Thomas Jefferson Quotation

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Dear Fellow Subscribers of the Literature Network:

I am looking for the source of a notable Thomas Jefferson quotation in which he presumably replies to a contemporary of his (and probably a Federalist), "Virginia, Sir, is my country."
I have looked for the source of the aforementioned quotation (or at least a variation of it), but have been unable to find any, and I am beginning to think it is aprocryphal.
Anyways, I am doing this for a course, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely

Jonathan F.

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http://books.google.com/books?id=ReTe5oqGna4C&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%22Virginia,+Sir,+is+my+country.%22&source=bl&ots=0_JtwTKBu7&sig=MUml7TNjmnW5znK5rcLIXqomTIE&hl=en&ei=APakTvnRBeiWiQKCnexp&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CF0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22Virginia%2C%20Sir%2C%20is%20my%20country.%22&f=false


http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0073406848/565445/Chapter8.pdf

https://web1.caryacademy.org/facultywebs/conrad_hall/secure/1763-1783%20-%20American%20Revolution%20sm.pdf


To the best of my knowledge this statement from Jefferson occurred in some correspondence he had just before the Articles of Confederation were enacted.