ALS, 1780 July 6 : Philadelphia, to John [Jay].

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ALS, 1780 July 6 : Philadelphia, to John [Jay].

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Writes Jay in Cadiz of family matters, including their troubles with British troops. Relates the need of French armament and "great assistance from the court at which you now are to enable us to make some arrangement of our finances, from the disorder of which our greatest evils flow."

3 p. ; 39 x 24 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6822696

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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