1[From Thomas Jefferson to the State Naval Officers, ca. 14 March 1781] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Richmond, ca. 14 Mch. 1781 . Extract from Va. Council Jour. , ii , 308 (14 Mch): “The Board when formerly considering the Act of General Assembly for the defence of the Eastern Frontier of this Commonwealth, having come to a resolution that the ratio at which current money should be received by the several naval officers in lieu of the Duties in specie imposed by the said Act should be the...