1To George Washington from James Henry, 16 June 1780 (Washington Papers)
permit me to intrude upon your more important avocations, for a moment, and to inclose to you a Copy of a letter from Col. Buford to the Virga assembly, which your Friend Col. B. Harrison, has requested me to forward to you. I wish I could send you better tidings; but ’tis necessary to know the danger, to enable us to make more effectual preparations to avert it. With every wish for your...
2To Thomas Jefferson from James Henry, 13 February 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
I was lately on the E. Shore, and there I discovered that the 2 fine Gallies destin’d for that Station, were not only abandoned, but in a way very soon to be totally lost to the publick. They ly ashore, greatly injured by the Worms; the smaller Cannon, either stolen, or borrowed, and put on board Vessels which depart from thence and never return; the small Rigging and other apparel, from time...