[76] October 8, 1779. Ibid., II, 261.
[77] Ibid., II, 263.
[78] To The Virginia Delegation in Congress, October 27, 1780. To Colonel Vanmeter, April 27, 1781. Ibid., III, 24.
[79] "A Diary kept by Th: J. from Dec. 31. 1780 to Jan. 11. 1781 and more general Notes of subsequent transactions during the British invasion." Jefferson Papers. Library of Congress.
[80] Jefferson Papers. Library of Congress.
[81] Lafayette transmitted the letter on June 26, 1781, but Jefferson did not receive it until the beginning of August. Ibid.
[82] To E. Randolph, September 16, 1781. Jefferson Papers. Library of Congress.
[83] June 11, 1782. Randall, I, 376.
[84] The story of the publication has been told by P. L. Ford in a most scholarly edition of the "Notes on Virginia" in the "Writings" of Jefferson.
[85] June 7, 1785. Memorial Edition, V, 3.