Volume 5

25 February to 20 May 1781

Volume Details

Description

Volume 5 covers only three months of the final part of Jefferson’s governorship. From late February to late May 1781, Jefferson continued to deal with the complex problems of supporting Greene’s army in the south, to cope with the threat from Indians in the southwest, to support George Rogers Clark’s intended campaign against Detroit, to aid Lafayette and Steuben in a final attempt to capture Benedict Arnold at Portsmouth, and to lay the foundations for the triumph of American arms at Yorktown.

A legislative investigation of the war office, conflicting ambitions among military officers, the pursuit of private interests in conflict with the aims of a great cause, and accelerating inflation are familiar themes.

A series of disastrous events brought Virginia almost to the verge of panic, but Jefferson himself never lost faith. To meet emergencies he exceeded the limited powers of his office more than once; his willingness to assume more authority was limited only by his determination not to jeopardize those very liberties for which the war was being waged. These documents provide continuing evidence of a man who never forgot that the war was being fought in the “holy cause of Liberty” and who “never unequal, never inadequate . . . sustained himself, his office, and his cause.”

Table of Contents

From Joseph Bell, 25 February 1781	3
From Christopher Calvert, with a Note by Jefferson to the Attorney General, 25 February–21 March 1781	4
From Richard Claiborne, 25 February 1781	4
From Robert Gamble, 25 February 1781	5
From Samuel Huntington, 25 February 1781	5
From Robert Lawson, 25 February 1781	6
To Robert Lawson, 25 February 1781	7
To Steuben, 25 February 1781	8
From Steuben, 25 February [1781]	9
From Humphrey Brooke, 26 February 1781	10
From Nathaniel Burwell, 26 February 1781	10
To Richard Claiborne, [26? February 1781]	10
From W. R. W. Curle, 26 February 1781	11
From Charles Dick, 26 February 1781	11
To Samuel Huntington, 26 February 1781	12
From George Muter, 26 February 1781	12
[From George Muter, 26 February 1781]	13
From Joseph Reed, 26 February 1781	13
From John Christian Senf, 26 February 1781	13
From John Syme, 26 February 1781	14
To George Washington, 26 February 1781	15
To John Fitzgerald, 27 February 1781	15
To James Innes, 27 February 1781	15
From Thomas Sim Lee, 27 February 1781	16
From R. William Mitchell, 27 February 1781	16
[To George Muter, 27 February 1781]	17
From William Rose, 27 February 1781	17
To John Syme, 27 February 1781	18
From Alexander White, 27 February 1781	18
From James Wood, 27 February 1781	19
From John Ballendine, 28 February 1781	19
From Mary Willing Byrd, 28 February 1781 [redated from 23 February 1781, see Vol. 4:690]
From Arthur Campbell, 28 February 1781	20
From George Corbin, 28 February 1781	21
To the County Lieutenant of Goochland, 28 February 1781	22
From Nathanael Greene, 2[8] February 1781	22
To James Maxwell, 28 February 1781	25
To the Officer Commanding the French Naval Force on the Coast of Virginia, 28 February 1781	25
From George Muter, with Reply, 28 February 1781	26
From George Muter, with Reply, 28 February 1781	26
To George Muter, [28 February 1781]	27
To Granville Smith, 28 February 1781	27
To Steuben, 28 February 1781	28
From George Weedon, [28 February 1781]	28
Return of Militia by Counties, 28 February 1781	29
David Ross' Memorandum concerning Supplies, [February 1781]	30
To Nathaniel Burwell, 1 March 1781	30
To Mary Willing Byrd, 1 March 1781	31
To the County Lieutenants of Prince George and Other Counties, 1 March 1781	32
To James Innes, 1 March 1781	32
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 1 March 1781	33
From George Muter, with Reply, 1 March 1781	37
[From George Muter, 1 March 1781]	38
From Charles Scott, 1 March 1781	38
Memoranda of Needs Submitted by Steuben, [ca. 1 March 1781]	39
Memorial of British Prisoners, 1 March 1781	40
From John Dixon, 2 March 1781	41
From Samuel Huntington, enclosing a Resolution of Congress Adopting the Articles of Confederation, 2 March 1781	41
To James Innes, 2 March 1781	42
To Lafayette, 2 March 1781	43
From Charles Magill, 2 March 1781	43
[To George Muter, 2 March 1781]	45
From George Muter, 2 March 1781	45
To George Muter, 2 March 1781	46
Notes concerning Preparations for the Expedition against Portsmouth, [ca. 3 March 1781]	46
To Edward Carrington, 3 March 1781	47
From James Innes, 3 March 1781	48
From Lafayette, 3 March 1781	49
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 3 March 1781	51
From M. Marston, 3 March 1781	52
[From George Muter, 3 March 1781]	52
To George Muter, 3 March 1781	52
[From George Muter, 3 March 1781]	53
From Duncan Rose, 3 March 1781	53
To the General Assembly of North Carolina, 3 March 1781	53
From George Weedon, 3 March 1781	54
From William Call, 4 March 1781	55
To the Commanding Officer of the French Squadron, 4 March 1781	55
From Samuel Huntington, 4 March 1781	56
To William Lewis, 4 March 1781	57
Commission to William Lewis, [4 March 1781]	58
To Marbois, 4 March 1781	58
To Timothy Pickering, 4 March 1781	59
To Richard Claiborne, [before 5 March 1781]	60
To the Judges of the High Court of Chancery, 5 March 1781	61
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 5 March 1781	61
From Charles Magill, 5 March 1781	62
From Hudson Martin, 5 March 1781	64
From James Maxwell, 5 March 1781	64
[From George Muter, with Reply, 5 March 1781]	65
From George Muter, 5 March 1781	65
To Steuben, 5 March 1781	65
From Steuben, 5 March [1781]	66
From Steuben's Aide-de-Camp, 5 March [1781]	70
To George Weedon, 5 March 1781	70
From James Wood, 5 March 1781	71
From Richard Claiborne, 6 March 1781	72
To William Davies, 6 March 1781	72
From Samuel Huntington, 6 March 1781	72
From James Innes, 6 March 1781	73
From Lafayette, 6 March 1781	74
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 6 March 1781	76
To Thomas Sim Lee, 6 March 1781	77
From George Muter, 6 March 1781	78
To George Muter, 6 March 1781	80
[From George Muter, with Reply, 6 March 1781]	80
[To George Muter, 6 March 1781]	81
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 6 March 1781	81
From George Carrington, Jr., 7 March 1781	82
From Richard Claiborne, 7 March 1781	82
To Joseph Holmes, 7 March 1781	84
From Joseph Holmes, 7 March 1781	84
From Thomas Sim Lee, 7 March 1781	85
[To Charles Magill, 7 March 1781]	86
From George Muter, with Reply, 7 March 1781	87
From Edmund Pendleton, 7 March 1781	87
To Steuben, 7 March 1781	89
From Steuben, 7 March 1781	90
From William Davies, 8 March 1781	90
To Samuel Huntington, 8 March 1781	91
To Lafayette, 8 March 1781	92
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 8 March 1781	93
To William Lewis, 8 March 1781	93
From Charles Magill, 8 March 1781	93
From James Maxwell, 8 March 1781	94
From George Muter, 8 March 1781	96
From William Phillips, 8 March 1781	97
To Steuben, 8 March 1781	98
From Steuben, 8 March 1781	98
From Francis Taylor, 8 March 1781	100
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 8 March 1781	101
From John Walker, 8 March 1781	101
To George Washington, 8 March 1781	102
From John Banister, 9 March 1781	104
To the County Lieutenants of Chesterfield and Dinwiddie, 9 March 1781	104
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 9 March 1781	105
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 9 March 1781	105
[From George Muter, 9 March 1781]	106
From Steuben, 9 March 1781	106
From John Walker, [9 March 1781]	108
From George Weedon, 9 March 1781	108
From George Wythe, 9 March 1781	110
From Nathanael Greene, 10 March 1781	111
To Lafayette, 10 March 1781	113
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 10 March 1781	114
From Charles Magill, 10 March 1781	115
From J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 10 March 1781	116
To Granville Smith, 10 March 1781	117
To Steuben, 10 March 1781	117
To Steuben, 10 March 1781	119
From Steuben, 10 March 1781	121
To George Lee Turberville, 10 March 1781	121
To George Weedon, 10 March 1781	122
From George Weedon, 10 March 1781	122
From James Callaway, 11 March 1781	123
From Richard Claiborne, enclosing a Letter from Steuben, 11 March 1781	124
From William Davies, 11 March 1781	125
From William Lewis, 11 March 1781	125
To William Lewis, 11 March 1781	126
From John Syme, 11 March 1781	126
From John Allen, 12 March 1781	126
To the County Lieutenants of Hanover and Certain Other Counties, 12 March 1781	128
To Joseph Holmes, 12 March 1781	128
To Lafayette, 12 March 1781	129
To Lafayette, 12 March [1781]	130
To Thomas Sim Lee, 12 March 1781	131
To Thomas Sim Lee, 12 March 1781	131
To James Maxwell, 12 March 1781	132
From George Muter, enclosing an Exchange of Letters with John Walker, 12 March 1781	133
To Thomas Newton, Jr., 12 March 1781	135
To the Superintendent of the Shipyard, 12 March 1781	135
To the Superintendent of the Public Vessels and Workmen at the Shipyard on Chickahominy, 12 March 1781	135
To James Wood, 12 March 1781	136
To John Banister, 13 March 1781	136
From Richard Claiborne, 13 March 1781	136
To the County Lieutenants of Accomac and Northampton Counties, 13 March 1781	137
To William Davies, 13 March 1781	137
From Charles Magill, 13 March 1781	138
To James Maxwell, 13 March 1781	138
To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 13 March 1781	139
From George Muter, 13 March 1781	139
From George Muter, with Reply, 13 March 1781	139
[From George Muter, 13 March 1781]	140
To George Muter, 13 March 1781	140
To David Ross, 13 March 1781	141
To George Weedon, 13 March 1781	141
From John Banister, 14 March 1781	141
From Richard Claiborne, 14 March 1781	142
From Joseph Crockett, 14 March 1781	142
From Beesly Edgar Joel, 14 March 1781	143
To Lafayette, 14 March 1781	144
From Hugh McGavock, 14 March 1781	145
To Robert Mitchell or William Lewis, 14 March 1781	145
[To the State Naval Officers, ca. 14 March 1781]	146
To Francis Taylor, 14 March 1781	147
William Cole to George Muter, with Jefferson's Instructions to Muter, 15–19 March 1781	147
Petition of Brewer Godwin and Others, [before 15 March 1781]	148
To Brewer Godwin, 15 March 1781	149
From Thomas Sim Lee, 15 March 1781	150
From William Lewis, 15 March 1781	150
From Robert Mitchell, 15 March 1781	151
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 15 March 1781	152
From Isaac Avery, 16 March 1781	153
From Humphrey Brooke, 16 March 1781	154
From William Clayton, 16 March 1781	154
To George Elliott, 16 March 1781	155
From Nathanael Greene, 16 March 1781	156
Joseph Jones to the Auditors, with James Hayes' Account and Jefferson's Memorandum, 16 March–[5 April?] 1781	157
From Lafayette, 16 March 1781	159
To Richard Henry Lee, [16?] March 1781	160
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 16 March 1781	161
From Charles Magill, 16 March 1781	162
To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 16 March 1781	163
To John Banister, 17 March 1781	164
From Thomas Gaskins, 17 March 1781	164
To Samuel Griffin, James Southall, and Robert Anderson, 17 March 1781	166
From Lafayette, 17 March 1781	166
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 17 March 1781	167
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 17 March 1781	168
From Thomas Sim Lee, 17 March 1781	168
[From George Muter, 17 March 1781]	169
To George Muter, 17 March 1781	169
From David Ross, 17 March 1781	169
To David Ross, 17 March 1781	171
From Edward Travis, 17 March 1781	171
From John Walker, 17 March 1781	173
From William Davies, 18 March 1781	173
To William Lewis, 18 March 1781	176
From William Lewis, 18 March 1781	177
To Robert Mitchell, 18 March 1781	177
To William Davies, 19 March 1781	178
From George Gibson, 19 March 1781	178
To Samuel Huntington, 19 March 1781	179
To Lafayette, 19 March 1781	179
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 19 March 1781	182
From Charles Magill, 19 March 1781	182
From Littleberry H. Mosby, with Jefferson's Instructions, 19 March 1781	183
[To George Muter, 19 March 1781]	183
From Riedesel, 19 March 1781	184
To George Washington, 19 March 1781	185
From George Weedon, 19 March 1781	185
To James Barron, 20 March 1781	186
From James Barron, 20 March 1781	187
From Abraham Buford, 20 March 1781	187
From Miles King, 20 March 1781	188
From Lafayette, 20 March 1781	188
To James Maxwell, 20 March 1781	189
From J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 20 March 1781	190
From George Muter, 20 March 1781	190
From Edmund Pendleton, Jr., 20 March 1781	191
To David Ross, 20 March 1781	191
George Twyman to Nicholas Lewis and Isaac Davis, with Jefferson's Instructions to William Davies, 20–28 March 1781	192
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 20 March 1781	193
To Isaac Avery, 21 March 1781	193
To the Officer Commanding the French Naval Force, 21 March 1781	194
To John Browne, 21 March 1781	194
From Richard Claiborne, 21 March 1781	195
To the Commanding Officer of the Charles City County Militia, 21 March 1781	195
To William Davies, 21 March 1781	196
From William Davies, 21 March 1781	196
From William Davies, 21 March 1781	197
To Thomas Fletcher, 21 March 1781	198
To Samuel Huntington, 21 March 1781	198
From Samuel Huntington, 21 March 1781	200
To Thomas Sim Lee, 21 March 1781	200
To John Peyton, enclosing Advice of Council concerning the Clothier's Department, 21 March 1781	200
From George Lee Turberville, 21 March 1781	201
To George Washington, 21 March 1781	202
From George Washington, 21 March 1781	202
To George Weedon, 21 March 1781	203
From George Weedon, 21 March 1781	203
To the County Lieutenants of Buckingham and Amherst, 22 March 1781	204
To the County Lieutenant of Culpeper, 22 March 1781	204
To William Davies, 22 March 1781	204
From George Elliott, 22 March 1781	205
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 22 March 1781	206
From William Greene Munford, 22 March 1781	207
From George Muter, 22 March 1781	207
To Thomas Nelson, 22 March 1781	208
From John? Overton, 22 March 1781	208
From David Ross, 22 March 1781	208
From John Syme, 22 March 1781	209
From Isaac and Abram Van Bibber & Company, 22 March 1781	210
Invoice of Dixon & Nicolson for Printing, [23 March–3 April 1781]	211
From James Callaway, 23 March 1781	212
To Christopher Calvert, 23 March 1781	214
From Charles Dabney, 23 March 1781	214
To George Elliott, 23 March 1781	214
From Nathanael Greene, 23 March 1781	215
From Samuel Huntington, 23 March 1781	216
From Lafayette, 23 March 1781	217
To Sarah McIntosh, 23 March 1781	218
From Daniel Morgan, 23 March 1781	218
From LeRoy Peachey, 23 March 1781	219
From George Rice, 23 March 1781	223
To Edward Travis, 23 March 1781	223
From Beverley Winslow, 23 March 1781	224
To Richard Claiborne and Granville Smith, 24 March 1781	224
From Richard Claiborne, 24 March 1781	225
From Richard Claiborne, 24 March 1781	226
To the Commanding Officer of the British Force at Portsmouth, 24 March 1781	227
To the Governor of Hispaniola, 24 March 1781	228
To Nathanael Greene, 24 March 1781	229
To Lafayette, 24 March 1781	231
To Lafayette, 24 March 1781	231
To Abner Nash, 24 March 1781	234
Final Settlement of Accounts of Peter Pelham as Keeper of the Public Jail, 24 March 1781	235
To William Preston, William Christian, and Joseph Martin, 24 March 1781	236
From George Rice, 24 March 1781	237
To Anthony Walton White, 24 March 1781	238
From Richard Barron, 26 March 1781	238
From the Continental Board of War, enclosing a Letter to James Wood, 24–26 March 1781	239
From Richard Claiborne, 26 March 1781	240
To Certain County Magistrates, 26 March 1781	242
To Certain Other County Magistrates, 26 March 1781	242
To the County Lieutenants, 26 March 1781	243
[To William Davies, with Reply, 26 March 1781]	244
From William Davies, 26 March 1781	244
From Christian Febiger, 26 March 1781	246
To Samuel Huntington, 26 March 1781	246
From Samuel Huntington, 26 March 1781	247
From John McCoy, 26 March 1781	247
Proclamation of Embargo, 26 March 1781	248
From John Christian Senf, with Jefferson's Instructions to William Davies, 26 March 1781	248
From Steuben, 26 March 1781	250
To George Lee Turberville, 26 March 1781	250
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 26 March 1781	251
From James Barbour, 27 March 1781	251
From George Rogers Clark, 27 March 1781	252
To the County Lieutenants of Berkeley, Frederick, and Hampshire Counties, 27 March 1781	254
To the County Lieutenants of Orange and Certain Other Counties, 27 March 1781	255
To the County Lieutenant of Shenandoah, 27 March 1781	255
[From William Davies, 27 March 1781] Printed in Vol. 27:714 Supplement	255
From Andrew Donnally, 27 March 1781	256
From Heinrich Gerlach, [27 March 1781]	257
From Nathanael Greene, 27 March 1781	258
From Herstale, [27 March 1781]	259
From Miles King, 27 March 1781	260
From Lafayette, 27 March 1781	261
From Richard Henry Lee, 27 March 1781	262
To Charles Lynch, 27 March 1781	263
From Joseph Reed, 27 March 1781	263
From David Ross, 27 March 1781	264
To David Ross, 27 March 1781	266
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 27 March 1781	266
From George Weedon, 27 March 1781	267
From Arthur Campbell, 28 March 1781	267
To the Commissioners of the Tax, 28 March 1781	268
To William Davies, 28 March 1781	269
To Samuel Huntington, 28 March 1781	269
To Lafayette, 28 March 1781	270
From Robert Mitchell, 28 March 1781	271
From French Strother, 28 March 1781	272
To George Washington, 28 March 1781	272
From George Weedon, 28 March 1781	273
From John Browne, 29 March 1781	274
From Richard Call, 29 March 1781	274
To the County Lieutenants of Montgomery and Certain Other Counties, 29 March 1781	275
From the Tax Commissioners of Culpeper County, 29 March 1781	278
From William Davies, with Reply, 29 March 1781	278
From William Harrison, 29 March 1781	280
To William Lewis, 29 March 1781	280
From Nicholas Long, 29 March 1781	281
To Robert Mitchell, 29 March 1781	282
From Robert Mitchell, [after 29 March 1781]	282
From Sir John Peyton, 29 March 1781	282
From George Weedon, 29 March 1781	283
From Nathaniel Burwell, 30 March 1781	284
To Richard Call, 30 March 1781	284
From William Churchill, 30 March 1781	285
To Richard Claiborne, 30 March 1781	286
From Richard Claiborne, 30 March 1781	287
From Richard Claiborne, 30 March 1781	288
To the County Lieutenants, 30 March 1781	289
To William R. Davie, 30 March 1781	290
From William Davies, with Reply, 30–31 March 1781	290
To Nathanael Greene, 30 March 1781	291
To Samuel Griffin, James Southall, and Robert Anderson, 30 March 1781	292
From Samuel Huntington, 30 March 1781	292
From Daniel L. Hylton, with Jefferson's Instructions to William Davies, 30 March 1781	293
From James Innes, 30 March 1781	293
From Thomas Jones, 30 March 1781	295
[To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 30 March 1781]	295
From Catherine Park, 30 March 1781	296
To David Ross, 30 March 1781	296
To Granville Smith, 30 March 1781	297
From George Weedon, 30 March 17[81]	297
From Edward Carrington, 31 March 1781	297
From William Davies, with Reply, 31 March–2 April 1781	298
From William Davies, with Reply, 31 March 1781	300
To Heinrich Gerlach and Herstale, 31 March 1781	301
From Nathanael Greene, 31 March 1781	301
To Samuel Huntington, 31 March 1781	302
To the Rev. James Madison and Robert Andrews, 31 March 1781	303
From Joseph Martin, 31 March 1781	304
From William Peachey, 31 March 1781	305
To William Phillips, 31 March 1781	306
From Duncan Rose, 31 March 1781	307
To David Ross, 31 March 1781	308
To George Weedon, 31 March 1781	308
To James Wood, 31 March 1781	309
Recapitulation of Tours of Duty Performed by the Virginia Militia, [March 1781]	310
From John Fitzgerald, 1 April 1781	311
To Nathanael Greene, 1 April 1781	312
To Nathanael Greene, 1 April 1781	313
From J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 1 April 1781	315
From Steuben, 1 April 1781	316
From John Tyler, 1 April 1781	316
From Robert Walton, 1 April 1781	316
From George Weedon, 1 April 1781	317
From James Barbour, 2 April 1781	318
From Richard Claiborne, 2 April 1781	318
From Richard Claiborne, 2 April 1781	319
From Linctot, 2 April 1781	320
To Nicholas Long, 2 April 1781	321
From Mann Page, 2 April 1781	321
From Absolem Pollard, 2 April 1781	322
From Matthew Pope, 2 April 1781	322
To Francis Taylor, 2 April 1781	322
To the Commissioners of the Tax for Culpeper and Prince William Counties, 2 April 1781	323
To Robert Walton, 2 April 1781	323
From George Weedon, 2 April 1781	324
To the Auditors, 3 April 1781	324
From Richard Campbell, 3 April 1781	325
From James Madison, enclosing a Communication to La Luzerne, 2–3 April 1781	325
To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 3 April 1781	328
William Phillips to J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 3 April 1781	329
From Alexander Spotswood, 3 April 1781	331
To Steuben, 3 April 1781	332
From Francis Taylor, 3 April 1781	333
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 3 April 1781	334
From Peter Wagener, 3 April 1781	335
To George Weedon, 3 April 1781	337
From George Weedon, 3 April 1781	338
From Robert Andrews, 4 April 1781	339
To the Auditors, 4 April 1781	339
From Arthur Campbell, 4 April 1781	339
From Richard Claiborne, 4 April 1781	340
To William Davies, 4 April 1781	341
[From William Davies, 4 April 1781]	341
[To William Davies, 4 April 1781]	342
From Nathanael Greene, 4 April 1781	342
From Lafayette, 4 April 1781	342
From James Maxwell, 4 April 1781	344
From Thomas Read, 4 April 1781	344
From George Rice, enclosing a Petition from the Inhabitants in the Vicinity of the Albemarle Barracks, 4 April 1781	346
From Steuben, [4 April 1781]	349
From George Washington, 4 April 1781	351
To George Weedon, 4 April 1781	351
To James Barbour, 5 April 1781	353
To James Callaway, 5 April 1781	353
William Cherry's Account of Expenses, with Jefferson's Certification, 5 April 1781	354
From Charles Dick, 5 April 1781	355
To Nathanael Greene, 5 April 1781	356
To Thomas Nelson, 5 April 1781	357
From Anthony Walton White, 5 April 1781	357
From William Call, 6 April 1781	358
From Richard Claiborne, 6 April 1781	358
From William Davies, with Reply, 6 April 1781	358
From Nathanael Greene, 6 April 1781	360
From John Nelson, 6 April 1781	362
From William Phillips, 6 April 1781	363
William Phillips to George Weedon, 6 April 1781	364
To Steuben, 6 April 1781	366
To Steuben, 6 April 1781	366
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 6 April 1781	367
From William Constable, 7 April 1781	369
To Captains Hardy and Young, 7 April 1781	369
To Samuel Huntington, 7 April 1781	370
From Edmund Read, 7 April 1781	371
From Thomas Read, 7 April 1781	371
To Thomas Read, 7 April 1781	372
From David Ross, [7] April 1781	372
Tax Commissioners of Lancaster County to the Auditors, with a Note by Jefferson, 7–12 April 1781	373
To Robert Andrews, 8 April 1781	373
From Humphrey Brooke, 8 April 1781	373
To the Rev. James Madison, 8 April 1781	374
From Philip Mazzei, 8 April 1781	375
From Joseph Prentis, 8 April 1781	383
From George Weedon, 8 April 1781	383
From Robert Wooding, with a Memorandum by Jefferson, 8 April 1781	385
Advice of Council respecting James Hayes' Newspaper, [9 April 1781]	386
To the Auditors, 9 April 1781	386
To Richard Claiborne, 9 April 1781	388
From Richard Claiborne, 9 April 1781	389
From Joseph Clay, enclosing His Account against the State, 9 April 1781	390
From William Davies, 9 April 1781	391
[From William Davies, 9 April 1781]	392
From Samuel Huntington, 9 April 1781	392
From Henry Lee, Sr., 9 April 1781	393
[From Richard Henry Lee, 9 April 1781]	394
From Henry Towles, 9 April 1781	394
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 9 April 1781	395
From William Christian, 10 April 1781	395
From William Davies, with Reply, 10–11 April 1781	396
From Alexander Dick, 10 April 1781	397
From Abner Nash, 10 April 1781	398
From William Preston, 10 April 1781	398
From Edmund Read, 10 April 1781	399
To Thomas Read, 10 April 1781	400
To Steuben, 10 April 1781	400
To Edward Travis, 10 April 1781	401
To George Weedon, 10 April 1781	401
To the Auditors, 11 April 1781	402
From James Callaway, 11 April 1781	402
To the County Lieutenant of Frederick, 11 April 1781	403
From William Davies, with Reply, 11 April 1781	404
From William Garrard and Other Officers of the Stafford Militia, [11 April 1781]	404
From Nathanael Greene, 11 April 1781	405
From John Skinker, 11 April 1781	406
From James Slaughter, 11 April 1781	407
To James Slaughter, 11 April 1781	408
To Francis Taylor, 11 April 1781	408
From Garret Van Meter, 11 April 1781	409
From George Weedon, 11 April 1781	410
From George Bird, 12 April 1781	411
To Robert Bolling and Others, 12 April 1781	412
To William Call, 12 April 1781	413
From Richard Claiborne, 12 April 1781	414
From the Continental Board of War, 12 April 1781	414
To the County Lieutenants, 12 April 1781	415
To the County Lieutenants of King William and Certain Other Counties, 12 April 1781	416
From William Davies, with Reply, 12 April 1781	416
From William Davies, 12 April 1781	418
To James Hendricks, 12 April 1781	419
To La Luzerne, 12 April 1781	421
From Robert Mitchell, 12 April 1781	423
From John O'Bannon, 12 April 1781	423
From Lindsay Opie and James Ball, 12 April 1781	424
From John Christian Senf, with a Note from Jefferson to William Davies, 12 April 1781	425
From Francis Taylor, 12 April 1781	426
From Foster Webb, 12 April 1781	428
To ——, 13 April 1781	428
From Richard Claiborne, 13 April 1781	428
From Richard Claiborne, 13 April 1781	429
From William Davies, 13 April 1781	429
From Prevost Deleurieux, 13 April 1781	430
From Thomas Gaskins, 13 April 1781	430
From George Gilmer, 13 April 1781	430
From Thomas Hamilton, 13 April 1781	432
From Joseph Holmes, 13 April 1781	432
From La Luzerne, 13 April 1781	433
To Henry Lee, Sr., 13 April 1781	434
From Richard Henry Lee, 13 April 1781	434
From John Page, 13 April 1781	436
From William Preston, 13 April 1781	436
From George Slaughter, 13 April 1781	439
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 13 April 1781	440
To John Boush and Nicholas Payne, 14 April 1781	440
To John Browne, 14 April 1781	441
From William Call, 14 April 1781	441
From Richard Claiborne, enclosing an Extract of a Letter from Joseph Holmes, 14 April 1781	442
To the County Lieutenants of Fauquier and Certain Other Counties, 14 April 1781	443
To Samuel Cox, 14 April 1781	444
To Andrew Donnally, 14 April 1781	444
From John Gordon and John Hull, 14 April 1781	445
James Henderson's Account as Express, with Jefferson's Certification, 14 April 1781	446
From James Mercer, 14 April 1781	446
To John O'Bannon, 14 April 1781	448
From George Skillern, 14 April 1781	449
To John Skinker and William Garrard, 14 April 1781	451
From George Slaughter, 14 April 1781	452
To Samuel Smith, 14 April 1781	452
To Steuben, 14 April 1781	452
To Oliver Towles, 14 April 1781	454
From Garret Van Meter, 14 April 1781	455
To George Weedon, 14 April 1781	456
From George Weedon, 14 April 1781	456
From Samuel Huntington, 15 April 1781	458
From David Ross, 15 April 1781	458
From Steuben, 15 April 1781	459
Steuben to William Phillips, [15 April 1781]	459
From John Taylor, 15 April 1781	461
From John Todd, 15 April 1781	461
From John Todd, 15 April 1781	462
To George Bird, 16 April 1781	464
To James Callaway, 16 April 1781	464
From William Davies, 16 April 1781	465
From John Floyd, 16 April 1781	465
To David Jameson, 16 April 1781	468
From Joseph Jones, 16 April 1781	469
To Richard Henry Lee, 16 April 1781	472
From James Madison, 16 April 1781	473
To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 16 April 1781	475
From Henry Skipwith, 16 April 1781	475
To Charles Thomas, 16 April 1781	476
To Arthur Campbell, 17 April 1781	476
To William Christian, 17 April 1781	476
From Lafayette, 17 April 1781	477
To Joseph Reed, 17 April 1781	478
From Steuben, with Plan for Defensive Operations, 17 April 1781	479
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 17 April 1781	481
To George Weedon, 17 April 1781	483
To Beverley Winslow, 17 April 1781	484
From James Wood, 17 April 1781	484
Thady Kelly to James Innes, [18 April 1781]	485
James Barron to the Commanding Officer at Williamsburg, [18 April 1781]	486
To William Call, 18 April 1781	487
To Charles Dick, 18 April 1781	488
To Samuel Huntington, 18 April 1781	488
From Samuel Huntington, 18 April 1781	489
From James Innes, 18 April 1781	489
From James Innes, 18 April 1781	490
To Timothy Matlack, 18 April 1781	490
From Littleberry Mosby, 18 April 1781	491
To John Page, 18 April 1781	491
To Joseph Reed, 18 April 1781	492
From Eleanor Sheed, 18 April 1781	493
From George Slaughter, 18 April 1781	493
From George Washington, 18 April 1781	494
From Robert Wooding, 18 April 1781	495
To the County Lieutenants of Henrico and Certain Other Counties, 19 April 1781	496
To the County Lieutenant of Henrico, 19 April 1781	497
From Samuel Huntington, 19 April 1781, with enclosure: “An Ordinance for establishing Courts,” 5 April 1780	497
From James Innes, 19 April 1781	499
From John Christian Senf, 19 April 1781	499
To Steuben, 19 April 1781	500
From Steuben, 19 April 1781	502
To the Treasurer, Register of the Land Office, Auditors, Commissioner of the Navy, and Clerks of the Assembly, General Court, and Court of Chancery, 19 April 1781	502
To James Barron, 20 April 1781	503
To George Rogers Clark, 20 April 1781	503
To William Harrison, 20 April 1781	504
From James Innes, enclosing a Letter from William Davenport to Innes, 20 April 1781	504
From James Innes, 20 April 1781	505
From James Innes, 20 April 1781	506
From Samuel McDowell, 20 April 1781	507
From Littleberry Mosby, 20 April 1781	508
From Littleberry Mosby, 20 April 1781	509
To William Phillips, 20 April 1781	509
John Christian Senf to Steuben, 20 April 1781	510
To Steuben, 20 April 1781	511
From John Syme, 20 April 1781	512
From Oliver Towles, 20 April 1781	513
From Garret Van Meter, 20 April 1781	513
Garret Van Meter and Others to the Auditors with Andrew Woodrow's Bill and Jefferson's Certification, 20 April 1781	515
From William Davies, with Reply, 21 April 1781	515
From William Davies, 21 April 1781	517
From Charles Dick, 21 April 1781	517
William Ellzey's Certification of Charles Lee to Practise in the County Courts, [21 April 1781]	518
From Benjamin Harrison, [21 April 1781]	518
From Benjamin Harrison, [21? April 1781]	519
From William Hay, 21 April 1781	519
From William Hay, 21 April 1781	519
From Samuel Huntington, 21 April 1781	520
To James Innes, 21 April 1781	520
From James Innes, 21 April 1781	521
From Lafayette, 21 April 1781	522
To William Preston, 21 April 1781	524
To Steuben, 21 April 1781	525
To Steuben, 21 April 1781	525
To Steuben, 21 April 1781	525
From Steuben, [21 April 1781]	526
To John Syme, 21 April 1781	527
From John Syme, 21 April 1781	528
From George Weedon, 21 April 1781	529
To Robert Wooding, 21 April 1781	530
From Daniel Fisher, 22 April 1781	531
To Benjamin Harrison, 22 April 1781	532
From James Innes, 22 April 1781	532
To James Innes, 22 April 1781	533
Joseph Martin to Arthur Campbell, 22 April 1781	534
To Steuben, 22 April 1781	536
From William Davies, with Reply, 23 April 1781	537
From William Davies, 23 April 1781	538
To Samuel Huntington, 23 April 1781	538
From James Innes, 23 April 1781	539
To Lafayette, 23 April 1781	541
To Samuel McDowell, 23 April 1781	541
From Sarah McIntosh, 23 April 1781	542
To the President of the Board of War, 23 April 1781	542
From Steuben, 23 April 1781	543
Steuben to William Davies, 23 April 1781	544
To George Washington, 23 April 1781	545
To George Weedon, 23 April 1781	545
From Rawleigh Colston, 24 April 1781	546
To Daniel Fisher, 24 April 1781	547
From John Floyd, 24 April 1781	547
From James Innes, 24 April 1781	548
From Edmund Read, 24 April 1781	548
To Steuben, 24 April 1781	549
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 24 April 1781	550
From Arthur Campbell, 25 April 1781	552
From Lafayette, 25 April 1781	553
From Reuben Lindsay, 25 April 1781	554
From George Weedon, 25 April 1781	555
From James Maxwell, with a List of Armed Vessels, 26 April 1781	557
To —— Read, 26 April 1781	558
To Steuben, 26 April 1781	559
To Steuben, 2[6] April [1781]	560
To Steuben, 26 April 1781	560
From Joseph Woodson, 26 April 1781	561
From Samuel Huntington, 27 April 1781, enclosing a Letter from Ebenezer Hazard, 7 April 1781	562
From Lafayette, 27 April 1781	564
From Thomas Sim Lee, 27 April 1781	564
To Steuben, 27 April 1781	565
To Garret Van Meter, 27 April 1781	565
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 27 April 1781	566
From Nathanael Greene, [28 April 1781]	567
From Beesly Edgar Joel, [28 April 1781]	570
From Thomas Read, enclosing a Resolution of the Charlotte County Militia Officers, 28 April 1781	571
From Charles Bellini, 29 April 1781	572
From Vivian Brooking, 29 April 1781	573
From Heinrich Gerlach, 29 April 1781	573
From Churchill Gibbs, 29 April 1781	573
From John Rogers, 29 April 1781	574
Edward Carrington to Timothy Pickering, 30 April 1781	574
From Nathanael Greene, 30 April 1781	578
From Miles King, 30 April 1781	579
From Bolling Stark, 30 April 1781	579
Henry Young to William Davies, 30 April 1781	580
To the Auditors, 1 May 1781	581
From Richard Claiborne, 1 May 1781	581
From John Dixon, 1 May 1781	583
From Robert Lawson, 1 May 1781	583
From James Madison, 1 May 1781	584
To the Members of Assembly for Fluvanna and Certain Other Counties, 1 May 1781	585
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 1 May 1781	586
From James Barbour, 2 May 1781	587
To the County Lieutenants of Elizabeth City and Certain Other Counties, 2 May 1781	588
To the County Lieutenant of Gloucester, 2 May 1781	588
Depositions Concerning the Flag Ship Alert, [2 May 1781]	588
To James Innes, 2 May 1781	592
To James Innes, 2 May 1781	593
From Richard Claiborne, enclosing an Extract of a Letter from William Claiborne, 3 May 1781	594
To William Davies, [3 May 1781]	594
To Heinrich Gerlach, 3 May 1781	595
From Sir John Peyton, 3 May 1781	596
To Richard Claiborne, 4 May 1781	596
From James Downie and William Thompson, with Jefferson's Instructions, 4 May 1781	597
To Robert Lawson, 4 May 1781	597
To Abraham Penn, 4 May 1781	598
Petition from the Inhabitants of Kaskaskia, 4 May 1781	599
From David Ross, 4 May 1781	600
[From Steuben, ca. 4 May 1781]	601
To the County Lieutenants of Henrico and Certain Other Counties, 5 May 1781	601
To the County Lieutenant of Culpeper, 5 May 1781	602
From James Madison, 5 May 1781	602
From George Moffett, 5 May 1781	603
From George Muter, 5 May 1781	605
To Sir John Peyton, 5 May 1781	605
From David Ross, 5 May 1781	606
From Francis Taylor, 5 May 1781	607
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 5 May 1781	608
From Benjamin Franklin, 6 May 1781	610
To Lafayette, 6 May 1781	610
From Joseph Reed, 6 May 1781	611
To the County Lieutenants of Charles City and Certain Other Counties, 7 May 1781	612
From James Hendricks, 7 May 1781	612
To Robert Lawson, 8 May 1781	613
To the County Lieutenants and Others, [8 May 1781]	614
To the County Lieutenants of Lunenburg and Certain Other Counties, 8 May 1781	614
To the County Lieutenant of Spotsylvania, 8 May 1781	616
To the County Lieutenants of Louisa and Certain Other Counties, 8 May 1781	616
To the County Lieutenants of King William and Hanover, 8 May 1781	617
To the County Lieutenants of Henry and Certain Other Counties, 8 May 1781	617
To the County Lieutenant of King and Queen, 8 May 1781	618
To the County Lieutenants of Chesterfield and Dinwiddie, 8 May 1781	618
From William Davies, with Reply, 8 May 1781	618
From William Davies to the Commissioners of Accomac and Northampton Counties, 8 May 1781	619
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 8 May 1781	620
To Samuel Huntington, 9 May 1781	621
From Samuel McDowell, 9 May 1781	621
To George Washington, 9 May 1781	623
To John Scarsbrook Wills, 9 May 1781	625
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 10 May 1781	626
From Richard Henry Lee, 10 May 1781	629
From Thomas Nelson, 10 May 1781	631
Order in Council concerning the Copying of Public Records, [10 May 1781]	631
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 10 May 1781	632
To George Washington and the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 10 May 1781	634
From Miles King, 11 May 1781	635
To Robert Lawson, 11 May 1781	636
From Robert Lawson, 11 May 1781	636
From William Langborn, 12 May 1781	637
From Jacques Le Maire, 12 May 1781	639
To William Fleming, 13 May 1781	640
To Andrew Lewis, 13 May 1781	640
From Mann Page, enclosing Court Proceedings against a Slave, together with Jefferson's Reprieve, 13 May 1781	640
Nathan Reid to William Davies, 13 May 1781	643
Henry Young to William Davies, 13 May 1781	643
From Dudley Digges, 14 May 1781	644
To Lafayette, 14 May 1781	644
From George Mason, 14 May 1781	647
From Joseph Reed, 14 May 1781	650
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 14 May 1781	650
[From Henry Young, before 15 May 1781]	651
From the Commissioners for Collecting Taxes in Accomac County, 15 May 1781	651
To James Monroe, 15 May 1781	655
To Those Appointed by Lafayette to Remove Horses out of the Route of the Enemy, 15 May 1781	655
From Carter Braxton, 16 May 1781	656
From Robert Lawson, 16 May 1781	657
From Reuben Mitchell, 16 May 1781	658
From David Ross, enclosing Account of Loss of Goods at Petersburg, 16 May 1781	660
From Francis Taylor, 16 May 1781	661
From George Washington, 16 May 1781	662
From James McClurg, 17 May 1781	663
From Matthew Pope, 17 May 1781	664
From Benjamin Blunt, 18 May 1781	665
From Richard Claiborne, enclosing a List of Articles to be Furnished to Steuben and Lafayette, 18 May 1781	665
From Richard Claiborne, 19 May 1781	668
From Samuel Huntington, 19 May 1781	668
From Richard Claiborne, 20 May 1781	669

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