Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from John Jay, 24 August 1779

From John Jay

Philadelphia, 24 Aug. 1779. Circular letter to the state executives enclosing a resolve of Congress of 17 Aug. relative to further provisions for the army.

FC (DLC: PCC, No. 14); 1 p. Enclosure missing; printed in JCC description begins Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, ed. W. C. Ford and others, Washington, 1904–1937 description ends , xiv, 973–4.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from John Jay, 24 August 1779
    Author
    Jay, John
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    24 August 1779

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from John Jay, 24 August 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-03-02-0081. [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. 72.]

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