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Thomas Jefferson compiles these notes in response to inquiries from a foreign official regarding the geography and state of Virginia. The text provides detailed descriptions of the region's boundaries, dimensions, and physical landscape as understood in the late eighteenth century.

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Abor mtce, Thuya Occidentalis.

Juniper. Juniperus Virginica (called cedar njoith us.)

Cypres. Cupressus disticha.

White cedar, Cupressus Thyoides.

Black oak, Suercus nigra.

White oak, ^lercus alba. Red oak, Snercus rubra.

Willow oak. ^lercus phellos.

Chesnui oak. §uercus prinus.

Black jack oak, §uercus aquatica, Clayton.

Ground oak. ^lercus pumila^ Clayton.

Li'ue oak ^lercus Firginiana, Millar, Black birch. Betula nigra. White birch, Betula cdba.

Beach, Fagus syhatica.

Ash, Fraxinus Americana, Fraxinus Noiice A?igli^. Millar, Elm. Ulmus Americana, Willow), Salix. J^. species?

Sweet gum. Liquidambar styraciflua.

The following were found in Virginia when firft vifited by the Englifli; but it is not faid whether of fpontaneous growth, or by cultivation only. Moft probably they were natives of more fouthern cli- mates, and handed along the continent from one nation to another of the favages.

Tobacco, Nicot'iana.

Maize, Zea mays. Round potatoes. Solanum tuberosum.

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