Thomas Jefferson Papers

Samuel Huntington to Thomas Jefferson, 14 March 1780

From Samuel Huntington

Philadelphia, 14 Mch. 1780. Circular letter to the state executives enclosing resolve of Congress recommending that Wednesday, 26 Apr., be set apart as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer.

FC (DLC: PCC, No. 14); 1 p. Enclosure (missing): Resolve of Congress, 11 Mch., printed 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 , xvi, 252–3.

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    Samuel Huntington to Thomas Jefferson, 14 March 1780
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    Huntington, Samuel
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    14 March 1780

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    “Samuel Huntington to Thomas Jefferson, 14 March 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-03-02-0362. [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. 313.]

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