3. "Notes on the State of Virginia"
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Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and third
president of the United States, had an entirely different approach to
antiquarianism; one of method and strategy, established documentation, and conclusive
hypothesis. His notes and suppositions were recorded in his book, Notes on the State of Virginia, published
in 1787. This book was in answer to a survey posited by Francois Marbois, the
secretary of the French legation in Philadelphia in 1780.[1]
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Part of the survey requested information about the histories and populations of Native American tribes of the state of Virginia and Jefferson did not hesitate in his response. Instead, he dedicated an entire 20 page chapter to the relationships, histories, census, and composition of Virginian Native American peoples in addition to his description of what he concluded was a Native American burial mound located in the neighborhood of his home in Monticello.[2]
