Notable LS signed “I have the honor to be, With great Respect, Sir Your Excellency's Most obedient Servant, Henry Laurens, President of Congress,” one page, 8 x 13, October 7, 1778. Written from Philadelphia, an official letter to Cesar Rodney, the "President of the State of Delaware," in full: "I had the honor of addressing your excellency on the 5th Ult'o since which have not received any of your favors the present serves to transmit two Acts of Congress viz. / 1…of the 2nd Instant for continuing the present Embargo on Provision until the last day of January 1779, and for divers other purposes therein mentioned. / 2…An Act of the 5th Inst. for exchanging with Continental Currency such local Bills of Credit as have been received in the Loan Office of each State respectively." A secretarial hand has added in the lower right: "W. B. The above resolutions were said before the Assembly at their Sessions in Octo'r 1778—by the President." In fine condition, with light toning along the edges and folds. A fabulous missive between two notable figures of the American Revolution.
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