Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to the County Lieutenant of Gloucester, 2 May 1781

To the County Lieutenant of Gloucester

Richmond, May 2d 1781

Sir

You are desired immediately to embody so many of your Militia as you can arm, if Colo. Innes shall require so many for the Purpose of defending the Battery at Gloucestertown, and to march them there immediately under proper officers. I am &c.,

Tho. Jefferson

FC (Vi).

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    From Thomas Jefferson to the County Lieutenant of Gloucester, 2 May 1781
    Author
    Jefferson, Thomas
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    County Lieutenant
    Date
    2 May 1781

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to the County Lieutenant of Gloucester, 2 May 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-05-02-0719. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 5, 25 February 1781 – 20 May 1781, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952, p. 588.]

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