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Virginia Delegates to Fielding Lewis, July 16, 1776
Philada. July 16. 1776 [S]ir We were informed a few weeks ago [that 5000 â„” of] 1 lead imported on account of our colony were landed at Fredsbgh. There appears…
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Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Henry, July 16, 1776
[16 July 1776] Dear Sir The inclosed letter from the President was directed before he knew of your being invested with the office of Governor: you will therefore please to…
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Virginia Delegates to Benjamin Franklin, July 15, 1776
Philada. July 15. 1776. Sir The honorable the convention of Virga. attending to the inconveniencies which may arise from an unsettled jurisdiction in the neighborhood of fort Pitt, have instructed…
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Edmund Pendleton to Virginia Delegates, July 15, 1776
Virga. July 15th. 1776. Gentn. Virga. I cannot take leave of the duty of writing Official Letters, now transferred to the Governor and Council, without giving you some free thoughts…
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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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Virginia Delegates to Patrick Henry, July 15, 1776
[15 July 1776] We were informed a few weeks ago that 5000 â„” of lead imported by our colony were landed at Fredsbgh. As it appeared very unlikely it should…
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Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes, July 15, 1776
Philadelphia, July 15th, 1776. Dear Sir Yours of the 3d inst. came to hand to-day. I wish I could be better satisfied on the point of Patty’s recovery. I had…
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Thomas Jefferson to Richard Henry Lee, July 8, 1776
Philadelphia July 8th. 1776 Dr Sir For news I refer you to your brother who writes on that head. I enclose you a copy of the declaration of independence as…
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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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Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, July 1, 1776
Philadelphia. July 1. 1776. Dear Fleming Your’s of 22d June came to hand this morning and gratified me much as this with your former contains interesting intelligence. Our affairs in…