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John Sullivan to John Jay, 21 July 1779
Head Quarters, Wyoming, July 21 st . 79 Sir, I have hitherto delayed troubling congress with any accounts from this quarter, from a hope, that before this time I should…
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Letters from 1779
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Anne Conyngham to John Jay, 17 July 1779
Philad a . July 17. 1779 Hon d . Sir I beg leave to trouble your Excellency and the Honorable Congress, with the perusal of the inclosed letter from my…
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Nathanael Greene, 14 July 1779, enclosing Thomas Chase to Nathanael Greene to John Jay, 1 July 1779
New Windsor July 14 th 1779– Sir The enclosed is a letter from Col. Chace D.Q.M.G. at Boston. The representation it contains, and the consequences that will follow, point out…
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Egbert Benson to John Jay, 6 July 1779
[Poughkeepsie–July 6 th : 1779–] Dear Sir. Since I had the Pleasure of writing to You last 1 the Committee of Congress have returned from Vermont, and they passed thro–…
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Nathanael Greene to John Jay, 24 June 1779
Smith–s Clove, June 24 th 1779: Sir A late law has been passed by the legislature of the state of New Jersey, for the express purpose of taxing the Assistant…
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Egbert Benson to John Jay, 23 June 1779
[Poughkeepsie June 23 d 1779] Dear Sir I have frequently of late determined to write to You and have been as often interrupted; indeed this disagreeable Business, in which I…
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Jonathan Trumbull to John Jay, 22 June 1779
State of Connecticut, Lebanon 22 nd June 1779 Sir The General Assembly of this State, at its sessions in Jan y last, ordered taxes to be levied to collect their…
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John Morgan to John Jay, 15 June 1779
[Philad a June 15, 1779] Sir, Congress having been pleased by its resolve of the 12 th Inst, 1 on the full & weighty evidence before them to restore me…
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Lafayette to John Jay, 12–13 June 1779
S t . jean d–angely Near Rochefort 12 th [–13 th ] June 1779 Sir how happy I shall think Myself whenever a Safe opportunity of writing to Congress will…
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Jeremiah Wadsworth to John Jay, 5 June 1779
Philadelphia June 5 th : 1779 1 Sir before any considerable Evils had happened in my Department as early as September last I asked liberty of Congress to resign my…