Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas, 1723-1790 to John Hall
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00297.01 Author/Creator: Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas, 1723-1790 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 21, 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; Height: 20 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy
Reports no news from Europe or General Nathanael Greene. Hopes that the Comte de Grasse comes to Chesapeake Bay to support the Americans against Lord Cornwallis, which he did later that month. Also notes that "Vermont is to be admitted into the Union as a fourteenth State -- a fifteenth must soon follow as a balance."
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