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Unknown Explanatory remarked on the Statement of the claims of Virginia

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07114.02 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Virginia Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1786-1789 Pagination: 1 p. ; 32.5 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Accompanied "Statement of the Claims of the Commonwealth of Virginia against the United States for Advances and Services on Account of the late War" (see GLC07114.01). Details the eleven items listed on the account, which recorded a debt of $13,349,102 owed to Virginia by the federal government.

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