Thomas Jefferson Papers

Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 23 April 1781

To George Washington

Richmond, 23 Apr. 1781. This letter is identical with TJ’s letter to Samuel Huntington of this date except that it lacks the postscript.

RC (DLC: Washington Papers); 3 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by TJ; endorsed: “Richmond 23d. April 1781 from Governor Jefferson. Ansd. 16 May.” FC (Vi). Tr (DLC). Printed in HAW description begins Henry A. Washington, ed., The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1853–1854, 9 vols. description ends , i, 304–5, and elsewhere.

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    Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 23 April 1781
    Author
    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Washington, George
    Date
    23 April 1781

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    “Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 23 April 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-05-02-0672. [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. 545.]

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