Indexed works
Works about or by Thomas Jefferson. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
Governors' Papers: Abner Nash, Correspondence, August 1780
Williams, William · 1780
Governor Abner Nash's letters for August 1780, the month of the American defeat at Camden, in 51 images. William Williams is among the writers, and Richard Caswell, Alexander Martin, Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress are named, as are Hillsborough and Chatham, Hyde and Pasquotank counties.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Jefferson, Thomas, 1732-1807.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Governors' Papers: Abner Nash, Correspondence, October 1780
Salter, Robert · 1780
Correspondence of Governor Abner Nash for October 1780, in 35 images, with Robert Salter among the writers. Names include Robert Howe, Samuel Huntington, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Caswell and Alexander Martin, and Hillsborough, Hyde and Pitt counties also appear.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Jefferson, Thomas, 1732-1807.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Governors' Papers: Abner Nash, Correspondence, September 1780
Brice, Francis · 1780
September 1780 letters of Governor Abner Nash, 40 images, from the weeks after the defeat at Camden. Francis Brice is among the writers, and Horatio Gates, William Lee Davidson, Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress are named, together with Hillsborough and Orange County.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Jefferson, Thomas, 1732-1807.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Joint Papers (April-May, 1780): Joint Select Committee Reports and Papers
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780
Reports and papers of the joint select committees of the North Carolina General Assembly from its April to May 1780 session, in 223 images. Items include a Virginia governor's letter on naval officers and duties at the Ocracoke channel, committee appointments, and Henry Mounger's petition on where Montgomery County's public buildings should stand. Orange County is among the many counties touched.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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