Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to Edward Stevens, 22 October 1780

To Edward Stevens

In Council Octr. 22. 1780

Sir

We this Morning received certain Information of the Arrival of a Considerable Fleet of the Enemy in our Bay, and that they had begun their Debarcation. We have taken measures for Assembling a Force to oppose them, and must take the liberty of desiring you to return imediately and assist in the Command of them. I am with great respect Sir Your Most Obt Servt.,

Th: Jefferson

Tr (DLC); endorsed: “Copy of a Letter from Governor Jefferson to Edward Stevens dated October 22d. 1780.”

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    From Thomas Jefferson to Edward Stevens, 22 October 1780
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Stevens, Edward
    Date
    22 October 1780

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to Edward Stevens, 22 October 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-04-02-0067. [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. 59.]

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