Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, September 25, 1779
Williamsburg Sep. 25. 1779. Sir The various calamities which during the present year have befallen our crops of wheat, have reduced them so very low as to leave us little…
Williamsburg Sep. 25. 1779. Sir The various calamities which during the present year have befallen our crops of wheat, have reduced them so very low as to leave us little…
CharlottesVille July 11th. 1779. Sir The inclosed dispatch from me to Sir Henry Clinton contains copies of a variety of papers relating to Lieutenant Governor Hamilton a British prisoner of…
Williamsburgh June 19. 1779. Sir Our delegates by the last post informed us that we might now obtain blank letters of marque for want of which our people have long…
Middlebrook [ New Jersey ] March 15, 1779 . Reiterates request for a congressional plan “which would have a general operation throughout the States for compleating their respective Battalions.â€� Discusses…
Middlebrook [ New Jersey ] March 3, 1779 . States that plans for western expedition are in preparation. Discusses arrangement of Sixteen Additional Continental Battalions.
Middlebrook [ New Jersey ] February 26, 1779 . Sends information concerning British attack and retreat at Elizabethtown.
Middlebrook [ New Jersey ] February 19, 1779 . States that a court-martial will be held at Springfield, Massachusetts. Advises Jay that Major General Alexander McDougall needs hard money for…
Philadelphia, January 29, 1779. Asks permission to return to Camp.
Philadelphia, January 27, 1779. Asks for money to carry on recruiting. States that Major General Horatio Gates has made agreements with Major General William Phillips about Convention troops.
[ Philadelphia ] December 31, 1778 . Asks if Congress is going to continue to employ Brigadier General Du Portail and if it intends to adopt Du Portail’s plan of…