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Jefferson as an educational innovator -- The fate of Jefferson's proposals in the nineteenth century -- The relevance of Jefferson's ideas today -- Bibliographic notes -- Notes -- Appendixes. I. Bill 79 of 1779 for the "More general diffusion of knowledge" -- II. Extracts from Notes on the State of Virginia, queries XIV and XV, 1781-1785 -- III. Extracts from a letter to George Washington from Paris, January 4 [1786] -- IV. Extract from a letter to George Wythe from Paris, August 13, 1786 -- V. Letter to Jefferson's nephew, Peter Carr, from Paris, August 10, 1787 -- VI. Extract from a letter to Joseph Priestly from Philadelphia, January 18, 1800 -- VII. Extract from a letter to Pictet from Washington, D.C., February 5, 1803 -- VIII. Extract from President Jefferson's sixth annual message, December 2, 1806 -- IX. Extract from a letter to John Adams from Monticello, October 28, 1813 -- X. Extract from a letter to Thomas Cooper, August 25, 1814 -- XI. Letter to Peter Carr, September 7, 1814, outlining an educational plan -- XII. Extract from a letter to Joseph C. Cabell from Monticello, January 5, 1815 -- XIII. Extract from a letter to Joseph C. Cabell from Monticello, February 2, 1816 -- XIV. Extract from a letter to Governor Wilson C. Nicholas, April 2, 1816 -- XV. Portions of Jefferson's Bills for Establishing Schools, Colleges and a University, October 24, 1817 -- XVI. Extract from a letter to J. Correa de Serra from Poplar Forest, Virginia, November 25, 1817 -- XVII. Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Fix the Site of the University of Virginia, August 1, 1818 -- XVIII. Extract from a letter to Joseph C. Cabell from Poplar Forest, Virginia, November 28, 1820 -- XIX. Letter to Joseph C. Cabell from Monticello, January 31, 1821 -- XX. Extract from a letter to General Breckenridge, February 15, 1821 -- XXI. Extract from a letter to Joseph C. Cabell from Monticello, December 28, 1822 -- XXII. Letter to Jefferson from Joseph C. Cabell, Richmond, January 23, 1823 -- XXIII. Letter to Joseph C. Cabell from Jefferson, Monticello, January 16, 1823 -- XXIV. Extract from a letter to George Ticknor from Monticello, July 16, 1823 -- XXV. Extracts from Jefferson's Autobiography, written in January 1821 -- XXVI. Charles F. Mercer's Bill for a System of Public Education.
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