The Recurrent Evil of Price Controls
John Witherspoons 1778 Letter to George Washington
This article appeared in the Fall 2024 issue of The Independent Review.
John Witherspoon played important roles in the Scottish Enlightenment, the American Revolution, and the formation of the American republic. This essay provides a short sketch of Witherspoons life before introducing and reproducing the text of a remarkable but little-known letter he drafted to George Washington in 1778, during the Continental Armys encampment at Valley Forge, on the evils of price controls.
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