1From Thomas Jefferson to the County Lieutenants of Botetourt and Montgomery, 1 November 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
The propositions of the Executive for raising in the counties of Botetourt, Washington and Montgomery, a corps of volunteers to proceed to the southern army having on account of some circumstances contained in them failed to induce the engagement of such a corps, they have put them into a form in which they hope they will be more successful. The necessity of vigorous exertions to repel the...