James Duane Letters for the years 1780 thru 1784

Philadelphia, PA - 10 October 1780

Before this reaches jour hands, you will have received the new arrangement of the army. Submitted, as it is, to your opinion, it is only to be considered as an essay, open to such alterations as you may suggest.

Philadelphia, PA - 9 December 1780

Government, instead of possessing the confidence and the dignity necessary to enforce its counsels, is surrounded bv clamorous creditors and insidious speculators

Philadelphia, PA - 9 September 1781

we have thrown the solitary remnant of our Marine into the management of our Financier. It will save a capital expense, as the Admiralty, Navy Boards, and their subordinate offices, are dissolved.

Trenton, NJ - 16 December 1784

it is to be deplored that federal attachment, and a sense of national obligation, continue to give place to vain prejudices in favor of the independence and sovereignty of the individual States.