Volume 3

18 June 1779 to 30 September 1780

Volume Details

Description

Volume 3 embraces somewhat more than the first half of Jefferson’s two-year service as governor of Virginia. During the fifteen months from June 1779 to September 1780 he was busy with the problems of governing a state that was open on three sides to invasion: from the east by naval raiders, the south by Cornwallis’ army, the west by Indians and their regular and irregular British and tory leaders.

Most of Volume 3, therefore, relates to military matters: the drafting of men for Continental and for militia service, the supplying of men and arms for the defense of Virginia’s far-flung western domain, clearing privateers out of Virginia waters, dealing with deserters, establishing arms factories and military hospitals, supplying Virginians in captivity with money for their subsistence, supplying the British and German prisoners in Virginia with food, and the endless problem of supporting Continental currency.

This volume also contains exchanges with the British and German officers interned at Charlottesville, with Jefferson’s Italian friends Mazzei and Fabbroni, with D’Anmours, the first French consul in Virginia; it includes as well the only letter written by Mrs. Jefferson known to survive and the beginnings of Jefferson’s correspondence with James Madison and James Monroe.

Table of Contents

From William Phillips, 18 June 1779	3
To David Shepherd, 18 June 1779	3
To Cyrus Griffin, 19 June 1779	4
To John Jay, 19 June 1779	4
To George Washington, 19 June 1779	6
To Charles Scott, 21 June 1779	7
To Richard Caswell, 22 June 1779	9
From William Fleming, 22 June 1779	10
From Conrad Alexandre Gérard, 2[2] June 1779	11
To St. George Tucker, 22 June 1779	12
From John Jay, 24 June 1779	13
Appointment of a Boundary Commissioner, [24 June 1779]	13
From Meriwether Smith, 24 June 1779	14
To William Phillips, 25 June 1779	14
From Meriwether Smith, 25 June 1779	15
From the Board of Trade, 26 June 1779	17
Appointment of Commissioners for Kentucky, 26 June 1779	17
To ——, 26 June 1779	18
To Thomas Whiting, enclosing List of Materials for Temporary Buildings at Richmond, 26 June 1779	18
From the Board of Trade, 29 June 1779	19
From John Jay, 29 June 1779	19
From the Board of Trade, 30 June–1 July 1779	19
To Richard Caswell, 30 June 1779	20
To Thomas Johnson, 30 June 1779	20
Form of Commission to Deputy Attorney Generals, [June 1779?]	21
Proclamation Expelling British Subjects, [1 July 1779]	22
To the Board of Trade, 1 July 1779	23
From the Board of Trade, 2 July 1779	24
To Riedesel, 4 July 1779	24
From William Phillips, 5 July 1779	25
From Meriwether Smith, 6 July 1779	28
From John Jay, 8 July 1779	29
From Richard Henry Lee, 8 July 1779	29
From George Washington, 10 July 1779	30
William Phillips to John Jay, 11 July 1779	31
From the Board of Trade, with Reply, 13 July 1779	32
From William Fleming, 13 July 1779	32
From Cyrus Griffin, 13 July 1779	34
From the Board of Trade, with Reply, 14 July 1779	35
From John Jay, 14 July 1779	35
To ——, 15 July 1779	35
Credentials for Peter Penet, 15 July 1779	36
From George Mason, 16 July 1779	37
From the Board of Trade, 17 July 1779	37
From the Board of Trade, 17 July 1779	38
Return of Arms, Stores, &c., Belonging to the State of Virginia, [17 July 1779]	38
To Richard Henry Lee, 17 July 1779	39
To George Washington, 17 July 1779	40
To the Board of War, 22 July 1779	42
From Daniel Brodhead, 22 July 1779	42
From Archibald Cary, 22 July 1779	43
To William Phillips, 22 July 1779	44
Contract between the State of Virginia and Peter Penet, Windel & Company, 22 July 1779	49
From — Savarit, [after 22 July 1779]	50
Orders for Defense of the Western Frontier, 23 July 1779	50
Notes and Plans for Western Defense, [23 July 1779 and after]	52
To George Washington, 23 July 1779	56
To George Washington, 23 July 1779	56
From John Jay, 26 July 1779	57
From Edmund Randolph, 27 July 1779	57
From John Jay, 28 July 1779	57
From the Board of War, with Reply by John Page, 30 July 1779	58
Henry Hamilton to the Lieutenant Governor and Council of Virginia, 30 July 1779	58
From Meriwether Smith, 30 July 1779	59
To Riedesel, [July 1779]	59
[From the Board of War, 4 August 1779]	60
From George Washington, 6 August 1779	61
To Col. William Fleming, 7 August 1779	62
To William Preston, 7 August 1779	62
From William Fleming, 10 August 1779	63
From William Phillips, 10 August 1779	64
From Richard Henry Lee, 12 August 1779	65
From William Phillips, 12 August 1779	66
From John Jay, 14 August 1779	66
From John Page, 14 August 1779	66
Testimonial for Charles Clay, [15 August 1779]	67
From Rev. John Todd, 16 August 1779	68
From George Washington, 16 August 1779	69
From Peter Penet, 17 August 1779	70
From John Todd, Jr., 18 August 1779	70
From John Jay, 24 August 1779	72
Pass for David Geddes, [25 August 1779]	73
Passes for Poellnitz and Others, [25 August 1779]	73
From William Phillips, 25 August 1779	74
From Archibald Cary, 26 [August] 1779	75
From George Washington, 26 August 1779	76
Proceedings of Commissioners to Settle the Pennsylvania-Virginia Boundary, 27–31 August 1779	77
[From the Continental Board of War, before 28 August 1779]	78
From Andrew Lewis and Col. William Fleming, 31 August 1779	78
From William Phillips, 3 September 1779	80
[To the Board of Trade, 4 September 1779]	80
From George Corbin, [4 September 1779]	81
From Arthur Lee, 4 September 1779	82
From John Jay, 6 September 1779	83
From Richard Henry Lee, 6 September 1779	84
From the Board of War, 9 September 1779	85
From the Board of Trade, 10 September 1779	85
From the Board of Trade, 10 September 1779	85
From William Phillips, 12 September 1779	86
From George Washington, 13 September 1779	86
From John Jay, 14 September 1779	87
From Richard Henry Lee, 20 September 1779	87
From George Rogers Clark, 23 September 1779	88
From Richard Henry Lee, 23 September 1779	90
From William Lee, 24 September 1779	90
To John Jay, 25 September 1779	93
Advice of Council respecting Henry Hamilton and Others, 29 September 1779	94
From Samuel Huntington, 30 September 1779	95
Form of Parole Offered to Henry Hamilton, [1 October 1779]	95
To George Washington, 1 October 1779	97
To William Phillips, 2 October 1779	97
To George Washington, 2 October 1779	99
From Samuel Huntington, 3 October 1779	100
From George French, 5 October 1779	100
From the Board of Trade, with Reply, 8–9 October 1779	100
From the Board of Trade, with Reply, 8 October 1779	101
To George Mathews, 8 October 1779	101
Advice of Council concerning Prisoners, 8 October 1779	103
To George Washington, 8 October 1779	104
From Samuel Huntington, 9 October 1779	104
From Samuel Huntington, 9 October 1779	105
From Richard Henry Lee, 13 October 1779	105
To William Preston, 15 October 1779	107
To Samuel Huntington, 16 October 1779	107
To Steuben, 16 October 1779	107
From Samuel Huntington, 18 October 1779	108
From the Board of Trade, 19 October 1779	108
Parole to Philip Dejean, 19 October 1779	109
From Samuel Huntington, 20 October 1779	109
To Benjamin Harrison, 22 October 1779	109
To William Preston, 22 October 1779	111
From Thomas Smith, 22 October 1779	111
From James Mercer, [before 23 October] 1779	112
To James Mercer, [before 23 October 1779]	112
To Mary Willing Byrd, 24 October 1779	112
To Samuel Huntington, 24 October 1779	113
From John Randolph, 25 October 1779	114
To Francis Taylor, 25 October 1779	121
James Innes to Mann Page, 27 October 1779	121
From the Board of Trade, 29 October 1779	123
From the Board of Trade, 29 October 1779	123
To the Board of Trade, 29 October 1779	123
To Benjamin Harrison, 29 October 1779	124
To the Board of Trade, 30 October 1779	125
[To Benjamin Harrison, 30? October 1779]	125
To Benjamin Harrison, 30 October 1779	125
Bill for Establishing a Manufactory of Arms and Extending Navigation through the Falls of James River, [30 October 1779]	131
From Samuel Huntington, 30 October 1779	147
From Giovanni Fabbroni, 1 November 1779	148
From the Board of War, 2 November 1779	150
Petition of Alexander Dick to the Governor and Council, 2 November 1779	152
From Cyrus Griffin, 2 November [1779]	152
From the Board of Trade, with Reply, 3 November 1779	152
From the Board of War, 4 November 1779	153
From the Board of War, 4 November 1779	153
To Benjamin Harrison, 4 November 1779	153
Returns of Virginia Land and Naval Forces, [4 November 1779]	155
Board of War to Board of Trade, 5 November 1779	155
Roll of Officers of the Regiment of Guards for the Convention Prisoners, [5 November 1779]	155
[To Benjamin Harrison, 5? November 1779]	156
From George Washington, 5 November 1779	156
From the Board of Trade, 6 November 1779	158
To the Board of Trade, 6 November 1779	159
Board of Trade to Penet, D'Acosta Frères, 6 November 1779	160
To the Board of Trade, 6 November 1779	160
To the Board of Trade, 6 November 1779	160
To John Bowman, 6 November 1779	160
To Certain County Lieutenants, 6 November 1779	161
[To Benjamin Harrison, 6 November 1779]	162
From D'Anmours, with a Memorial on the Status of French Subjects in Virginia, [7 November 1779]	162
To the Board of Trade, 8 November 1779	166
From the Board of War, 8 November 1779	166
From the Board of War, 8 November 1779	167
To Bernardo de Gálvez, 8 November 1779	167
To Benjamin Harrison, 8 November 1779	170
From the Board of Trade, 9 November 1779	170
To the Board of Trade, 9 and 12 November 1779	171
From the Board of War, with Reply, 9 November 1779	171
To the Board of War, 9 November 1779	171
To the Board of War, 9 November 1779	172
From Samuel Huntington, 9 November 1779	172
To D'Anmours, 10 November 1779	173
From the Board of War, with Reply, 11 November 1779	173
From the Board of War, 11 November 1779	173
From the Board of War, 11 November 1779	174
To Richard Caswell, 11 November 1779	175
Proclamation Appointing a Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer, 11 November 1779	177
To John Rutledge, 11 November 1779	179
From the Board of Trade, with Reply, 12 November 1779	180
To the Board of War, 12 November 1779	181
From the Board of Trade, [13 November 1779]	181
To the Board of War, 13 November 1779	182
To the Board of War, 13 November 1779	182
From the Board of War, 13 November 1779	182
From the Board of War, 13 November 1779	183
From the Board of War, 13 November 1779	183
From the Executive Council, 13 November 1779	183
From Edmund Randolph, 13 November 1779	184
To David Shepherd, 13 November 1779	186
To the Board of War, 15 November 1779	186
To the Board of War, 15 November 1779	187
To the Board of War, 15 November 1779	187
From the Board of War, 16 November 1779	187
From the Board of War, 16 November 1779	190
To Samuel Huntington, 16 November 1779	191
[To Benjamin Harrison, 17? November 1779]	193
To the Board of War, 18 November 1779	193
From Samuel Huntington, 18 November 1779	194
To Benjamin Harrison, 19 November 1779	194
Board of War to Board of Trade, with Reply, 20 November 1779	195
From the Board of War, with Reply, 20 November 1779	195
To Benjamin Harrison, [20?] November 1779	195
From Charles Thomson, 20 November 1779	196
[To Benjamin Harrison, 22? November 1779]	197
From Samuel Huntington, 22 November 1779	197
To Benjamin Harrison, [23 November 1779]	197
From George Washington, 23 November 1779	198
From the Board of War, with Reply, 24 November 1779	199
[To Benjamin Harrison, 24? November 1779]	199
[To Benjamin Harrison, 24? November 1779]	199
[To Benjamin Harrison, 25? November 1779]	200
From Joseph Reed, 25 November 1779	200
From the Board of Trade, 27 November 1779	200
From Philip Mazzei, [27 November 1779]	201
Form of Recruiting Commission, [28 November] 1779	203
To George Washington, 28 November 1779	204
Thomas Scott to Joseph Reed, 29 November 1779	206
Proclamation of Embargo, 30 November 1779	208
From the Board of Trade, 1 December 1779	209
From the Board of War, 1 December 1779	210
From Richard Henry Lee, 1 December 1779	210
To Pontdevaux, [before 2 December 1779]	210
From Pontdevaux, 2 December 1779	211
[From the Board of Trade, 3? December 1779]	211
To Joseph Reed, 3 December 1779	211
From Riedesel, 4 December 1779	212
[From Philip Mazzei, 5 December 1779]	213
From the Board of Trade, 7 December 1779	213
To Benjamin Harrison, 8 December 1779	213
To the Board of Trade, 10 December 1779	214
From Samuel Huntington, 10 December 1779	214
From the Board of War, with Reply, 11–15 December 1779	215
To Benjamin Harrison, 11 December 1779	216
[To Benjamin Harrison, 11? December 1779]	216
From George Washington, 11 December 1779	216
From George Washington, 11 December 1779	217
From Philip Mazzei, 12 December 1779	217
To the Board of Trade, 13 December 1779	221
From the Board of War, with Reply, 14 December 1779	221
From the Board of War, 14 December 1779	221
From Samuel Huntington, 14 December 1779	222
From Samuel Huntington, 15 December 1779	222
To Thomas Sim Lee, 15 December 1779	222
From the Board of War, 16 December 1779	223
From the Board of War, with Reply, 16 December 1779	223
From the Board of War, 16 December 1779	224
To Samuel Huntington, 16 December 1779	224
From William Phillips, 16 December 1779	227
To George Washington, 16 December 1779	227
From the Board of War, 17 December 1779	229
From the Board of Trade, 18 December 1779	229
To the Board of War, 18 December 1779	229
From Archibald Cary, 18 December 1779	230
From Philip Mazzei, 18 December 1779–9 January 1780	231
From the Board of War, 20 December 1779	236
From Giovanni Fabbroni, 20 December 1779	237
From Thomas Sim Lee, 20 December 1779	238
From the Board of Trade, with Reply, 23 December 1779	238
From the Board of War, 23 December 1779	238
To the Board of War, 23 December 1779	240
To Benjamin Harrison, 23 December 1779	241
To ——, 25 December 1779	242
From George Washington, 25 December 1779	243
To Thomas Sim Lee, 26 December 1779	243
From George Washington, 26 December 1779	244
To James Innes, 28 December 1779	246
To James Innes, 28 December 1779	247
To the Board of War, 30 December 1779	248
From Samuel Huntington, 30 December 1779	248
To Samuel Huntington, 30 December 1779	249
Proclamation concerning Consuls, 30 December 1779	251
To Charles Thomson, 31 December 1779	252
Notes on Threatened British Invasion, [December 1779]	252
Form of Parole for Captive Officers, [1779?]	253
Form of Commission to Militia Officers, [1779]	254
Calculations and Returns of Virginia Battalions, [1779]	255
Notes and Queries concerning Proposed Removal of Convention Troops, [1779?]	255
Counterfeit Bill of Health for Ships Clearing the Port of Norfolk, [1779]	257
To George Rogers Clark, 1 January 17[80]	258
To Richard Henry Lee, 2 January 1780	259
To Samuel Huntington, 3 January 1780	260
From Benjamin Lincoln, 7 January 1780	260
From James Mercer, 8 January 1780	261
[From Joseph Reed, 8 January 1780]	262
To Theodorick Bland, 18 January 1780	263
From Samuel Huntington, 18 January 1780	263
To the Board of War, 19 January 1780	264
From the Board of War, 20 January 1780	265
From the Board of War, with Reply, 21 January 17[80]	265
From George Washington, 22 January 1780	265
To Joseph Martin, 24 January 1780	265
Proclamation Requiring Settlers Northwest of the Ohio to Vacate, 24 January 1780	266
To Evan Shelby, Jr., 24 January 1780	268
From the Board of Trade, with Reply, 25 January 1780	268
To the Board of War, 25 January 1780	268
Instructions to Inspector of Stores and Provisions, 25 January 1780	269
From the Board of Trade, 26 January 1780	270
To the Board of Trade, 26 January 1780	270
To the Board of Trade, 28 January 1780	271
To John Todd?, 28 January 1780	271
To George Rogers Clark, 29 January 1780	273
To Thomas Walker and Daniel Smith, 29 January 1780	278
To Thomas Sim Lee, 30 January 1780	279
To David Shepherd, 30 January 1780	281
From Fielding Lewis, 2 February 1780	281
From James Wood, 3 February 1780	282
From the Board of Trade, 4 February 1780	282
To the Board of Trade, 4 February 1780	282
From the Board of Trade, [4 February 1780]	282
Board of War to County Lieutenants and Recruiting Agents, 4 February 1780	283
From the Board of Trade, 5 February 1780	284
From the Board of War, 5 February 1780	284
From the Board of War, [5? February 1780]	284
From Richard Henry Lee, 7 February 1780	285
From Philip Mazzei, 8–12 February 1780	285
To Samuel Huntington, 9 February 1780	286
From Samuel Huntington, 10 February 1780	290
From Riedesel, 10 February 1780	291
To George Washington, 10 February 1780	291
From the Board of War, with Reply, 15 February 1780	292
From the Board of War, with Reply, 15 February 1780	292
From Patrick Henry, 15 February 1780	293
From the Board of Trade, 16 February 1780	294
From George Washington, 16 February 1780	294
From the Board of Trade, 17 February 1780	295
From the Board of Trade, 17 February 1780	295
Commission to D. M. G. Linctot as Indian Agent, 17 February 1780	296
To George Washington, 17 February 1780	296
From the Board of Trade, [18 February 1780]	297
To the Board of Trade, 18 February 1780	298
From the Board of War, 18 February 1780	299
From the Board of War, 18 February 1780	299
From Philip Mazzei, 18 February 1780	299
To George Muter, 18 February 1780	301
To James Innes, 19 February 1780	302
From Thomas Sim Lee, 23 February 1780	303
From Geismar, 26 February 1780	304
From Samuel Huntington, 26 February 1780	305
From William Phillips, 1 March 1780	305
From Philip Mazzei, 2 March 1780	305
From the Board of Trade, 3 March 1780	307
From the Board of War, 3 March 1780	307
To James Wood, 3 March 1780	308
Executive Council to Board of Trade, 4 March 1780	309
From the Board of Trade, [4 March 1780]	309
Executive Council to Board of Trade, 4 March 1780	309
Executive Council to Board of Trade, 4 March 1780	310
From Philip Mazzei, 4 March 1780	310
From George Washington, 5 March 1780	312
From Samuel Huntington, 6 March 1780	313
[From the Board of Trade, 13 March 1780]	313
From Samuel Huntington, 14 March 1780	313
From Maria Maxwell, 15 March 1780	313
From the Board of War, with Reply, 16–17 March 1780	313
From the Board of Trade, with Reply, [17 March 1780]–18 March 1780	314
From Peter Penet, 17 March 1780	315
To the Board of Trade, [18? March 1780]	315
To the Board of Trade, [18? March 1780]	316
To George Rogers Clark, 19 March 1780	316
To John? Harris, 19 March 1780	318
[From Philip Mazzei, 19 March 1780]	319
To John Todd, 19 March 1780	319
To George Washington, 19 March 1780	321
From Samuel Huntington, 20 March 1780	321
To James Wood, 20 March 1780	322
Orders to the Board of Trade, [21 March 1780]	322
To the Board of Trade, 21 March 1780	323
Board of War to Board of Trade, 21 March 1780	324
Board of War to Board of Trade, 21 March 1780	324
From the Board of War, 21 March 1780	324
To William Preston, 21 March 1780	325
From the Board of Trade, 22 March 1780	326
To the Board of Trade, 22 March 1780	326
To the Board of Trade, [22 March 1780]	327
To the Board of Trade, [22 March 1780]	327
From the Board of War, 22 March 1780	327
Board of War to Board of Trade, 22 March 1780	328
From J. M. P. LeGras, 22 March 1780	328
From Duncan Rose, 22 March 1780	329
To ——, 22 March 1780	329
From the Board of War, with Reply, 23–25 March 1780	330
To the Board of Trade, with Reply, [25 March 1780]	331
Council Order respecting State Naval Vessels, 25 March 1780	331
To the Board of Trade, [25 March 1780]	332
From the Board of Trade, with Reply, 25 March 1780	332
From the Board of War, with Reply, 25 March 1780	333
From the Board of War, 25 March 1780	333
Notice of Removal of Executive Office from Williamsburg to Richmond, [25 March 1780]	333
From George Washington, 26 March 1780	334
From James Madison, 27–28 March 1780	335
[From Duncan Rose, before 28 March 1780]	337
To the Board of Trade, 28 March 1780	337
Board of War to Charles Porterfield, 29 March 1780	337
Estimate of Troops for South Carolina, [ca. 29 March 1780]	338
From Riedesel, 30 March 1780	338
To Francis Taylor, 31 March [1780]	339
Notes on Council Proceedings, [March 1780?]	339
From William Preston, March 1780	340
From John Hay, with Jefferson's Instructions, 1 April 1780	340
From Samuel Huntington, 4 April 1780	341
To Philip Mazzei, 4 April 1780	341
From Philip Mazzei, 4 April 1780	343
From the Board of Trade, with Reply, [5 April 1780]	344
From the Board of War, 5 April 1780	344
From the Board of Trade, 6 April 1780	345
[To the Board of Trade, 6? April 1780]	345
From the Board of Trade, 7 April 1780	345
[To the Board of Trade, 7? April 1780]	345
Inventory of Supplies for the Virginia Line, with Jefferson's Instructions, [7 April 1780]	346
From John Page, 7 April 1780	349
From Philip Mazzei, 10–19 April 1780	349
Proceedings of a Court-Martial and Remission of Sentence of George Ennis, 10 April 1780	350
To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 12 April 1780	351
From George Washington, 15 April 1780	352
To Joseph Reed, 18 April 1780	353
To George Rogers Clark, 19 April 1780	354
To George Rogers Clark, [19 April] 1780	356
From Samuel Huntington, 20 April 1780	357
From Philip Mazzei, 20 April 1780	357
[To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 20 April 1780]	360
From Philip Mazzei, 21 April 1780	360
From Samuel Huntington, 23 April 1780	362
From Paulus Æmilius Irving, [April? 1780]	363
[To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, before 1 May 1780]	363
From Paulus Æmilius Irving, 2 May 1780	363
State of the Virginia Forces, [2 May 1780]	364
From Thomas Sim Lee, 2 May 1780	366
From Philip Mazzei, 3 May 1780	366
To Riedesel, 3 May 1780	368
From Thomas Blackburn, 4 May 1780	369
From James Madison, 6 May 1780	369
[To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 7 May 1780]	371
To Benjamin Harrison, 8 May 1780	371
[To Benjamin Harrison, 9? May 1780]	371
Agreement with De Francy, [11 May 1780]	372
From Samuel Huntington, 11 May 1780	373
From Philip Mazzei, 12 May 1780	374
To Francis Taylor?, 13 May 1780	374
To Anthony Walton White, 14 May 1780	375
From George Washington, 15 May 1780	375
To the Board of Trade, 16 May 1780	376
To James Wood, 17 May 1780	377
From Samuel Huntington, 19 May 1780	378
From Philip Mazzei, 19 May 1780	380
From William Armistead, 20 May 1780	381
From Philip Mazzei, 20 May 1780	382
From Peter Penet, 20 May 1780	382
From Alexander Sinclair, with a List of Funds Collected for the State, 21 May 1780	386
To Jacquelin Ambler, 23 May 1780	387
Memorial of the Officers of the Virginia Line in Captivity, 24 May 1780	388
From the Committee of Congress at Headquarters, 25 May 1780	391
From the Committee of Congress at Headquarters, 25 May 1780	397
From Abner Nash, 25 May 1780	397
[To Benjamin Harrison, 26? May 1780]	398
To George Muter, 27 May 1780	398
To William Galvan? With a Summary of Affairs at Charleston, 28 May 1780	399
From Samuel Huntington, 29 May 1780	402
To the Commissioners of the Specific Tax for Augusta County, 30 May 1780	402
To Benjamin Harrison, 30 May 1780	403
From Abner Nash, 30 May 1780	403
Instructions to Express Riders between Richmond and Cape Henry, [ca. 31 May 1780]	404
To Charles Lynch, 31 May 1780	404
To Philip Mazzei, 31 May 1780	405
From Carter Braxton, [May? 1780?]	406
From the Committee of Congress at Headquarters, 2 June 1780	406
Resolution of the General Assembly Appointing Jefferson Governor, 2 June 1780	410
From James Madison, 2 June 1780	411
From Philip Mazzei, 2 June 1780	412
From John Rutledge, 2 June 1780	415
From John Todd, 2 June 1780	415
To Benjamin Harrison, 3 June 1780	417
From Samuel Huntington, 3 June 1780	417
To the General Assembly, [4 June 1780]	417
[To Benjamin Harrison, 5 June 1780]	418
[To Benjamin Harrison, 5? June 1780]	418
From Samuel Huntington, 5 June 1780	418
From James Madison, 6 June 1780	419
Proceedings of Council concerning Purchase of Horses, [8 June 1780]	419
Proceedings of Council concerning Western Defense, 8 June 1780	420
Memoranda concerning Western Defense, [ca. 8 June 1780]	421
To Benjamin Harrison, 8 June 1780	423
Council Order for the Security of the Convention Prisoners, 9 June 1780	423
From Cyrus Griffin, 9 June [1780]	424
To Benjamin Harrison, 9 June 1780	425
To Samuel Huntington, 9 June 1780	425
To Simon Nathan, 9 June 1780	428
To James Wood, 9 June 1780	428
From James Innes, 10 June 1780	430
From Thomas Sim Lee, 10 June 1780	431
To James Monroe, 10 June 1780	431
To George Gibson?, 11 June 1780	432
To George Washington, 11 June 1780	432
To George Washington, 11 June 1780	434
From the Committee of Congress at Headquarters, 12 June 1780	434
[To Benjamin Harrison, 12? June 1780]	436
To James Wood, 12 June 1780	436
From Cyrus Griffin, 13 June [1780]	437
To Benjamin Harrison, 13 June 1780	438
From Samuel Huntington, 13 June 1780	438
Council Orders to George Muter, [13–24 June 1780]	439
From Riedesel, 13 June 1780	440
[From John Todd, 13 June 1780]	440
From John Walker, 13 June 1780	441
From George Brooke, 14 June 1780	442
Advice of Council concerning Money Collected by Sampson Mathews, 14 June 1780	442
To Benjamin Harrison, 14 June 1780	443
To Thomas Sim Lee, 14 June 1780	444
[To Benjamin Harrison, 15 June 1780]	446
To Samuel Huntington, 15 June 1780	446
From Philip Mazzei, 15 June 1780	447
To William Preston, 15 June 1780	447
From James Wood, 15 June 1780	449
[To Benjamin Harrison, 16? June 1780]	450
From Samuel Huntington, 16 June 1780	451
To James Monroe, 16 June 1780	451
To Abner Nash, 16 June 1780	452
To James Wood, 16 June 1780	453
From Thomas Sim Lee, 17 June 1780	454
From John Walker, 17 June 1780	454
From the Committee of Congress at Headquarters, 19 June 1780	455
[To Benjamin Harrison, 19? June 1780]	456
From Charles Thomson, 20 June 1780	456
From Samuel Huntington, 21 June 1780	457
From Samuel Huntington, 21 June 1780	457
[To Benjamin Harrison, 22? June 1780]	458
From Philip Mazzei, 22 June 1780	458
From the Committee of Congress at Headquarters, 23 June 1780	461
From James Madison, 23 June 1780	461
From Edward Carrington, 25 June 1780	462
From Abner Nash, 25 June 1780	462
From James Monroe, 26 June 1780	464
From Samuel McDowell, [before 27 June 1780]	467
To Samuel Huntington, 28 June 1780	467
To William Preston, 28 June 1780	469
From John Adams, 29 June 17[80]	469
From George Washington, [29 June 1780]	470
To Samuel Huntington, 30 June 1780	471
From Samuel Huntington, 30 June 1780	472
From Joseph Jones, 30 June 1780	472
[From Francis Mallory, 30? June 1780]	475
[To Benjamin Harrison, 1? July 1780]	475
To the Committee of Congress at Headquarters, 2 July 1780	476
To Samuel Huntington, 2 July 1780	477
To George Washington, 2 July 1780	478
To William Campbell, 3 July 1780	479
From Timothy Pickering, 3 July 1780	479
To William Preston, 3 July 1780	480
To George Washington, 4 July 1780	481
[To Benjamin Harrison, 5? July 1780]	481
Affidavit of Benjamin Harrison's Oath as Speaker, [7 July 1780]	482
From Bernardo de Gálvez, 9 July 1780	482
From the Committee of Congress at Headquarters, 10 July 1780	483
From Cyrus Griffin, 11 July 1780	483
From John Walker, 11 July 1780	483
To John Page, 12 July 1780	485
To James Wood, 14 July 1780	486
Notes on Certain Acts of Assembly, [after 14 July 1780]	486
To George Muter, 17 July 1780	487
To George Muter, 17 July 1780	488
To George Muter, 17 July 1780	488
To Abner Nash, 17 July 1780	488
[To Joseph Reed, 17 July 1780]	489
From George Washington, 18 July 1780	489
Memorandum of Executive Agenda, [ca. 19 July 1780]	490
Payments Made by Virginia for the United States, May 1779 to July 1780, [19 July 1780]	494
From Horatio Gates, [19 July 1780]	495
To Edward Stevens, 19 July 1780	497
[Appointment of James Maxwell as Commissioner of the Navy, before 21 July 1780]	498
From Horatio Gates, 21 July 1780	498
From William Lee, 21 July 1780	499
[To Edward Stevens, 21 July 1780]	500
To the Committee of Congress at Headquarters, 22 July 1780	500
From Horatio Gates, 22 July 1780	501
From George Washington, 22 July 1780	502
From the Committee of Congress at Headquarters, 23 July 1780	502
To the County Lieutenant of Botetourt, 24 July 1780	503
From George Muter, 25 July [1780]	504
To James Wood, [25 July 1780]	506
To James Madison, 26 July 1780	506
To Samuel Huntington, 27 July 1780	508
To the Continental Board of War, 28 July 1780	513
From Samuel Huntington, 28 July 1780	513
To Daniel Morgan and Other Late Commanding Officers of the Virginia Line, 28 July 1780	514
To George Muter, 28 July 1780	514
From Charles Thomson, 28 July 1780	515
List of Loan Office Certificates Sent to the County Lieutenants, 29 July 1780	515
To William Armistead, 31 July 1780	517
From William Campbell, [July 1780]	517
To the County Lieutenants, [before 1 August 1780]	518
To James Callaway, 1 August 1780	519
From John Dodge, 1 August 1780	520
To Charles Lynch, 1 August [1780]	523
To George Washington, 2 August 1780	524
From Horatio Gates, 3 August 1780	524
From Thomas Sim Lee, 3 August 1780	525
To Benjamin Day, 4 August 1780	525
To Horatio Gates, 4 August 1780	526
From Samuel Huntington, 4 August 1780	527
To Samuel Lewis, 4 August 1780	528
To Edward Stevens, 4 August 1780	528
From Samuel Huntington, 5 August 1780	530
To James Maxwell, 5 August 1780	530
To John Mazaret, 6 August 1780	530
From Charles Lee, 7 August 1780	531
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson to Eleanor Conway Madison, 8 August 1780	532
From George Muter, [8 August 1780]	533
From William Preston, 8 August 1780	533
To Arthur Campbell, 9 August 1780	534
To the Clerk of Henrico County, 9 August 1780	535
To William Davies, 9 August 1780	536
To William Finnie, 9 August 1780	536
To Robert Forsyth, 9 August 1780	537
To George Gilmer, 9 August 1780	538
To Joseph Holmes, 9 August 1780	538
From Samuel Huntington, 9 August 1780	539
To Richard Kenny, 9 August 1780	539
To the Officers of Joseph Crockett's Battalion, 9 August 1780	540
To William Rose, 9 August 1780	541
To George Washington, 9 August 1780	541
To Charles Yates, 9 August 1780	542
To William Greene Munford, 10 August 1780	542
To Charles Yates, 10 August 1780	543
To Charles Alexander, 11 August 1780	543
To William Finnie, 12 August 1780	544
To James Maxwell, 12 August 1780	544
To Abner Nash, 12 August 1780	544
To George Gibson, 14 August 1780	545
To Henry Lee, 14 August 1780	546
To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 14 August 1780	546
To William Rickman, 14 August 1780	546
To Benjamin Temple, 14 August 1780	547
From George Washington, 14 August 1780	547
To Horatio Gates, 15 August 1780	549
To Thomas Sim Lee, 15 August 1780	551
From William Lee, 15 August 1780	551
From the Committee of Congress at Headquarters, 16 August 1780	552
Dudley Digges to Charles Magill, 16 August 1780	553
Dudley Digges to Edward Stevens, 16 August 1780	553
Dudley Digges to Robert Forsyth, 17 August 1780	554
From the Committee of Congress at Headquarters, 19 August 1780	554
[From Philip Mazzei, 19 August 1780]	557
From Edward Stevens, 20 August 1780	558
From Timothy Pickering, 21 August 1780	559
From George Rogers Clark, 22 August 1780	560
From Johann Friedrich Specht, 23 August 1780	561
To James Wood, 23 August 1780	562
From Edward Stevens, 27 August 1780	563
To Dudley Digges, Joseph Prentis, and Meriwether Smith, 28 August 1780	564
From Thomas Sim Lee, 28 August 1780	565
Proclamation of the Act concerning Redemption of Continental Money, [28 August 1780]	565
To James Adam, 29 August 1780	566
To Evan Baker, 29 August 1780	567
To the Commissioners of the Provision Law for Albemarle and Certain Other Counties, 29 August 1780	568
To the Commissioners of the Provision Law for Bedford and Certain Other Counties, 29 August 1780	568
To the Commissioners of the Provision Law for Hanover and Certain Other Counties, 29 August 1780	569
To the Commissioners to Be Appointed by General Muhlenberg, 29 August 1780	569
To George Muter, 29 August 1780	570
From George Washington, 29 August 1780	570
To James Wood, 29 August 1780	572
To Charles Yates, 29 August 1780	573
From Horatio Gates, 30 August 1780	573
To William Grayson, 30 August 1780	574
From John Page, 30 August 1780	575
From Edward Stevens, 30 August 1780	576
To La Luzerne, 31 August 1780	577
To James Maxwell, 31 August 1780	578
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 31 August 1780	579
To Timothy Pickering, August 1780	580
To George Washington, August 1780	581
Supplies Required for Gates' Army, August 1780	582
From George Muter, 1 September 1780	583
From Samuel Huntington, 2 September 1780	583
To John Mathews, 2 September 1780	584
[From James Maxwell, 2 September 1780]	585
To Timothy Pickering, 2 September 1780	586
To Charles Washington, 2 September 1780	587
[From Anthony Walton White, 2 September 1780]	587
To William Davies, 3 September 1780	587
To Horatio Gates, 3 September 1780	588
To Samuel Huntington, 3 September 1780	589
From Samuel Huntington, 3 September 1780	590
To Thomas Sim Lee, enclosing Signals of Recognition for Maryland and Virginia Vessels, 3 September 1780	590
To Abner Nash, 3 September 1780	592
To Edward Stevens, 3 September 1780	593
To George Washington, with a Narrative of the Battle of Camden, 3 September 1780	593
Advice of Council respecting Reinforcements of Militia, [ca. 4 September 1780]	597
Estimate of Militia Strength, [ca. 4 September 1780]	599
To the County Lieutenants of Frederick and Certain Other Counties, 4 September 1780	601
To the County Lieutenants of Pittsylvania and Certain Other Counties, 4 September 1780	603
[From James Maxwell, 4 September 1780]	604
From Horatio Gates, 5 September 1780	604
From George Washington, 5 September 1780	605
To the Commissioners of the Specific Tax for Essex County, 6 September 1780	606
To Samuel Huntington, 6 September 1780	606
To the Persons Appointed to Purchase Horses under the Resolution of July 14th, 1780, 6 September 1780	607
To Timothy Pickering, 6 September 1780	608
To the Commissioners of the Provision Law, 7 September 1780	609
To William Eaton, [7] September 1780	610
To William Eaton, enclosing Warrants for Impressing Cattle, 7 September 1780	611
To George Rogers Clark, 8 September 1780	613
To Samuel Griffin, 8 September 1780	614
To Samuel Huntington, 8 September 1780	615
From George Muter, 8 September 1780	616
To George Muter, 8 September 1780	617
To John Nelson, 8 September 1780	617
To D'Anmours, 9 September 1780	618
To William Davies, 9 September 1780	619
From Horatio Gates, 9 September 1780	620
From James Monroe, 9 September 1780	621
To John Smith, 9 September 1780	623
To William Wishart, 9 September 1780	624
From Samuel Huntington, enclosing Papers Relating to Western Claims by the States, 10 September 1780	625
From William Smallwood, 10 September 1780	636
To Horatio Gates, 11 September 1780	637
To Thomas Pleasants, 11 September 1780	638
From George Washington, 11 September 1780	638
From Samuel Huntington, 12 September 1780	640
To Edward Stevens, 12 September 1780	640
To Charles Harrison, 13 September 1780	641
To Richard Henry Lee, 13 September 1780	642
From Thomas Sim Lee, 13 September 1780	644
To George Muter, 13 September 1780	644
To Abner Nash, 13 September 1780	645
To —— Patton, 13 September 1780	646
From Horatio Gates, 14 September 1780	646
To Samuel Huntington, 14 September 1780	647
[To Thomas Sim Lee, 14 September 1780]	648
To James Wood, [14 September 1780]	648
To Edward Stevens, 15 September 1780	649
[From James Maxwell, 17 September 1780]	649
From Horatio Gates, 20 September 1780	650
From Samuel Huntington, 20 September 1780	650
From Samuel Huntington, 20 September 1780	650
Petition of Captured Officers of the Virginia Line in Favor of General McIntosh, 20 September 1780	651
Order of Council respecting Volunteers for the Southern Army, 21 September 1780	653
From Tench Tilghman, 21 September 1780	654
To William Campbell?, 22 September 1780	654
To Charles Lynch?, 22 September 1780	655
From John Page, 22 September 1780	655
[To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 22 September 1780]	656
From William Woodford, 22 September 1780	657
From Daniel Brodhead, 23 September 1780	657
To Horatio Gates, 23 September 1780	658
To the North Carolina Board of War, 23 September 1780	659
To George Washington, 23 September 1780	660
To James Wood, 23 September 1780	661
From Horatio Gates, 24 September 1780	662
From ——, 26 September [1780]	663
To Samuel Huntington, 26 September 1780	663
From James Madison, 26 September 1780	664
[From James Maxwell, 26 September 1780]	664
To George Washington, 26 September 1780	664
To George Rogers Clark, 27 September 1780	667
To Joseph Crockett, 27 September 1780	667
From Horatio Gates, 27 September 1780	668
Circular Letter to the Governors of the Other States, 27 September 1780	669
[To Samuel Huntington, 27 September 1780]	669
To George Rogers Clark, 29 September 1780	670
To James Barron, September 1780	671
To James Barron, September 1780	672

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