1III. Depositions Taken in 1796 respecting Jefferson’s Conduct during Arnold’s Invasion, 12 October 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Archibald Blair’s Deposition Being requested to state what I recollect of the circumstances which occasioned the loss of the public records in the year 1781, and the time Mr. Jefferson, the then Governor of Virginia, quitted Richmond upon the approach of the enemy,—I do well remember that Mr. Jefferson was extremely active in removing all public records from Richmond, and I have reason to...