Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison, 19 November 1779

To Benjamin Harrison

In Council, 19 Nov. 1779. Transmits resolution of Congress, enclosed in letter from Samuel Huntington, requesting reconsideration of Act for reopening Virginia land office.

MS not traced; A.L.S., 1 p. and address, sold at American Art Association and Anderson Galleries, Terry Sale, pt. 1, 2–3 May 1934, lot 272.

Huntington’s letter, enclosed, was dated 30 Oct. 1779, q.v.; see also JHD description begins Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia (cited by session and date of publication) description ends , Oct. 1779, 1827 edn., p. 63.

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    From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison, 19 November 1779
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Harrison, Benjamin
    Date
    19 November 1779

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison, 19 November 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-03-02-0209. [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. 194.]

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