Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 26 February 1781

To George Washington

Richmond, 26 Feb. 1781. This letter is identical in substance with TJ’s letter to Samuel Huntington of the present date, q.v.

RC (DLC: Washington Papers); 3 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by TJ; endorsed (in part): “Ansd. 21st. March.” Printed in HAW description begins Henry A. Washington, ed., The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1853–1854, 9 vols. description ends , i, 296–7, and elsewhere. Tr (DLC).

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Title: Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 26 February 1781
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 26 February 1781

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Cite as: “Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 26 February 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-05-02-0021. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 5, 25 February 1781 – 20 May 1781, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952, p. 15.]

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