1To Thomas Jefferson from Nicholas Long, 29 March 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeable to an Order you some Time ago favoured me with, directed to Mr. David Ross & Co., Petersburg relative to supplying the Quartermaster’s Department in this State with Bar Iron, Nail Rods &c., I received only five Hundred and sixty Wt. Nail Rods. A few Days past I wrote for further Supplies of the above Articles, expecting to have received them on the Credit of the same Order, but was...