Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from George Elliott, 14 February 1781

From George Elliott

Petersburg, 14 Feb. 1781. By a letter from TJ of 6 Dec. 1780, Elliott was directed to furnish wagons for the purpose of moving Col. [John] Green’s troops to the south; he received from Capt. Thomas Claiborne a wagon and three horses valued at £12,350 Virginia currency, and gave Claiborne a certificate therefor.

RC (Vi); 2 p.; addressed; endorsed (in part): “charged 15th. feby 81.”

TJ’s letter to Elliott of 6 Dec. 1780 has not been found.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from George Elliott, 14 February 1781
    Author
    Elliott, Richard
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    14 February 1781

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from George Elliott, 14 February 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-04-02-0770. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 4, 1 October 1780 – 24 February 1781, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951, p. 611.]

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