Title
[Document, 1779 February 01]
Library Location
Name
Cambray-Digny, Louis-Antoine-Jean-Baptiste, chevalier de, 1751-1822 (Author)
United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
February 01, 1779
Language
English
Physical Description
2 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Asks that he be allowed 2,000 dollars for the expenses he will incur in travelling from Philadelphia to Charlestown, South Carolina, with his engineering equipment and reference books. As he is cut off from his family and friends, and has consistently exceeded the amount of his pay in providing himself with necessaries he cannot defray the cost of his travel to the South.
Identifier
columbia.jay.10411