Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Huntington, 28 May 1781

To Samuel Huntington

Charlottesville, 28 May 1781. This letter is virtually identical with the first part of TJ’s letter to George Washington, same date, q.v. for variations in the two texts.

RC (DLC: PCC, No. 71, ii); 2 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed and addressed by TJ; endorsed in part: “Read June 4. Referred to the board of War.” FC (Vi). Tr (DLC: TJ Papers).

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    From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Huntington, 28 May 1781
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Huntington, Samuel
    Date
    28 May 1781

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Huntington, 28 May 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-06-02-0028. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 6, 21 May 1781–1 March 1784, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952, p. 25.]

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