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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…