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Board of Trade to Board of Trade, July 13, 1779
[ Williamsburg ] 13 July 1779 . The proposals of Hunter & Co. concerning the cargo of the ship Dolphin seem exorbitant. From information respecting tobacco now owned by the…
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William Phillips to John Jay, July 11, 1779
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…
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George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, July 10, 1779
Head Qrs. New Windsor July the 10. 1779 Sir On the 4th Instant I had the Honor to receive Your Letter of the 19th. of June. Your Excellency will permit…
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Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Jefferson, July 8, 1779
Chantilly, 8 July 1779 . Acknowledges TJ’s letter of 17 June. “Every good Whig will wish success to a governor whose principles of action are not the incentives of whim,…
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John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, July 8, 1779
Philadelphia, 8 July 1779 . Circular letter to the state executives enclosing a resolve of Congress of 29 June announcing that $20,000,000 is to be raised by a new loan…
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Meriwether Smith to Thomas Jefferson, July 6, 1779
Philadelphia, July 6h. 1779 Sir I wrote to you on the 24h. of June by Mr. de Francy; since which I have received Advice that I am continued in the…
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William Phillips to Thomas Jefferson, July 5, 1779
Colonel Carters House July 5th. 1779. Sir I have received from Colonel Bland a Copy of the Letter you were pleased to write him in answer to my request for…
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Thomas Jefferson to Friedrich Adolph (Adolf) von Riedesel, July 4, 1779
Forest. July 4. 1779. Sir Your kind letter of June 19. I received on the 2d instt. It is now some time since Colo. Bland wrote for leave to grant…
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Board of Trade to Thomas Jefferson, July 2, 1779
[ Williamsburg ] 2 July 1779 . Making up the quantity of tobacco to 3,000 hhds. is probably all the state can afford at this time, although this quantity may…
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Thomas Jefferson to Board of Trade, July 1, 1779
In council July 1. 1779. If the board of trade will be pleased to resolve on the quantity of tobacco they think necessary to be purchased I will submit their…