Thomas Jefferson Papers

Samuel Huntington to Thomas Jefferson, 28 July 1780

From Samuel Huntington

Philadelphia, 28 July 1780. Circular letter to the state executives enclosing a resolve of Congress of 25 July authorizing the states furnishing wagons for Continental service to make adequate allowances for wagon hire until deputy quartermasters are appointed for the states.

RC (Vi); 2 p.; endorsed. FC (DLC: PCC, No. 15). Enclosure (Vi): copy of Congress’ resolution of 25 July 1780, attested 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 , xvii, 665.

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    Samuel Huntington to Thomas Jefferson, 28 July 1780
    Author
    Huntington, Samuel
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    28 July 1780

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    “Samuel Huntington to Thomas Jefferson, 28 July 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-03-02-0592. [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. 513.]

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