1From Thomas Jefferson to Messrs. Ball, Elliott, Morris, and Southall, [before 2 November] 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
[ Richmond, before 2 Nov. ] 1780 . Appointment of these men as commissioners “under the act for procuring a supply of provisions and other necessaries for the use of the army, but restricted specially to the procuring the articles enumerated in the said act, and live cattle, horses, waggons, and their gear for the subsistance and transporting the baggage of the troops marching to oppose the...