Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from the Board of Trade, 16 February 1780

From the Board of Trade

[Williamsburg] 16 Feb. 1780. Requesting approval of purchase, from Henry Brown, of “10 hhds of Rum at £25. ⅌ Gall. in exchange for Cordage at 40/. ⅌ lb.—the price … is extravagant, but … Troops cannot be marched on to the Southward without this Article‥‥”

Tr in Board of Trade Journal (Vi); 1 p.; printed in Official Letters description begins Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia, ed. H. R. McIlwaine description ends , ii, 101–2.

TJ’s reply has not been located, but this minute follows in the Journal: “Which being approved by the Executive, Ordered that the Agent be directed to purchase the same.”

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    To Thomas Jefferson from the Board of Trade, 16 February 1780
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    Board of Trade
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    16 February 1780

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from the Board of Trade, 16 February 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-03-02-0333. [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. 294.]

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