Thomas Jefferson Papers

Returns of Virginia Land and Naval Forces, [4 November 1779]

Returns of Virginia Land and Naval Forces

[4 November 1779]

[Text reproduced in illustration section following p. 254.] [1] [2] [3] [4]

MS (DLC); entirely in TJ’s hand.

Principally compiled in Oct. 1779 at the request of the House of Delegates, these memoranda are drafts of the returns actually sent in a letter to Speaker Harrison on 4 Nov., q.v., but contain additions made after receipt of Washington’s letter to TJ of 26 Dec. 1779, q.v.; and other additions as late as 27 May 1780.

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    Returns of Virginia Land and Naval Forces, [4 November 1779]
    Author
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Recipient
    Harrison, Benjamin
    Date
    4 November 1779

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    “Returns of Virginia Land and Naval Forces, [4 November 1779],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-03-02-0157. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 3, 18 June 1779 – 30 September 1780, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951, p. 155.]

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