[420] Washington to Harrison, Dec. 18, 1778; Writings: Ford, vii, 297-98.
[421] Until after Jefferson's Presidency, our statesmen often spoke of our "empire." Jefferson used the term frequently.
[422] Washington to Harrison, Dec. 18, 1778; Writings: Ford, vii, 301-02.
[423] "My estate is a large one ... to wit upwards of ten thousand acres of valuable land on the navigable parts of the James river and two hundred negroes and not a shilling out of it is or ever was under any incumbrance for debt." (Jefferson to Van Staphorst and Hubbard, Feb. 28, 1790; Works: Ford, vi, 33.) At the time of Valley Forge Jefferson's estate was much greater, for he had sold a great deal of land since 1776. (See Jefferson to Lewis, July 29, 1787; ib., v, 311.)
[424] Jefferson to Pendleton, July, 1776; ib., ii, 219-20.
[425] Jefferson's Autobiography; Works: Ford, i, 57.
[426] Tucker, i, 92 et seq.; Randall, i, 199 et seq.; Works: Ford, ii, 310, 323, 324.
[427] Bloodshed, however, Jefferson thought necessary. See infra, vol. II, chap. I.
[428] See vol. II of this work.
[429] Jefferson's Autobiography; Works: Ford, i, 79.