5-10-1777: Thomas Jefferson, “or, if the case admit not the delay, by impressing arms & ammunition of private property, which ammunition so far as not used, & arms, shall be duly returned..."

Thomas Jefferson, Draft Of A Bill, “or, if the case admit not the delay, by impressing arms & ammunition of private property, which ammunition so far as not used, & arms, shall be duly returned as soon as they may be spared…”, May 10, 1777