Thomas Jefferson Papers

Samuel Huntington to Thomas Jefferson, 15 December 1779

From Samuel Huntington

Philadelphia, 15 Dec. 1779. Circular letter to the state executives enclosing a resolve of Congress of this date recommending an embargo on exports.

FC (DLC: PCC, No. 14); 2 p. Enclosure missing; 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, 1383.

TJ had anticipated the recommendation of Congress in his Proclamation of 30 Nov. 1779, q.v.

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