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N 255 - Poplar Forest: survey and floor plan [MSS 564, TB 7], 1801/1806 Oversize_Flat_File_Folder 1

Undated plat by T. J. of Poplar Forest tract shows boundaries, roads, existing and proposed buildings; floor plan of house on verso, rooms designated in Anglo-Saxon. 2 pp. (note: see N 269 for missing section). 1 item. ink on paper.

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N 268 - Poplar Forest papers [MSS 564, TB 1136], 1811 Folder 1811

Deeds, surveys, plats, field notes, memoranda, some relating to a land dispute that involved one of the abutting property owners searching all early patents and surveys in the neighborhood, some dating from 1762. In 1811 also, Jefferson was engaged in road building and other extensive improvement on his Poplar Forest tract. Some of the documents are mathematical calculations and field notes, others are elaborately certified surveys. 66 items.

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N 269 - Poplar Forest: surveys and plats [MSS 564, TB 7] Flat_Box Oversize Box 5, Folder 1

Two plats of same date for 11,777 and 1,790 acres of land on branches of Black Water, a tributary of the Fluvanna (James) River in Albemarle (later Bedford) County, VA, and on Tomahawk and Rock Castle creeks, respectively. The first plat, by Thomas Jefferson, was attested by Daniel Smith, Albemarle County Surveyor, and the second was amended by Jefferson with notes on sequence of titles. 3 items. The missing section from N 255 is located in this folder.

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N 281/N 282 - President's house; Governor's house, Richmond [MSS 770], 1779/1781 Flat_Box Oversize Box 4, Folder 2

Thomas Jefferson's first floor plans showing rotunda house with wings. Nichols mis-identified the second plan (N 282) as the second floor plan of the governor's house. It is the first floor. 2 items. ink on paper.

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N 300 - University of Virginia: description of academical village and sketch [MSS 38-174, TB 1452], 1817 Folder 1817 May 9

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Dr. William Thornton describing ideas for the academical village. Contains rough sketch of Jefferson's early idea for the ground plans, showing seven pavilions around an open space with grass and trees. This sketch appears in Jefferson's first letter to Dr. William Thornton regarding the design of the Pavilions in his proposed academical village. 1 item. iron gall ink on plain wove stationary.

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