51From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Huntington, 23 April 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 18. instant the enemy came from Portsmouth up James river in considerable force, tho’ their numbers precisely are not yet known to us. They landed at Burwells ferry below Williamsburg and near the mouth of Chickahominy above it. This latter circumstance obliged Colo. Innes who commanded a body of Militia Stationed on that Side the river to cover the country from depredation, to retire...
52From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Huntington, 9 May 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Richmond, 9 May 1781 . This letter is virtually identical with TJ’s letter to George Washington of the same date , q.v. Tr ( DLC : Washington Papers). Another Tr ( PHi ). FC ( Vi ). The first two are in the hand of Richard Peters. TJ’s letter was read in Congress on 14 May 1781 and referred to the board of war ( JCC Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789 , ed. W. C. Ford and others,...
53From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Huntington, 28 May 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Charlottesville, 28 May 1781 . This letter is virtually identical with the first part of TJ’s letter to George Washington, same date, q.v. for variations in the two texts. RC ( DLC : PCC , No. 71, ii ); 2 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed and addressed by TJ; endorsed in part: “Read June 4. Referred to the board of War.” FC ( Vi ). Tr ( DLC : TJ Papers).