Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Foster Webb, 12 April 1781

From Foster Webb

Treasury Office, 12th. Apr. 1781.

Sir

We have no Continental Money on hand, and do not think any can be procured. There stil remains 950 Dollars 1 for 40. I imagine Specie could be purchased if you chuse to have it done.

I am Your Mo. Obedt. Servt.,

F. Webb jr. C.T.
[Commissioner of the Treasury]

RC (Vi); addressed and endorsed.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Foster Webb, 12 April 1781
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    Webb, Foster
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    12 April 1781

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Foster Webb, 12 April 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-05-02-0531. [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. 428.]