1801Editorial Note: Notes on American Medals Struck in France (Jefferson Papers)
.... Varnum of Rhode Island. It could scarcely have escaped attention that all of the awards made at that time, including a ceremonial sword voted for Andrew Pickens, honored officers from southern states, whereas Morgan’s commanding officer, Nathanael Greene of Rhode Island, had received no signal honor for his conduct of the strategy of the campaign in the south....1781 (Nathanael Greene);...
1802Editorial Note: Reports on Mediterranean Trade and Algerine Captives (Jefferson Papers)
TJ to Nathanael Greene, 12 Jan. 1786
1803Editorial Note: Threat of Disunion in the West (Jefferson Papers)
for such intermingling of public and private interests. From the earliest days of the Revolution, to look no further, officials of such probity as Robert Morris and Nathanael Greene saw no conflict of interest in bestowing procurement contracts upon themselves and their partners in business. But it is misleading to attribute this to the supposedly unrefined mores of the age.