Jefferson's notes on Arthur Young's letter to George Washington in January 1792 [manuscript] 18??.

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Jefferson's notes on Arthur Young's letter to George Washington in January 1792 [manuscript] 18??.

Randolph has copied Jefferson's notes on Young's letter to Washington discussing the cost of slave labor, referring to Buffon's tables, and comparing to the cost of free labor in England, using Suffolk for an example.

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University of Virginia. Library

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