Letter to Oliver Ellsworth
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Title
Letter to Oliver Ellsworth
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Names
Root, Jesse (Author)
Ellsworth, Oliver (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1781-02-08
Place: Philadelphia, Pa.
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
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Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 pp. Fo
Abstract
Is glad to hear that the collecting and recruiting is succeeding so well in Connecticut; General Du Portail has arrived from the south; Virginia has ceded to the United States her claims to the territory northwest of the Ohio, with certain provisions; Maryland has agreed to the Confederation; Congress has asked the states for power to levy imposts to the amount of 6% on imported articles; the necessity of a revenue is evident; in Root's opinion duties should be varied, but under the present plan they will be higher on articles of luxury in proportion as they are dearer; Congress has been arranging its executive departments; Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Minister of War, of Finance, and of Marine; General Leslie has arrived to the southward with 2500 troops; the new bills get out but slowly; they labor under the disadvantage of state emissions and have various credits which embarrass business; the legal exchange there is 75, but the real exchange is 110; accordingly everything is raised a corresponding proportion in hard money; he will leave Congress the middle of April, the President [Samuel Huntington] and General Walcott intending to go about the same time; incloses particulars of General Morgan's success, and the King's speech.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 623
Archives EAD ID: 275240
Archives Components ID: 299
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fe1d9d30-6a3f-0139-110a-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Oliver Ellsworth" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1781. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fe1d9d30-6a3f-0139-110a-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1781). Letter to Oliver Ellsworth Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fe1d9d30-6a3f-0139-110a-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Oliver Ellsworth" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fe1d9d30-6a3f-0139-110a-0242ac110002
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