Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Huntington, 10 October 1780

From Samuel Huntington

Philadelphia, 10 Oct. 1780. Enclosing a resolve of Congress of 7 Oct. “appointing Commissioners to endorse the new Bills of Credit to be issued by Virginia, and Letters to the Gentlemen informing them of their Appointment.” A postscript acknowledges TJ’s letters of 27 Sep. and 3 Oct.

RC (Vi); 2 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Huntington; endorsed. Enclosures: 2 copies (Vi) attested by Charles Thomson of resolution of 7 Oct. appointing Charles Fleming and Forster (i.e., Foster) Webb commissioners to endorse bills emitted by Virginia (printed in JCC description begins Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, ed. W. C. Ford and others, Washington, 1904–1937 description ends , xviii, 910–11); letters of appointment to Fleming and Webb (not found). FC (DLC: PCC, No. 15).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Huntington, 10 October 1780
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    Huntington, Samuel
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    10 October 1780

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Huntington, 10 October 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-04-02-0027. [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. 25.]

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