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Thomas Jefferson to Philip Doddridge, 27 January 1816

To Philip Doddridge

Monticello Jan. 27. 16.

Sir

I have no recollection when the bounty of lands was first given to the soldiers of the revolutionary war; yet I know it was so early that it cannot be a long research into the ordinances and acts to find it. I inclose you a copy of the journals and Ordinances of the Convention of 1776. and as you mention that the public offices are without a compleat copy, be so good as to deposit it in the office either of the Council or House of Representatives with whom it will be of more important use than on my shelves. Accept the assurances of my respect.

Th: Jefferson

PoC (DLC); on verso of portion of a reused address cover to TJ; at foot of text: “Mr P. Doddridge.” Enclosures: (1) The Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates, Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, in the Colony of Virginia, on Monday the 6th of May, 1776 (Williamsburg, [1776]). (2) Ordinances Passed at a General Convention of Delegates and Representatives, From the several Counties and Corporations of Virginia, Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the 6th of May, Anno Dom: 1776 (Williamsburg, [1776]; Sowerby, description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 1952–59, 5 vols. description ends no. 1844).

By the house of representatives TJ meant the Virginia House of Delegates.

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Jefferson Papers
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Thomas Jefferson to Philip Doddridge, 27 January 1816
Author
Jefferson, Thomas
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Doddridge, Philip
Date
27 January 1816

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“Thomas Jefferson to Philip Doddridge, 27 January 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-09-02-0261. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 9, September 1815 to April 1816, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012, pp. 405–406.]

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