Letter, 1780 July 26, Richmond, [Virginia], to [James] Madison, n.p.

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Letter, 1780 July 26, Richmond, [Virginia], to [James] Madison, n.p.

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Encloses copy of a bill calling in paper money from circulation; wonders if money appropriated by Congress is to go north or southward; mentions North Carolina's and Virginia's efforts to remount, re-equip, and recruit for George Washington's cavalry; troops and officers are in need of clothing; praises George Wythe's school of law at the College of William and Mary, where weekly courts and assemblies are held at the capitol; by sending its students to the legislature, the school will be of "infinite value."

3 p. on 1 leaf ; 20 cm. x 31 cm.

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