1From Thomas Jefferson to Evan Shelby, Jr., 24 January 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
Before the receipt of your Letter , the assembly having empowered us to raise one troop of horse for the Illinois, we had commissioned Captain Rogers for that purpose who raised his men and proceeded some time in the fall to join Colo. Clarke, who was not informed of any of these measures at the date of his Letter to you. We have therefore no authority to direct the raising any more. After...