Thomas Jefferson Papers

Thomas Jefferson to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 8 March 1781

To the Speaker of the House of Delegates

Richmond, 8 Mch. 1781. This letter is identical with the first part of the letter sent to George Washington, same date, q.v.

FC (Vi); 2 p. TJ’s letter was presented to the House the same day and was “ordered to lie on the table” (JHD description begins Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia (cited by session and date of publication) description ends , Mch. 1781, Va. State Libr., Bull., 1928, p. 16).

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    Thomas Jefferson to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 8 March 1781
    Author
    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Virginia Assembly
    Date
    8 March 1781

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    “Thomas Jefferson to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 8 March 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-05-02-0121. [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. 93.]

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