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Thomas Jefferson to Isaac Zane, January 1, 1773
[ca. 1773-1781] Dear Sir You must give me leave to return you the inclosed, as I have laid aside the distressing trade of receiving money for serving my friends. the…
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Adam Stephen to Thomas Jefferson, December 20, 1776
Camp on Delawar 30 miles from Philadelphia [ca. 20] Dec. 1776 Sir The Enemy like locusts Sweep the Jerseys with the Besom of destruction. They to the disgrace of a…
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[Sir C. Elliot to the Duke of Newcastle.]., November 17, 1863.
[Enclosure 7 in No. 2.] [Sir C. Elliot to the Duke of Newcastle.]. St. Helena, November 17, 1863. My Lord Duke: The United States sloop Vanderbilt called off this port…
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Patrick Henry to Thomas Jefferson, December 19, 1776
Decr. 19th. 1776 Sir In Pursuance of a Resolution of the Legislature, I am to appoint a fit Person in every County to collect from the Inhabitants of this Commonwealth…
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Pinckney Walker to Sir P. Wodehouse, November 15, 1863
[Enclosure 5 in No. 2.] Rear-Admiral Sir B. Walker to Sir P. Wodehouse. Narcissus, Simons Bay, November 15, 1863. Sir: I beg to forward, for your excellency’s information, the copy…
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George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, November 18, 1776
Phildelphia, 18 November. 1776. GW to TJ Whenever you and the speaker think I should return to Virginia to engage in the part which shall be assigned to me in…
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Wodehouse to the Duke of Newcastle, November 20, 1863
[Enclosure 4 in No. 2.] Sir P. Wodehouse to the Duke of Newcastle. Government House, Cape Town, November 20, 1863. My Lord Duke: With reference to my recent despatches respecting…
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George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, November 11, 1776
11 Nov. 1776 GW to T.J. The resolutions describing treasons are inclosed. The report for ascertaining the value of coins , &c. remains in the same state of repose as…
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Rawson to Commander Baldwin, U. S. N, October 23, 1863
[Enclosure 3 in No. 2.] The Colonial Secretary to Commander Baldwin, U. S. N. Colonial Office, October 23, 1863. Sir: I am directed by the governor to acquaint you that…
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Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Jefferson, November 3, 1776
Philadelphia 3d. Novr. 1776 Dear Sir As I have received no answer to the letter I wrote you by the Express from Congress I conclude it has miscarried. I heared…
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K Baldwin to Sir P. Wodehouse, October 22, 1863
[Enclosure 2 in No. 2.] Commander Baldwin, U. S. N., to Sir P. Wodehouse. Vanderbilt, Cape Town, October 22, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to make known to your…
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Charles Lilburne Lewis to Virginia House of Delegates, November 1, 1776
[Before 1 November 1776] To the Honourable, the Delegates and Senators, Representatives of the Common Wealth of Virginia, assembled at the City of Williamsburg, The Memorial and Petition of the…
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Wodehouse to the Duke of Newcastle, October 26, 1863
[Enclosure 1 in No. 2.] Sir P. Wodehouse to the Duke of Newcastle. Government House, Cape Town, October 26, 1863. My Lord Duke: I have the honor to report to…
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William Irvin to Thomas Jefferson, November 1, 1776
[Before 1 November 1776] Dr. Sir Being taken sick I had the Opportunity of offering the inclosed Memorial and Petition to but very few. I am perswaded, however, that a…
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George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, October 28, 1776
Philadelphia 28 Oct 1776 GW to T.J. Your letter of the 18th instant , by some accident or other, did not come to hand before it was too late to…
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Anderson, Saxon & Co to Rear-Admiral Sir B. Walker, November 6, 1863
[Enclosure 3 in No. 1.] Messrs. Saxon and Co. to Rear-Admiral Sir B. Walker. Cape Town, November 6, 1863. Sir: We have the honor to report that the schooner Atlas,…
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Continental Congress to Benjamin Franklin, October 16, 1776
[16 October 1776] Additional instructions to B F, S D, and T J, commissioners from the united states of America to the king of France. Whilst you are negotiating the…
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Forsyth to Rear-Admiral Sir B. Walker, November 15, 1863
[Enclosure 2 in No. 1.] Captain Forsyth to Rear-Admiral Sir B. Walker. Valorous, at Simon’s Bay, November 15, 1863. Sir: In compliance with orders contained in your letter of the…
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Thomas Jefferson to John Hancock, October 11, 1776
Williamsburgh Octob. 11. 1776. Honorable Sir Your favor of the 30th. together with the resolutions of Congress of the 26th. Ult. came safe to hand. It would argue great insensibility…
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Pinckney Walker to P. S.—It is stated in the public papers that Penguin island, at Angra Pequena, near which the Saxon is said to have been seized, and whence the coal was taken by the Vanderbilt, is a British possession, and was annexed to the Cape Colony at the same time as Ichaboe, but of this circumstance I am not aware, my instructions being only to take possession of the island of Ichaboe, November 17, 1863
[Enclosure in No. 1.] Rear-Admiral Sir B. Walker to the Secretary to the Admiralty. Narcissus, in Simon’s Bay, November 17, 1863. Sir: I beg you will inform the lords commissioners…