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- Creator
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Call number
- MssCol 647
- Physical description
- .04 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Proposed constitution for Virginia, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Thomas Jefferson's proposed constitution for Virginia, June 1776. This is the third and final draft and was printed in Paul Leicester Ford's The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, volume 2, page 7, where the history of this document is noted. The first and second drafts are in the Library of Congress. Autograph document, presented to the Lenox Library by Mr. Alexander Maitland in 1894
Key terms
Names
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Maitland, Alexander, -1907 (former owner)
- Maitland, Alexander, -1907 (former owner)
- Virginia
Subjects
Places
- Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Sources
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328