Thomas Jefferson Papers

Samuel Huntington to Thomas Jefferson, 22 November 1779

From Samuel Huntington

Philadelphia, 22 Nov. 1779. Circular to the state executives enclosing resolves of Congress of 19 Nov. recommending the enacting of laws for “a general limitation of prices …, to commence in their operation from the first day of february next.”

FC (DLC: PCC, No. 14); 1 p. Enclosure: Resolves of Congress of 19 Nov. recommending limitation of prices and wages; copy (Vi), signed by Charles Thomson; printed 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 , xv, 1289–92.

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    Samuel Huntington to Thomas Jefferson, 22 November 1779
    Author
    Huntington, Samuel
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    22 November 1779

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    “Samuel Huntington to Thomas Jefferson, 22 November 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-03-02-0215. [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. 197.]

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