Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from James Maury, 26 November 1792

From James Maury

Liverpool, 26 Nov. 1792. Despite the proclamation prohibiting the exportation of British wheat and flour that he advised of on 13 Nov., this port continues shut. News of the disaster to the American tobacco crop is generally known, but has not yet had any effect.

RC (DNA: RG 59, CD); 1 p.; at foot of text: “Thos Jefferson Esqre. Secretary of State to the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received 9 Feb. 1793 and so recorded in SJL.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from James Maury, 26 November 1792
    Author
    Maury, James
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    26 November 1792

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from James Maury, 26 November 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-24-02-0647. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 24, 1 June–31 December 1792, ed. John Catanzariti. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990, p. 664.]

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