Thomas Jefferson Papers

Charles Thomson to Thomas Jefferson, 20 June 1780

From Charles Thomson

[Philadelphia] 20 June 1780. Circular letter to the state executives quoting Congress’ resolutions of 2 May 1780 respecting the issuance of commissions to private vessels of war. Such commissions are hereafter to be obtained by application to the Board of Admiralty.

FC (DLC: PCC, No. 18A); 2 p. For text of resolutions of 2 May, see 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, 408–9. This method of issuing commissions was altered by the resolve of Congress of 27 July; see circular letter from Charles Thomson, 28 July 1780.

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    Charles Thomson to Thomas Jefferson, 20 June 1780
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    Thomson, Charles
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    20 June 1780

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    “Charles Thomson to Thomas Jefferson, 20 June 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-03-02-0532. [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. 456.]

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