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From Thomas Jefferson to George Weedon, 7 November 1780

To George Weedon

In Council Nov. 7. 1780.

Sir

I inclose you a militia commission to Mr. Triplett merely to comply with the letter of the law, and to lay a ground work for arming him with your warrant under which he will conduct himself according to the inclosed extract from the act of assembly. I am with great esteem Sir Your most obedt. servt.,

Th: Jefferson

RC (PPAP); endorsed. Enclosures missing; no copy of the extract from the invasion law printed at this time has been located; see TJ to Weedon, 6 Nov. 1780, and Swem, “Va. Bibliog.,” description begins Earl G. Swem, “A Bibliography of Virginia,” Virginia State Library, Bulletin, VIII, X, XII (1915–1919) description ends No. 7242.

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    From Thomas Jefferson to George Weedon, 7 November 1780
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Weedon, George
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    7 November 1780

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to George Weedon, 7 November 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-04-02-0122. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 4, 1 October 1780 – 24 February 1781, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951, p. 100.]

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