Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to James Wood

GLC06673

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GLC#
GLC06673
Type
Letters
Date
25 July 1780
Author/Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Title
to James Wood
Place Written
Richmond, Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 30.2 cm, Width: 18.6 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Discusses the complex arrangements between Virginia and the national government to provision the Continental Army, written several months before the British invasion of Virginia. Asserts that "it has been always necessary for the state & Continent to lend interchangeably such articles as the one has & the other wants & to repay them in kind." Advises Wood, if the thinks it appropriate, to order leather for Colonel Joseph Crockett (who was raising a detachment of frontier troops). Gives permission for any officer in ill health, mentioning a Mr. Mooney, to go to the springs. The states, particularly in the South, were then experiencing shortages of cash, supplies, and munitions. The war was going badly there as well, with the British sweeping through the Carolinas towards Virginia. Colonel Wood was stationed in Charlottesville, where he guarded the Convention troops surrendered at Saratoga.

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