Query VI

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Notes on the State of Virginia: Journey to the Center of an American Document, Query VI

ByKiki Petrosino

This is the fourth installment of a year-long journey through Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia. **Query VI: “Productions mineral, vegetable and animal”A notice of the mines and other subterraneous riches; its trees, plants, fruits, &c.At root, Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia is a carefully curated syllabus, a structured list of…