Proclamation of Embargo, 19 January 1781
Proclamation of Embargo
[Richmond] 19 Jan. 1781. A reissue of the Proclamation of 30 Nov. 1779, q.v., extending the embargo “until the end of the next session of Assembly.”
Engrossed copy (Vi); 2 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by TJ, with seal attached; endorsed: “a proclamation for laying an embargo. Jany 19. 81.” Printed in Va. Gaz. ( ) 17 Feb. 1781; renewed 26 Mch. 1781 and printed in same, 31 Mch., 7, 14 Apr.