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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
[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…
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…
Philadelphia Septr. 30th. 1776. Sir The Congress having appointed you to fill a most important and honorable Department, it is with particular Pleasure I congratulate you on the Occasion. By…
Philadelphia 27th Septr. 1776 Dear Sir I should have written to you before now if I had not been uncertain about finding you at home, as the distance was great,…
Philadelphia Sepr. 17. 1776 Dear Sirs Our affairs at N. York have not much alter’d since your departure, the Militia of the eastern states have mostly left it, and probably…
Paris the 15th Sept 1776 Sirs Tis need less to tell You that the present troubles of America postponed the return of Mr. Mazzei’s Vessel to Virginia deprived me also…