From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison, 8 June 1779
To Benjamin Harrison
In Council June 8. 1779.
Sir
Since receiving the resolutions of Congress calling for an additional sum of money, which I had the honor of transmitting to you yesterday, the inclosed address relating to the same subject, with the letter accompanying it has come to hand. I take the liberty through you of communicating it to the General assembly, and am Sir with the greatest esteem Your most obedient & most humble servant,
Th: Jefferson
RC (ViW). Addressed in an unidentified hand to Harrison as Speaker. Endorsed: “Govrs. letter June 10. 1779. inclosing address to people as to taxation.” Enclosure: see explanatory note.
Resolutions of congress: These were the additional state quotas voted on 21 May (copy transmitted by Charles Thomson to TJ is in Vi); see entry for TJ’s missing letter to Harrison of 7 June, above. The inclosed address: Doubtless a copy of the Address to the Inhabitants of the United States of America (Evans 16636) drafted by John Dickinson, agreed upon in Congress, 26 May, and ordered printed ( , xiv, 649–57). The House of Delegates ordered the Address to be printed in ( , May 1779, 1827 edn., p. 39).