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From Thomas Jefferson to James Wood, 12 March 1781

To James Wood

In Council March 12th 1781

Sir

I inclose you a Copy [of a resolve] of Congress directing that the Convention prisoners shall be moved Northwardly by the way of Knowlands ferry. Their ultimate destination is Lancaster in Pensylvania. From Knowlands Ferry they are to be guarded and subsisted by the State of Maryland. I accordingly have apprized that State of their approach. You will be pleased to move them on immediately. I am, &c.,

T. J.

FC (Vi). Enclosure (missing): An extract from the resolution of Congress enclosed in Huntington to TJ, 4 Mch. 1781, q.v.

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    From Thomas Jefferson to James Wood, 12 March 1781
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    “From Thomas Jefferson to James Wood, 12 March 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-05-02-0172. [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. 136.]

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