<P> Notes on the State of Virginia ( 1785 ) is a book written by Thomas Jefferson . He completed the first version in 1781 , and updated and enlarged the book in 1782 and 1783 . Notes on the State of Virginia originated in Jefferson 's responding to questions about Virginia , posed to him in 1780 by François Barbé - Marbois , then Secretary of the French delegation in Philadelphia , the temporary capital of the United Colonies . </P>
<P> Notes on the State of Virginia ( 1785 ) is a book written by Thomas Jefferson . He completed the first version in 1781 , and updated and enlarged the book in 1782 and 1783 . Notes on the State of Virginia originated in Jefferson 's responding to questions about Virginia , posed to him in 1780 by François Barbé - Marbois , then Secretary of the French delegation in Philadelphia , the temporary capital of the United Colonies . </P>
who wrote notes on the state of virginia
who wrote notes on the state of virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson