Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-06-29
IScHLEANY.
From he Richmond Compiler.
Mr.. JRFFERSON's WORKS

Astns eHnact which we lately made from
The proposed edition ofMr. JrGersoa's Works
proved so acceptable 10 our readers, WE cannst
resist the temptation Of lay ios before Them I've
further eopious extract. We have been ia.
'ored wdhihe opportunity of examining the
two frs, volumes. elegantly printed and bound
al Charlottesville. The Sra volume IL IN q
great state of iors ardness and IN a few weeks
the entire four volumes viii be completed and
ready for delivery.
The lsi M. of the Virginia Literary Mu.
scum aud Journal nj Bellies Letires, Arts. &C.
pnbifhed under the auspices OF the Un,,ersi-
~ OF Virginia reached rs yesterday and "A,
mpnE The other interesting articles which IL
contains II presents n paragraph upon this
sub stating that tho Whole work Tue
" Memoir and Correspondence of Mr.. JeU senp
may be expected ~ the month OF August Il
states thai
The edition will ennslbl Of STA thousand c..
pics of which diIaen hundred have been al.
ready subscribed Tor. in yrginla one thousand
In Alabama and Mississippi and eve hundred
in Tennessee, AM agents are still s,sking ad-
dl,ions 10 the lists in those states II isnsir-
gulsr circumstance, lhit no more than n hun-
dred aud tfiy copies have heen subscribed for
to ihr north Urinary handsome strange m,sealcu
ls'ion must have been made regarding The pro-
bable sale OF this valuable aud interesl ing book.
We have IL from the beet authority, TINT tho
Editor anu Proprietor was ofered, IN Philndei-
phis one d liar copy-the bookseller not
binding himself 10 publish more than fifteen
hundred copies vet the greater part OF this
edition Of siI Thousand has already been ,skop
! nj ten dollars each copy The work is go, up
in every respect, In n manner hgby creditabic
10 the parties concerned"
The first volume before us opens with Mr.
Jefrrson's Memoir written by his o~n hand
| II gives sketch OF his avn life down 10 the
yesr 1890. when he became Secretary of State
| under General Washing' a very
| interesting view of ths early transactions both
| OF our own and the French Rev olutions. Tho
| FIRST volume also Contains an appendix 10 the
Memof,al--and Mr.. Jeiiersou'a Letters during
the American Revolution and, n portion of his
correspondence from France, beg'an,ng with
Oct. l7s1 The second volume carries on hr
letters from France. The other two volume
are 60 embrace his Ana, or notes of Converse.
tons wh,lst he was Secretary Of State. with
President Washington and others high nv or
fee, Memoranda OF Cabinet Cooneils, &c. both
under Gen. Washlngion's adminisir alton and
| under his own, together with his letters to the
year leo9, aud afterwards 10 the period Of bis
| death.
but TO return from this analysis 70 our pro.
| posed extracts. The first extract Is the Com.
| nencement the second thu conclusion, of HE
Memoir. We lay them before our reader,
assured that they will be rewarded by the
contcns Tor the Tins taken w in their peru
| sal
CoMMEN CEMENT OF THE MEMOIR.
January O, ls2i.--A the ageof II, |
begin to make SOME memoranda, and STATE
| some recol,e elton OF dates and iavw concern.
ing myself, for my own more ready reference,
and ior the information oimy family.
The tradition in my fathers family was,
that their ancestors came 10 this county from
Wales and from near The mountain Of SNOW
deo, the hghrq in Great Britain. | noted
once a case from ales, in the law reports,
whc,e person of Our name was either plain
IN or defendant nnd one OF the same was sec
Rotary 10 the Vugiaia Company These are
the only instances in which have met with the
name IN that country. ! have found Il in our
ear'v records f, but the first particular infor >
matioa bav % fans AM cstor wns Of my grand.
father, who lived at the place IN CheAeiGrld
called Os, ornes, and owned The lands after
wards the glebe of the parish. Hs had three
Sous; Thomas who died young, Field, who
settled on the waters Of III. Roanoke, and left
several descendants, aud Peter, my father, " no
settled ON the lands sill own, called Shad =
we'll adjoining my present residence. He was
bora Feb. ~, l707.5, and in,e,mattied 1880.
with Jane Randolph, OF the age Of 10, dangh.
,ha, ,ams and lan,lv settled n, puno.,nes. Il,
Caachlsnd Tho y race ,beir n,dp rec "a, lach
In Enoland and Seo,leud. to w.Icb r., ever.
on. ascr;,,. ,hc Cai,h and neru n. eh,,o.,'s
Nv la,h,,'s education had been ou;,e n.,lcc
| tod I'M, be,uc of n slronp mind. s,nnd ioJy.,
men, and .nyer aAer information. be ,red
much aud imp owed himself, inasmuch that he
was chosen with Joshua Fry, professor of
Mathematics in William h Mary College, 10
Ia. =
and N Carolina. which had been beeno bv
CoIonel Byrd mud was af,erv ards e,nnovea
Win ,be sam, M, Fry 10 mike IN. ,t,,.man :,
VIRGIN. which bnd ever been msde. ,ba, of
ca,s,a,n sruh being merel, , coo;, e,n,s,
sL,,ch Th.y nossessed e,c.lIeo, material.
or a., much lb, country AZ, - below ,I,s
BIne Ridge !: l,,,le being thea know, bcvoud
,h,, RIDE Hrsvas ,be ,i,d or fourth s.,,Isr
ahon ,bs yea, 1887 Of lie pnr, q, the conn.
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