To George Washington from Charles Pettit, 21 February 1780

From Charles Pettit

Philadelphia 21st Feby 1780

Sir

Since I had the honor to write to your Excellency respecting the Bills of Exchange1 I have sold them at the rate of thirty five dollars for one, and have received about half the consideration money; the residue is to be paid within 10 or 12 Days. The Treasury Board have reported to Congress a Warrant in my favour on the Treasury of Virginia for the Use of the Department,2 I have therefore appropriated the money I have received here to the public Service and shall repay it at the Loan Office in Virginia out of that draught.

While I am writing, you[r] Excellency’s Letter of the 19th is handed to me. The form of the Certificates shall be duly attended to. I have the honor to be with perfect respect Your Excellency’s most obedt and very huml. Servant

C.P.

Copy, NjMoHP.

1. See Pettit to GW, 15 February.

2. Congress authorized the issue of the warrant on 28 Feb. (see JCC, description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends 16:214).

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Title: To George Washington from Charles Pettit, 21 February 1780
Author: Pettit, Charles
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 21 February 1780

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Cite as: “To George Washington from Charles Pettit, 21 February 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0430. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 24, 1 January–9 March 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, pp. 538–539.]

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