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William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, June 15, 1776
Wmsburg. 15th. June, 1776. Dear Sir I thank you for your favor by the post, and beg you will be so obliging as to repeat it, whenever you have leisure.…
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Letters to Thomas Jefferson
B. 1743 · D. 1826
Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father and the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the second vice president under John Adams. Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, and a leading proponent of democracy, republicanism and natural rights.
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William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, June 22, 1776
Wmsburg, 22d. June, 1776. 3 o’clock, P.M. Dear Sir I, being inform’d that the post is to set out in an hour, have just left the committee appointed to prepare…
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Edmund Randolph to Thomas Jefferson, June 23, 1776
Wmsburg June 23. 1776. Dear Sir Gilmer, not being able to attend the Convention the other Day, when the Delegates were chosen, sent a Memo. to me, to press your…
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John Page to Thomas Jefferson, July 6, 1776
Wmsburg July the 6th. 1776. My Dear Jefferson When I wrote last week to Col. Nelson I promised to write to both of you by this Post, a circumstantial Account…
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John Page to Thomas Jefferson, July 15, 1776
Wmsburg. July the 15th. 1776. My Dear Jefferson I have just Time to inclose you a Copy of General Lee’s Letter written the Day after the Cannonade of Fort Sullivan.…
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Richard Stockton to Thomas Jefferson, July 19, 1776
Trenton July 19th. 1776. Dear Sir Upon my arrival at this place I waited upon the New Jersey Convention, and proposed to them their agreeing to furnish 2000 Men for…
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John Page to Thomas Jefferson, July 20, 1776
July the 20th. 1776 My Dear Jefferson We are very much at a Loss here for an Engraver to make our Seal . Mr. Wyth and myself have therefore thought…
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Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Jefferson, July 21, 1776
Chantilly 21st. July 1776 Dear Sir I thank you much for your favor and its inclosures by this post, and I wish sincerely, as well for the honor of Congress,…
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Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, July 22, 1776
Virga. July 22d. 1776. Dear Sir Ere this reaches you, you’l have been furnished with all Our doings of importance at the last Convention, Our Mode of Government and the…
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William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, July 27, 1776
Mt. Pleasant 27th. July, 1776. Dear Sir Our convention having, the 12th. instant, adjourned to the first monday in October, I did not receive yours of the 1st. July ‘til…
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George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, July 27, 1776
Williamsburg, 27 July, 1776 G. W. to T. J. Lord Dunmore, driven from Gwins, retreated to St. George’s island in Potowmack, a station we hear he found no less unquiet…
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Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, July 29, 1776
Caroline July 29th. 1776. Dr. Sir I set down to continue my correspondence, tho’ have nothing to communicate worthy so much of your time as the reading will require. We…
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Adam Stephen to Thomas Jefferson, July 29, 1776
Wmburg 29h July 1776 Sir The Commencement of hostilities by the Cherokees, is the only News of general Importance on this Quarter. I hope they will be proceeded against with…
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Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, August 3, 1776
Virginia Augt. 3d. 1776. Dear Sir I have [been] beating my brain about your old Opinion that our Land tenure should be merely Allodial, and a New Opinion frequently mentioned…
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Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, August 10, 1776
Caroline Augt. 10. 1776. My Dear Sir Your Esteemed Favor of July 29th . I received with Dr. Price’s Judicious Pamphlet which I had before received from my friend Braxton…
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Robert Carter Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, August 24, 1776
Williamsburg 24th. Augt. 1776. Sir I was pleased with the Receipt of your favour Yesterday, being a little apprehensive that Mr. Walton’s Note might have miscarried, as I had heard…
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Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, August 26, 1776
Virga. Augt. 26th. 1776. Dear Sir Having been abroad for some time accompanying Mrs. Pendleton on a Visit to a sick Parent, I find my self Indebted for two of…
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Giovanni Fabbroni to Thomas Jefferson, September 15, 1776
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…
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Francis Lightfoot Lee to Thomas Jefferson, September 17, 1776
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…
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Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Jefferson, September 27, 1776
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,…
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John Hancock to Thomas Jefferson, September 30, 1776
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…
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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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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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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…