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From Thomas Jefferson to Steuben, 2 February 1781

To Steuben

Feby. 2d. 1781.

Sir

General Arnold having left in the hands of Mr. Buchanan of this place twenty Guineas for purposes not approved of by us I am to beg leave to trouble you with the ordering it to be returned by flag.

I am with great respect Sir Your mo: ob: hble. Servant,

Th: Jefferson

RC (NHi); in a clerk’s hand, signed by TJ; addressed to Steuben, but without indication of place; endorsed. FC (Vi).

Nothing else is known concerning this sum of money left by Arnold in the hands of Mr. Buchanan of Richmond, but see Steuben to TJ, 15 Feb.

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    From Thomas Jefferson to Steuben, 2 February 1781
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    Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von
    Date
    2 February 1781

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to Steuben, 2 February 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-04-02-0625. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 4, 1 October 1780 – 24 February 1781, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951, pp. 507–508.]

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