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To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Nelson, 26 January 1781

From Thomas Nelson

[Williamsburg], 26 Jan. 1781. Eight British vessels have been driven ashore, four of which it is supposed will not be gotten off again. The greatest advantage cannot be taken of their distress because the vessels are on a coast chiefly in British power.

MS not located. Text abstracted from an entry in Anderson Galleries, sale catalogue, 19–20 Jan. 1926 (James H. Manning Sale), lot 407; a 1-page A.L.S.

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