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     THE
     WRITINGS
     OF
     THOMAS JEFFERSON:

     BEING HIS
     AUTOBIOGRAPHY, CORRESPONDENCE, REPORTS, MESSAGES,
     ADDRESSES, AND OTHER WRITINGS, OFFICIAL
     AND PRIVATE.


     PUBLISHED BY THE ORDER OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS ON THE
       LIBRARY,
     FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS,
     DEPOSITED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

     WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES, TABLES OF CONTENTS, AND A COPIOUS INDEX
     TO EACH VOLUME, AS WELL AS A GENERAL INDEX TO THE WHOLE,

     BY THE EDITOR
     H. A. WASHINGTON.


     VOL. IX.


     NEW YORK:
     H. W. DERBY, 625 BROADWAY.
     1861.




     Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by
     TAYLOR & MAURY,
     In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of
       Columbia.


     STEREOTYPED BY
     THOMAS R. SMITH.
     82 & 84 Beekman Street.




CONTENTS OF VOL. IX.


  BOOK IV.--PART IV.
  PARLIAMENTARY MANUAL                           3

  BOOK IV.--PART V.
  THE ANAS                                      87

  BOOK IV.--PART VI.
  MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS                         212

     1. Extract from Diary relative to invasion of Virginia in
         1780, 1781 p. 212.

     2. Memorandum relative to invasion of Virginia in 1780, 1781,
         220.

     3. Instructions to the Ministers Plenipotentiary appointed to
         negotiate treaties of peace with the European nations, 1784,
         226.

     4. Report of a conference with the Count de Vergennes on the
         subject of the commerce of the U. States with France, 230.

     5. Answers of Mr. Jefferson, to questions propounded to him
         by M. de Meusnier, 244.

     6. Answers to propositions propounded by M. de Meusnier, Jan.
         24, 1786, 282.

     7. Notes on M. Soulé's Work, 293.

     8. Observations on a letter of M. de Calonnes to Mr. Jefferson,
         Oct. 22, 1786, 304.

     9. Proposals for concerted operations among the powers at war
         with the piratical States of Barbary, 308.

     10. To the Editor of the Journal de Paris, 309.

     11. Memoranda taken on a journey from Paris to the Southern
         parts of France and Northern parts of Italy in 1787, 313.

     12. Tour to some of the gardens of England, 367.

     13. Memoranda of a tour to Amsterdam, Strasburgh, &c., and
         back to Paris, in 1788, 373.

     14. Travelling notes for Mr. Rutledge and Mr. Shippen in 1788,
         403.

     15. Questions as to the rights and duties of the U. States
         under her treaties with France and the laws of neutrality, 405.

     16. Heads of consideration on the conduct to be observed in
         the war between Spain and Great Britain, and particularly
         should the latter attempt the conquest of Louisiana and the
         Floridas, 409.

     17. Heads of consideration on the navigation of the Mississippi
         river, for Mr. Carmichael, 412.

     18. Questions to be considered, 415.

     19. Plan of a bill concerning consuls, 416.

     20. Matters to be arranged between the governments of the U.
         States and England, 419.

     21. Memorandum of communications made to a committee of the
         Senate on the subject of the diplomatic nominations to Paris,
         London, and the Hague, 420.

     22. Considerations on the subject of ransom and peace with
         the Algerines, 424.

     23. Notes of a conversation with Mr.