1To Thomas Jefferson from Carter Braxton, [May? 1780?] (Jefferson Papers)
[ May? 1780? ] Has heard from the skipper of one of his vessels now at Annapolis that a number of cartouche boxes for Col. Finnie have been received there, but Braxton had already given orders to sell the vessel, even though at a loss, because of the lack of a convoy through Chesapeake Bay. (The vessel had gone to Annapolis loaded with public corn under convoy of the Jefferson , and had been...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Carter Braxton, 16 May 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
I am this moment informed that our County Lieutenant has orders to post fifty Men at Wt. [West] point by way of Guard, this it is suggested is done on the remonstrance of Mr. Wm. Frazer, who is alarmed for his Situation twelve Miles above and therefore would place us on the disagreable footing of having our places of abode within a Garrison and liable to the depredations of the soldiery. If...