46511Editorial Note: Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms (Jefferson Papers)
The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms was one of several addresses...
46512Editorial Note: The Virginia Constitution (Jefferson Papers)
The three drafts of Jefferson’s proposed bill outlining the “fundamental constitutions of...
46513Editorial Note: The Declaration of Independence (Jefferson Papers)
A full analysis of the many textual changes made in the Declaration of Independence from the time...
46514Editorial Note: Notes and Proceedings on Discontinuing the Establishment of the Church of England (Jefferson Papers)
The importance of Jefferson’s legislative activity in 1776 in behalf of religious tolerance and...
46515Editorial Note: Bills for Dividing Fincastle County (Jefferson Papers)
The involved and at times impenetrable legislative history of these two Bills requires special...
46516Editorial Note: Drafts of Bills Establishing Courts of Justice (Jefferson Papers)
The remodeling of the judiciary was among Jefferson’s first objects as he embarked in Oct. 1776...
46517Editorial Note: The Petition of Thomas Johnson (Jefferson Papers)
The documents brought together in this grouping require special comment. The issue with which...
46518Editorial Note: Notes and Documents relating to the Transylvania and Other Claims for Lands under Purchases from the … (Jefferson Papers)
The documents here presented, together with many others in Jefferson’s papers concerning land...
46519Editorial Note: Bills for Establishing a Land Office and for Adjusting and Settling Titles (Jefferson Papers)
These two Bills, despite the attention they have received from careful historians, remain a...
46520Editorial Note: Revisal of the Laws 1776–1786 (Jefferson Papers)
It is an extremely difficult task to bring into proper focus, to say nothing of fully...