1To Thomas Jefferson from William Constable, 7 April 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
I am honor’d with yours in Council of the 30 Ultimo relative to the releif of the Militia, which I sincerely wish was arrived, as it will be impossible to detain these in the field above a few days longer with our outmost endeavours; they already begin to be much dissatisfied, and desertion prevails apace. A number of the Enemy’s transports sailed yesterday and the day before, ’tis said they...