John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 29 June 1779

From John Jay

Philadelphia, 29 June 1779. Circular letter to the state executives enclosing an extract of a letter from Gen. Washington of 11 June and a resolve of Congress of 28 June, resulting from the general’s letter, calling on the states speedily to fill up their battalions. Washington’s letter is to be kept as secret as possible.

FC (DLC: PCC, No. 14); 1 p. Enclosures missing. Washington’s letter is printed in his Writings, ed. Fitzpatrick, xv, 261–2; Congress’ resolve in JCC description begins Worthington C. Ford and others, eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, Washington, D.C., 1904-37, 34 vols. description ends , xiv, 780.

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 29 June 1779
Author: Jay, John
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 29 June 1779

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Cite as: “John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 29 June 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-03-02-0021. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 3, 18 June 1779 – 30 September 1780, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951, p. 19.]

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