginia law of 1765, slaves accused of manslaughter against other slaves were expected to face criminal prosecution, not just the informal punishment of slaveholders (William Waller Hening, ed.,

7Enclosure: James S. Gaines’s Plan for a New Virginia Constitution and Revised Legal Code, [ca. 3 September 1811] (Jefferson Papers)

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8The Dismissal of Livingston v. Jefferson: I. John Tyler’s Opinion in Livingston v. Jefferson, [4 December 1811] (Jefferson Papers)

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9The Dismissal of Livingston v. Jefferson: II. John Marshall’s Opinion in Livingston v. Jefferson, [4 December 1811] (Jefferson Papers)

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10Thomas Jefferson to John Tyler, 17 June 1812 (Jefferson Papers)

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11Thomas Jefferson’s Answer to Bill of Complaint in Scott v. Jefferson and Harrison, 11 July 1812 (Jefferson Papers)

The Virginia law of 1779. establishing a land office

12Samuel Pleasants to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1812 (Jefferson Papers)

Virginia; laws of [index entry]