Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 28 March 1781

To George Washington

Richmond, 28 Mch. 1781. This letter is virtually identical with TJ’s letter to Samuel Huntington, same date, with the exception of one paragraph in Huntington’s letter which was omitted in this.

RC (DLC: Washington Papers); in a clerk’s hand, signed by TJ; endorsed, in part: “Ansd. 18h. April.” FC (Vi). Enclosures (DLC: Washington Papers): Copies of Nathanael Greene to TJ, 23 Mch.; Steuben to TJ, 26 Mch. 1781, qq.v. For variations from the text of the letter to Huntington, see note there.

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    From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 28 March 1781
    Author
    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Washington, George
    Date
    28 March 1781

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 28 March 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-05-02-0353. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 5, 25 February 1781 – 20 May 1781, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952, pp. 272–273.]

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