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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
Volume 5

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Julian P. Boyd

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CONTENTS

GUIDE TO EDITORIAL APPARATUS                         vii
JEFFERSON CHRONOLOGY                                     2
 

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 continued

February  March  April  May 1-20
APPENDIX  ILLUSTRATIONS


February

From Joseph Bell, 25 February                            3
From Christopher Calvert, with a Note by 
  Jefferson to the Attorney General, 
  25 February to 21 March                                4
From Richard Claiborne, 25 February                      4
From Robert Gamble, 25 February                          5
From Samuel Huntington, 25 February                      5
From Robert Lawson, 25 February                          6
To Robert Lawson, 25 February                            7
To Steuben, 25 February                                  8
From Steuben, 25 February                                9
From Humphrey Brooke, 26 February                       10
From Nathaniel Burwell, 26 February                     10
To Richard Claiborne [26? February]                     10
From W. R. W. Curle, 26 February                        11
From Charles Dick, 26 February                          11
To Samuel Huntington, 26 February                       12
From George Muter, 26 February                          12
[From George Muter, 26 February]                        13
From Joseph Reed, 26 February                           13
From John Christian Senf, 26 February                   13
From John Syme, 26 February                             14
To George Washington, 26 February                       15
To John Fitzgerald, 27 February                         15
To James Innes, 27 February                             15
From Thomas Sim Lee, 27 February                        16
From R. William Mitchell, 27 February                   16
[To George Muter, 27 February]                          17
From William Rose, 27 February                          17
To John Syme, 27 February                               18
From Alexander White, 27 February                       18
From James Wood, 27 February                            19
From John Ballendine, 28 February                       19
From Arthur Campbell, 28 February                       20
From George Corbin, 28 February                         21
To the County Lieutenant of Goochland, 
  28 February                                           22
From Nathanael Greene, [28] February                    22
To James Maxwell, 28 February                           25
To the Officer Commanding the French Naval Force
  on the Coast of Virginia, 28 February                 25
From George Muter, with Reply, 28 February              26
From George Muter, with Reply, 28 February              26
To George Muter [28 February]                           27
To Granville Smith, 28 February                         27
To Steuben, 28 February                                 28
From George Weedon [28 February]                        28
Return of Militia by Counties, February                 29
David Ross' Memorandum concerning Supplies
  [February]                                            30


March

To Nathaniel Burwell, 1 March                           30
To Mary Willing Byrd, 1 March                           31
To the County Lieutenants of Prince George and
  Other Counties, 1 March                               32
To James Innes, 1 March                                 32
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 1 March       33
From George Muter, with Reply, 1 March                  37
[From George Muter, 1 March]                            38
From Charles Scott, 1 March                             38
Memoranda of Needs Submitted by Steuben 
  [ca. 1 March]                                         39
Memorial of British Prisoners, 1 March                  40
From John Dixon, 2 March                                41
From Samuel Huntington, enclosing a Resolution
  of Congress Adopting the Articles of
  Confederation, 2 March                                41
To James Innes, 2 March                                 42
To Lafayette, 2 March                                   43
From Charles Magill, 2 March                            43
[From George Muter, 2 March]                            45
From George Muter, 2 March                              45
To George Muter, 2 March                                46
Notes concerning Preparations for the Expedition
  against Portsmouth [ca. 3 March]                      46
To Edward Carrington, 3 March                           47
From James Innes, 3 March                               48
From Lafayette, 3 March                                 49
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 3 March       51
From M. Marston, 3 March                                52
[From George Muter, 3 March]                            52
To George Muter, 3 March                                52
[From George Muter, 3 March]                            53
From Duncan Rose, 3 March                               53
To the General Assembly of North Carolina, 
  3 March                                               53
From George Weedon, 3 March                             54
From William Call, 4 March                              55
To the Commanding Officer of the French 
  Squadron, 4 March                                     55
From Samuel Huntington, 4 March                         56
To William Lewis, 4 March                               57
Commission to William Lewis [4 March]                   58
To Marbois, 4 March                                     58
To Timothy Pickering, 4 March                           59
To Richard Claiborne [before 5 March]                   60
To the Judges of the High Court of Chancery, 
  5 March                                               61
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 
  5 March                                               61
From Charles Magill, 5 March                            62
From Hudson Martin, 5 March                             64
From James Maxwell, 5 March                             64
[From George Muter, with Reply, 5 March]                65
From George Muter, 5 March                              65
To Steuben, 5 March                                     65
From Steuben, 5 March                                   66
From Steuben's Aide-de-Camp, 5 March                    70
To George Weedon, 5 March                               70
From James Wood, 5 March                                71
From Richard Claiborne, 6 March                         72
To William Davies, 6 March                              72
From Samuel Huntington, 6 March                         72
From James Innes, 6 March                               73
From Lafayette, 6 March                                 74
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 
  6 March                                               76
To Thomas Sim Lee, 6 March                              77
From George Muter, 6 March                              78
To George Muter, 6 March                                80
[From George Muter, with Reply, 6 March]                80
[To George Muter, 6 March]                              81
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  6 March                                               81
From George Carrington, Jr., 7 March                    82
From Richard Claiborne, 7 March                         82
To Joseph Holmes, 7 March                               84
From Joseph Holmes, 7 March                             84
From Thomas Sim Lee, 7 March                            85
[To Charles Magill, 7 March]                            86
From George Muter, with Reply, 7 March                  87
From Edmund Pendleton, 7 March                          87
To Steuben, 7 March                                     89
From Steuben, 7 March                                   90
From William Davies, 8 March                            90
To Samuel Huntington, 8 March                           91
To Lafayette, 8 March                                   92
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 
  8 March                                               93
To William Lewis, 8 March                               93
From Charles Magill, 8 March                            93
From James Maxwell, 8 March                             94
From George Muter, 8 March                              96
From William Phillips, 8 March                          97
To Steuben, 8 March                                     98
From Steuben, 8 March                                   98
From Francis Taylor, 8 March                           100
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  8 March                                              101
From John Walker, 8 March                              101
To George Washington, 8 March                          102
From John Banister, 9 March                            104
To the County Lieutenants of Chesterfield 
  and Dinwiddie, 9 March                               104
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 
  9 March                                              105
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 
  9 March                                              105
[From George Muter, 9 March]                           106
From Steuben, 9 March                                  106
From John Walker [9 March]                             108
From George Weedon, 9 March                            108
From George Wythe, 9 March                             110
From Nathanael Greene, 10 March                        111
To Lafayette, 10 March                                 113
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 
  10 March                                             114
From Charles Magill, 10 March                          115
From J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 10 March                     116
To Granville Smith, 10 March                           117
To Steuben, 10 March                                   117
To Steuben, 10 March                                   119
From Steuben, 10 March                                 121
To George Lee Turberville, 10 March                    121
To George Weedon, 10 March                             122
From George Weedon, 10 March                           122
From James Callaway, 11 March                          123
From Richard Claiborne, enclosing a 
  Letter from Steuben, 11 March                        124
From William Davies, 11 March                          125
From William Lewis, 11 March                           125
To William Lewis, 11 March                             126
From John Syme, 11 March                               126
From John Allen, 12 March                              126
To the County Lieutenants of Hanover 
  and Certain Other Counties, 12 March                 128
To Joseph Holmes, 12 March                             128
To Lafayette, 12 March                                 129
To Lafayette, 12 March                                 130
To Thomas Sim Lee, 12 March                            131
To Thomas Sim Lee, 12 March                            131
To James Maxwell, 12 March                             132
From George Muter, enclosing an Exchange 
  of Letters with John Walker, 12 March                133
To Thomas Newton, Jr., 12 March                        135
To the Superintendent of the Shipyard, 
  12 March                                             135
To the Superintendent of the Public Vessels 
  and Workmen at the Shipyard on Chickahominy, 
  12 March                                             135
To James Wood, 12 March                                136
To John Banister, 13 March                             136
From Richard Claiborne, 13 March                       136
To the County Lieutenants of Accomac and 
  Northampton Counties, 13 March                       137
To William Davies, 13 March                            137
From Charles Magill, 13 March                          138
To James Maxwell, 13 March                             138
To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 13 March                       139
From George Muter, 13 March                            139
From George Muter, with Reply, 13 March                139
[From George Muter, 13 March]                          140
To George Muter, 13 March                              140
To David Ross, 13 March                                141
To George Weedon, 13 March                             141
From John Banister, 14 March                           141
From Richard Claiborne, 14 March                       142
From Joseph Crockett, 14 March                         142
From Beesly Edgar Joel, 14 March                       143
To Lafayette, 14 March                                 144
From Hugh McGavock, 14 March                           145
To Robert Mitchell or William Lewis, 
  14 March                                             146
[To the State Naval Officers, 
  ca. 14 March]                                        146
To Francis Taylor, 14 March                            147
William Cole to George Muter, with 
  Jefferson's Instructions to Muter, 
  15-19 March                                          147
Petiton of Brewer Godwin and Others 
  [before 15 March]                                    148
To Brewer Godwin, 15 March                             149
From Thomas Sim Lee, 15 March                          150
From William Lewis, 15 March                           150
From Robert Mitchell, 15 March                         151
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  15 March                                             152
From Isaac Avery, 16 March                             153
From Humphrey Brooke, 16 March                         154
From William Clayton, 16 March                         154
To George Elliott, 16 March                            155
From Nathanael Greene, 16 March                        156
Joseph Jones to the Auditors, with 
  James Hayes' Account and Jefferson's 
  Memorandum, 16 March to [5 April?]                   157
From Lafayette, 16 March                               159
To Richard Henry Lee [16?] March                       160
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 
  16 March                                             161
From Charles Magill, 16 March                          162
To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 16 March                       163
To John Banister, 17 March                             164
From Thomas Gaskins, 17 March                          164
To Samuel Griffin, James Southall, and 
  Robert Anderson, 17 March                            166
From Lafayette, 17 March                               166
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 
  17 March                                             167
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 
  17 March                                             168
From Thomas Sim Lee, 17 March                          168
[From George Muter, 17 Marchl                          169
To George Muter, 17 March                              169
From David Ross, 17 March                              169
To David Ross, 17 March                                171
From Edward Travis, 17 March                           171
From John Walker, 17 March                             173
From William Davies, 18 March                          173
To William Lewis, 18 March                             176
From William Lewis, 18 March                           177
To Robert Mitchell, 18 March                           177
To William Davies, 19 March                            178
From George Gibson, 19 March                           178
To Samuel Huntington, 19 March                         179
To Lafayette, 19 March                                 179
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 
  19 March                                             182
From Charles Magill, 19 March                          182
From Littleberry H. Mosby, with Jefferson's 
  Instructions, 19 March                               183
[To George Muter, 19 March]                            183
From Riedesel, 19 March                                184
To George Washington, 19 March                         185
From George Weedon, 19 March                           185
To James Barron, 20 March                              186
From James Barron, 20 March                            187
From Abraham Buford, 20 March                          187
From Miles King, 20 March                              188
From Lafayette, 20 March                               188
To James Maxwell, 20 March                             189
From J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 20 March                     190
From George Muter, 20 March                            190
From Edmund Pendleton, Jr., 20 March                   191
To David Ross, 20 March                                191
George Twyman to Nicholas Lewis and Isaac 
  Davis, with Jefferson's Instructions to 
  William Davies, 20-28 March                          192
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  20 March                                             193
To Isaac Avery, 21 March                               193
To the Officer Commanding the French Naval 
  Force, 21 March                                      194
To John Browne, 21 March                               194
From Richard Claiborne, 21 March                       195
To the Commanding Officer of the Charles 
  City County Militia, 21 March                        195
To William Davies, 21 March                            196
From William Davies, 21 March                          196
From William Davies, 21 March                          197
To Thomas Fletcher, 21 March                           198
To Samuel Huntington, 21 March                         198
From Samuel Huntington, 21 March                       200
To Thomas Sim Lee, 21 March                            200
To John Peyton, enclosing Advice of Council 
  concerning the  Clothier's Department, 
  21 March                                             200
From George Lee Turberville, 21 March                  201
To George Washington, 21 March                         202
From George Washington, 21 March                       202
To George Weedon, 21 March                             203
From George Weedon, 21 March                           203
To the County Lieutenants of Buckingham 
  and Amherst, 22 March                                204
To the County Lieutenant of Culpeper, 
  22 March                                             204
To William Davies, 22 March                            204
From George Elliott, 22 March                          205
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 
  22 March                                             206
From William Greene Munford, 22 March                  207
From George Muter, 22 March                            207
To Thomas Nelson, 22 March                             208
From John? Overton, 22 March                           208
From David Ross, 22 March                              208
From John Syme, 22 March                               209
From Isaac and Abram Van Bibber & Company, 
  22 March                                             210
Invoice of Dixon & Nicolson for Printing 
  [23 March to 3 April]                                211
From James Callaway, 23 March                          212
To Christopher Calvert, 23 March                       214
From Charles Dabney, 23 March                          214
To George Elliott, 23 March                            214
From Nathanael Greene, 23 March                        215
From Samuel Huntington, 23 March                       216
From Lafayette, 23 March                               217
To Sarah McIntosh, 23 March                            218
From Daniel Morgan, 23 March                           218
From LeRoy Peachey, 23 March                           219
From George Rice, 23 March                             223
To Edward Travis, 23 March                             223
From Beverley Winslow, 23 March                        224
To Richard Claiborne and Granville Smith, 
  24 March                                             224
From Richard Claiborne, 24 March                       225
From Richard Claiborne, 24 March                       226
To the Commanding Officer of the British 
  Force at Portsmouth, 24 March                        227
To the Governor of Hispaniola, 24 March                228
To Nathanael Greene, 24 March                          229
To Lafayette, 24 March                                 231
To Lafayette, 24 March                                 231
To Abner Nash, 24 March                                234
Final Settlement of Accounts of Peter 
  Pelham as Keeper of the Public Jail 
  [24 March]                                           235
To William Preston, William Christian, 
  and Joseph Martin, 24 March                          236
From George Rice, 24 March                             237
To Anthony Walton White, 24 March                      238
From Richard Barron, 26 March                          238
From the Continental Board of War, 
  enclosing a Letter to James Wood, 
  26 March                                             239
From Richard Claiborne, 26 March                       240
To Certain County Magistrates, 26 March                242
To Certain Other County Magistrates, 
  26 March                                             242
To the County Lieutenants, 26 March                    243
[To William Davies, with Reply, 26 March]              244
From William Davies, 26 March                          244
From Christian Febiger, 26 March                       246
To Samuel Huntington, 26 March                         246
From Samuel Huntington, 26 March                       247
From John McCoy, 26 March                              247
Proclamation of Embargo, 26 March                      248
From John Christian Senf, with Jefferson's 
  Instructions to William Davies, 26 March             248
From Steuben, 26 March                                 250
To George Lee Turberville, 26 March                    250
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  26 March                                             251
From James Barbour, 27 March                           251
From George Rogers Clark, 27 March                     252
To the County Lieutenants of Berkeley, 
  Frederick, and Hampshire Counties, 
  27 March                                             254
To the County Lieutenants of Orange and 
  Certain Other Counties, 27 March                     255
To the County Lieutenant of Shenandoah, 
  27 March                                             255
[From William Davies, 27 March]                        255
From Andrew Donnally, 27 March                         256
From Heinrich Gerlach [27 March]                       257
From Nathanael Greene, 27 March                        258
From Herstale [27 March]                               259
From Miles King, 27 March                              260
From Lafayette, 27 March                               261
From Richard Henry Lee, 27 March                       262
To Charles Lynch, 27 March                             263
From Joseph Reed, 27 March                             263
From David Ross, 27 March                              264
To David Ross, 27 March                                266
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  27 March                                             266
From George Weedon, 27 March                           267
From Arthur Campbell, 28 March                         267
To the Commissioners of the Tax, 28 March              268
To William Davies, 28 March                            269
To Samuel Huntington, 28 March                         269
To Lafayette, 28 March                                 270
From Robert Mitchell, 28 March                         271
From French Strother, 28 March                         272
To George Washington, 28 March                         272
From George Weedon, 28 March                           273
From John Browne, 29 March                             274
From Richard Call, 29 March                            274
To the County Lieutenants of Montgomery 
  and Certain Other Counties, 29 March                 275
From the Tax Commissioners of Culpeper 
  County, 29 March                                     278
From William Davies, with Reply, 29 March              278
From William Harrison, 29 March                        280
To William Lewis, 29 March                             280
From Nicholas Long, 29 March                           281
To Robert Mitchell, 29 March                           282
From Robert Mitchell [after 29 March]                  282
From Sir John Peyton, 29 March                         282
From George Weedon, 29 March                           283
From Nathaniel Burwell, 30 March                       284
To Richard Call, 30 March                              284
From William Churchill, 30 March                       285
To Richard Claiborne, 30 March                         286
From Richard Claiborne, 30 March                       287
From Richard Claiborne, 30 March                       288
To the County Lieutenants, 30 March                    289
To William R. Davie, 30 March                          290
From William Davies, with Reply, 30 March              290
To Nathanael Greene, 30 March                          291
To Samuel Griffin, James Southall, and 
  Robert Anderson, 30 March                            292
From Samuel Huntington, 30 March                       292
From Daniel L. Hylton, with Jefferson's 
  Instructions to William Davies, 30 March             293
From James Innes, 30 March                             293
From Thomas Jones, 30 March                            295
[To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 30 March]                     295
From Catherine Park, 30 March                          296
To David Ross, 30 March                                296
To Granville Smith, 30 March                           297
From George Weedon, 30 March                           297
From Edward Carrington, 31 March                       297
From William Davies, with Reply, 31 March
  to 2 April                                           298
From William Davies, with Reply, 31 March              300
To Heinrich Gerlach and Herstale, 31 March             301
From Nathanael Greene, 31 March                        301
To Samuel Huntington, 31 March                         302
To the Rev. James Madison and Robert Andrews,
  31 March                                             303
From Joseph Martin, 31 March                           304
From William Peachey, 31 March                         305
To William Phillips, 31 March                          306
From Duncan Rose, 31 March                             307
To David Ross, 31 March                                308
To James Wood, 31 March                                309
Recapitulation of Tours of Duty Performed
  by the Virginia Militia [March]                      310


April

From John Fitzgerald, 1 April                          311
To Nathanael Greene, 1 April                           312
To Nathanael Greene, 1 April                           313
From J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 1 April                      315
From Steuben, 1 April                                  316
From John Tyler, 1 April                               316
From Robert Walton, 1 April                            316
From George Weedon, 1 April                            317
From James Barbour, 2 April                            318
From Richard Claiborne, 2 April                        318
From Richard Claiborne, 2 April                        319
From Linctot, 2 April                                  320
To Nicholas Long, 2 April                              321
From Mann Page, 2 April                                321
From Absolem Pollard, 2 April                          322
From Matthew Pope, 2 April                             322
To Francis Taylor, 2 April                             322
To the Commissioners of the Tax for Culpeper
  and Prince William Counties, 2 April                 323
To Robert Walton, 2 April                              323
From George Weedon, 2 April                            324
To the Auditors, 3 April                               324
From Richard Campbell, 3 April                         325
From James Madison, enclosing a 
  Communication to La Luzerne, 3 April                 325
To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 3 April                        328
William Phillips to J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 
  3 April                                              329
From Alexander Spotswood, 3 April                      331
To Steuben, 3 April                                    332
From Francis Taylor, 3 April                           333
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  3 April                                              334
From Peter Wagener, 3 April                            335
To George Weedon, 3 April                              337
From George Weedon, 3 April                            338
From Robert Andrews, 4 April                           339
To the Auditors, 4 April                               339
From Arthur Campbell, 4 April                          339
From Richard Claiborne, 4 April                        340
To William Davies, 4 April                             341
[From William Davies, 4 April]                         341
[To William Davies, 4 April]                           342
From Nathanael Greene, 4 April                         342
From Lafayette, 4 April                                342
From James Maxwell, 4 April                            344
From Thomas Read, 4 April                              344
From George Rice, enclosing a Petition 
  from the Inhabitants in the Vicinity 
  of the Albemarle Barracks, 4 April                   346
From Steuben [4 April]                                 349
From George Washington, 4 April                        351
To George Weedon, 4 April                              351
To James Barbour, 5 April                              353
To James Callaway, 5 April                             353
William Cherry's Account of Expenses, 
  with Jefferson's Certification, 5 April              354
From Charles Dick, 5 April                             355
To Nathanael Greene, 5 April                           356
To Thomas Nelson, 5 April                              357
From Anthony Walton White, 5 April                     357
From William Call, 6 April                             358
From Richard Claiborne, 6 April                        358
From William Davies, with Reply, 6 April               358
From Nathanael Greene, 6 April                         360
From John Nelson, 6 April                              362
From William Phillips, 6 April                         363
William Phillips to George Weedon, 
  6 April                                              364
To Steuben, 6 April                                    366
To Steuben, 6 April                                    366
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress,
  6 April                                              367
From William Constable, 7 April                        369
To Captains Hardy and Young, 7 April                   369
To Samuel Huntington, 7 April                          370
From Edmund Read, 7 April                              371
From Thomas Read, 7 April                              371
To Thomas Read, 7 April                                372
From David Ross, [7] April                             372
Tax Commissioners of Lancaster County
  to the Auditors, with a Note by
  Jefferson, 7 April                                   373
To Robert Andrews, 8 April                             373
From Humphrey Brooke, 8 April                          373
To the Rev. James Madison, 8 April                     374
From Philip Mazzei, 8 April                            375
From Joseph Prentis, 8 April                           383
From George Weedon, 8 April                            383
From Robert Wooding, with a Memorandum
  by Jefferson, 8 April                                385
Advice of Council respecting James Hayes'
  Newspaper [9 April]                                  386
To the Auditors, 9 April                               386
To Richard Claiborne, 9 April                          388
From Richard Claiborne, 9 April                        389
From Joseph Clay, enclosing His Account
  against the State, 9 April                           390
From William Davies, 9 April                           391
[From William Davies, 9 April]                         392
From Samuel Huntington, 9 April                        392
From Henry Lee, Sr., 9 April                           393
[From Richard Henry Lee, 9 April]                      394
From Henry Towles, 9 April                             394
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress,
  9 April                                              395
From William Christian, 10 April                       395
From William Davies, with Reply, 10 April              396
From Alexander Dick, 10 April                          397
From Abner Nash, 10 April                              398
From William Preston, 10 April                         398
From Edmund Read, 10 April                             399
To Thomas Read, 10 April                               400
To Steuben, 10 April                                   400
To Edward Travis, 10 April                             401
To George Weedon, 10 April                             401
To the Auditors, 11 April                              402
From James Callaway, 11 April                          402
To the County Lieutenant of Frederick, 
  11 April                                             403
From William Davies, with Reply, 11 April              404
From William Garrard and Other Officers 
  of the Stafford Militia [11 April]                   404
From Nathanael Greene, 11 April                        405
From John Skinker, 11 April                            406
From James Slaughter, 11 April                         407
To James Slaughter, 11 April                           408
To Francis Taylor, 11 April                            408
From Garret Van Meter, 11 April                        409
From George Weedon, 11 April                           410
From George Bird, 12 April                             411
To Robert Bolling and Others, 12 April                 412
To William Call, 12 April                              413
From Richard Claiborne, 12 April                       414
From the Continental Board of War, 
  12 April                                             414
To the County Lieutenants, 12 April                    415
To the County Lieutenants of King 
  William and Certain Other Counties, 
  12 April                                             416
From William Davies, with Reply, 12 April              416
From William Davies, 12 April                          418
To James Hendricks, 12 April                           419
To La Luzerne, 12 April                                421
From Robert Mitchell, 12 April                         423
From John O'Bannon, 12 April                           423
From Lindsay Opie and James Ball, 
  12 April                                             424
From John Christian Senf, with a 
  Note from Jefferson to William Davies, 
  12 April                                             425
From Francis Taylor, 12 April                          426
From Foster Webb, 12 April                             428
To ____ ____, 13 April                                 428
From Richard Claiborne, 13 April                       428
From Richard Claiborne, 13 April                       429
From William Davies, 13 April                          429
From Prevost Deleurieux, 13 April                      430
From Thomas Gaskins, 13 April                          430
From George Gilmer, 13 April                           430
From Thomas Hamilton, 13 April                         432
From Joseph Holmes, 13 April                           432
From La Luzerne, 13 April                              433
To Henry Lee, Sr., 13 April                            434
From Richard Henry Lee, 13 April                       434
From John Page, 13 April                               436
From William Preston, 13 April                         436
From George Slaughter, 13 April                        439
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  13 April                                             440
To John Boush and Nicholas Payne, 
  14 April                                             440
To John Browne, 14 April                               441
From William Call, 14 April                            441
From Richard Claiborne, enclosing an 
  Extract of a Letter from Joseph Holmes, 
  14 April                                             442
To the County Lieutenants of Fauquier 
  and Certain Other Counties, 14 April                 443
To Samuel Cox, 14 April                                444
To Andrew Donnally, 14 April                           444
From John Gordon and John Hull, 14 April               445
James Henderson's Account as Express, 
  with Jefferson's Certification, 14 April             446
From James Mercer, 14 April                            446
To John O'Bannon, 14 April                             448
From George Skillern, 14 April                         449
To John Skinker and William Garrard, 
  14 April                                             451
From George Slaughter, 14 April                        452
To Samuel Smith, 14 April                              452
To Steuben, 14 April                                   452
To Oliver Towles, 14 April                             454
From Garret Van Meter, 14 April                        455
To George Weedon, 14 April                             456
From George Weedon, 14 April                           456
From Samuel Huntington, 15 April                       458
From David Ross, 15 April                              458
From Steuben, 15 April                                 459
Steuben to William Phillips [15 April]                 459
From John Taylor, 15 April                             461
From John Todd, 15 April                               461
From John Todd, 15 April                               462
To George Bird, 16 April                               464
To James Callaway, 16 April                            464
From William Davies, 16 April                          465
From John Floyd, 16 April                              465
To David Jameson, 16 April                             468
From Joseph Jones, 16 April                            469
To Richard Henry Lee, 16 April                         472
From James Madison, 16 April                           473
To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 16 April                       475
From Henry Skipwith, 16 April                          475
To Charles Thomas, 16 April                            476
To Arthur Campbell, 17 April                           476
To William Christian, 17 April                         476
From Lafayette, 17 April                               477
To Joseph Reed, 17 April                               478
From Steuben, with Plan for Defensive 
  Operations, 17 April                                 479
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  17 April                                             481
To George Weedon, 17 April                             483
To Beverley Winslow, 17 April                          484
From James Wood, 17 April                              484
Thaddy Kelly to James Innes [18 April]                 485
James Barron to the Commanding Officer 
  at Williamsburg [18 April]                           486
To William Call, 18 April                              487
To Charles Dick, 18 April                              488
To Samuel Huntington, 18 April                         488
From Samuel Huntington, 18 April                       489
From James Innes, 18 April                             489
From James Innes, 18 April                             490
To Timothy Matlack, 18 April                           490
From Littleberry Mosby, 18 April                       491
To John Page, 18 April                                 491
To Joseph Reed, 18 April                               492
From Eleanor Sheed, 18 April                           493
From George Slaughter, 18 April                        493
From George Washington, 18 April                       494
From Robert Wooding, 18 April                          495
To the County Lieutenants of Henrico 
  and Certain Other Counties, 19 April                 496
To the County Lieutenant of Henrico, 
  19 April                                             497
From Samuel Huntington, 19 April                       497
From James Innes, 19 April                             499
From John Christian Senf, 19 April                     499
To Steuben, 19 April                                   500
From Steuben, 19 April                                 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                                502
To James Barron, 20 April                              503
To George Rogers Clark, 20 April                       503
To William Harrison, 20 April                          504
From James Innes, enclosing a Letter 
  from William Davenport to Innes, 
  20 April                                             504
From James Innes, 20 April                             505
From James Innes, 20 April                             506
From Samuel McDowell, 20 April                         507
From Littleberry Mosby, 20 April                       508
From Littleberry Mosby, 20 April                       509
To William Phillips, 20 April                          509
John Christian Senf to Steuben, 20 April               510
To Steuben, 20 April                                   511
From John Syme, 20 April                               512
From Oliver Towles, 20 April                           513
From Garret Van Meter, 20 April                        513
Garret Van Meter and Others to the 
  Auditors, with Andrew Woodrow's Bill 
  and Jefferson's Certification, 20 April              515
From William Davies, with Reply, 21 April              515
From William Davies, 21 April                          517
From Charles Dick, 21 April                            517
William Ellzey's Certification of Charles 
  Lee to Practise in the County Courts 
  [21 April]                                           518
From Benjamin Harrison [21 April]                      518
From Benjamin Harrison [21? April]                     519
From William Hay, 21 April                             519
From William Hay, 21 April                             519
From Samuel Huntington, 21 April                       520
To James Innes, 21 April                               520
From James Innes, 21 April                             521
From Lafayette, 21 April                               522
To William Preston, 21 April                           524
To Steuben, 21 April                                   525
To Steuben, 21 April                                   525
To Steuben, 21 April                                   525
From Steuben [21 April]                                526
To John Syme, 21 April                                 527
From John Syme, 21 April                               528
From George Weedon, 21 April                           529
To Robert Wooding, 21 April                            530
From Daniel Fisher, 22 April                           531
To Benjamin Harrison, 22 April                         532
From James Innes, 22 April                             532
To James Innes, 22 April                               533
Joseph Martin to Arthur Campbell,
  22 April                                             534
To Steuben, 22 April                                   536
From William Davies, with Reply,
  23 April                                             537
From William Davies, 23 April                          538
To Samuel Huntington, 23 April                         538
From James Innes, 23 April                             539
To Lafayette, 23 April                                 541
To Samuel McDowell, 23 April                           541
From Sarah McIntosh, 23 April                          542
To the President of the Board of War,
  23 April                                             542
From Steuben, 23 April                                 543
Steuben to William Davies, 23 April                    544
To George Washington, 23 April                         545
To George Weedon, 23 April                             545
From Rawleigh Colston, 24 April                        546
To Daniel Fisher, 24 April                             547
From John Floyd, 24 April                              547
From James Innes, 24 April                             548
From Edmund Read, 24 April                             548
To Steuben, 24 April                                   549
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress,
  24 April                                             550
From Arthur Campbell, 25 April                         552
From Lafayette, 25 April                               553
From Reuben Lindsay, 25 April                          554
From George Weedon, 25 April                           555
From James Maxwell, with a List of
  Armed Vessels, 26 April                              557
To ____ Read, 26 April                                 558
To Steuben, 26 April                                   559
To Steuben, [26] April                                 560
To Steuben, 26 April                                   560
From Joseph Woodson, 26 April                          561
From Samuel Huntington, enclosing a
  Letter from Ebenezer Hazard, 27 April                562
From Lafayette, 27 April                               564
From Thomas Sim Lee, 27 April                          564
To Steuben, 27 April                                   565
To Garret Van Meter, 27 April                          565
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  27 April                                             566
From Nathanael Greene [28 April]                       567
From Beesly Edgar Joel [28 April]                      570
From Thomas Read, enclosing a Resolution 
  of the Charlotte County Militia Officers, 
  28 April                                             571
From Charles Bellini, 29 April                         572
From Vivian Brooking, 29 April                         573
From Heinrich Gerlach, 29 April                        573
From Churchill Gibbs, 29 April                         573
From John Rogers, 29 April                             574
Edward Carrington to Timothy Pickering, 
  30 April                                             574
From Nathanael Greene, 30 April                        578
From Miles King, 30 April                              579
From Bolling Stark, 30 April                           579
Henry Young to William Davies, 30 April                580


May 1-20

To the Auditors, 1 May                                 581
From Richard Claiborne, 1 May                          581
From John Dixon, 1 May                                 583
From Robert Lawson, 1 May                              583
From James Madison, 1 May                              584
To the Members of Assembly for Fluvanna 
  and Certain Other Counties, 1 May                    585
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  1 May                                                586
From James Barbour, 2 May                              587
To the County Lieutenants of Elizabeth 
  City and Certain Other Counties, 2 May               588
To the County Lieutenant of Gloucester, 
  2 May                                                588
Depositions concerning the Flag Ship Alert 
  [2 May]                                              588
To James Innes, 2 May                                  592
To James Innes, 2 May                                  593
From Richard Claiborne, enclosing an Extract 
  of a Letter from William Claiborne, 3 May            594
To William Davies [3 May]                              594
To Heinrich Gerlach, 3 May                             595
From Sir John Peyton, 3 May                            596
To Richard Claiborne, 4 May                            596
From James Downie and William Thompson, 
  with Jefferson's Instructions, 4 May                 597
To Robert Lawson, 4 May                                597
To Abraham Penn, 4 May                                 598
Petition from the Inhabitants of Kaskaskia, 
  4 May                                                599
From David Ross, 4 May                                 600
[From Steuben, ca. 4 May]                              601
To the County Lieutenants of Henrico 
  and Certain Other Counties, 5 May                    601
To the County Lieutenant of Culpeper, 
  5 May                                                602
From James Madison, 5 May                              602
From George Moffett, 5 May                             603
From George Muter, 5 May                               605
To Sir John Peyton, 5 May                              605
From David Ross, 5 May                                 606
From Francis Taylor, 5 May                             607
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  5 May                                                608
From Benjamin Franklin, 6 May                          610
To Lafayette, 6 May                                    610
From Joseph Reed, 6 May                                611
To the County Lieutenants of Charles City 
  and Certain Other Counties, 7 May                    612
From James Hendricks, 7 May                            612
To Robert Lawson, 8 May                                613
To the County Lieutenants and Others [8 May]           614
To the County Lieutenants of Lunenberg and 
  Certain Other Counties, 8 May                        614
To the County Lieutenant of Spotsylvania, 
  8 May                                                616
To the County Lieutenants of Louisa and 
  Certain Other Counties, 8 May                        616
To the County Lieutenants of King William 
  and Hanover, 8 May                                   617
To the County Lieutenants of Henry and 
  Certain Other Counties, 8 May                        617
To the County Lieutenant of King and Queen, 
  8 May                                                618
To the County Lieutenants of Chesterfield 
  and Dinwiddie, 8 May                                 618
From William Davies, with Reply, 8 May                 618
From William Davies to the Commissioners of 
  Accomac and Northampton Counties, 8 May              619
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  8 May                                                620
To Samuel Huntington, 9 May                            621
From Samuel McDowell, 9 May                            621
To George Washington, 9 May                            623
To John Scarsbrook Wills, 9 May                        625
To the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 
  10 May                                               626
From Richard Henry Lee, 10 May                         629
From Thomas Nelson, 10 May                             631
Order in Council concerning the Copying 
  of Public Records [10 May]                           631
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  10 May                                               632
To George Washington and the Virginia 
  Delegates in Congress, 10 May                        634
From Miles King, 11 May                                635
To Robert Lawson, 11 May                               636
From Robert Lawson, 11 May                             636
From William Langborn, 12 May                          637
From Jacques Le Maire, 12 May                          639
To Col. William Fleming, 13 May                        640
To Andrew Lewis, 13 May                                640
From Mann Page, enclosing Court 
  Proceedings against a Slave, together 
  with Jefferson's Reprieve, 13 May                    640
Nathan Reid to William Davies, 13 May                  643
Henry Young to William Davies, 13 May                  643
From Dudley Digges, 14 May                             644
To Lafayette, 14 May                                   644
From George Mason, 14 May                              647
From Joseph Reed, 14 May                               650
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  14 May                                               650
[From Henry Young, before 15 May]                      651
From the Commissioners for Collecting 
  Taxes in Accomac County, 15 May                      651
To James Monroe, 15 May                                655
To Those Appointed by Lafayette to 
  Remove Horses out of the Route of 
  the Enemy, 15 May                                    655
From Carter Braxton, 16 May                            656
From Robert Lawson, 16 May                             657
From Reuben Mitchell, 16 May                           658
From David Ross, enclosing Account of 
  Loss of Goods at Petersburg, 16 May                  660
From Francis Taylor, 16 May                            661
From George Washington, 16 May                         662
From James McClurg, 17 May                             663
From Matthew Pope, 17 May                              664
From Benjamin Blunt, 18 May                            665
From Richard Claiborne, enclosing a List 
  of Articles to be Furnished to Steuben 
  and Lafayette, 18 May                                665
From Richard Claiborne, 19 May                         668
From Samuel Huntington, 19 May                         668
From Richard Claiborne, 20 May                         669



APPENDIX

Appendix I: "The Affair of Westover."                  671
  Editorial Note                                       671
  Steuben to J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 1 [February]         686
  Steuben to Thomas Nelson, 1 February                 687
  Steuben to Thomas Nelson, 2 February                 687
  Thomas Nelson to Steuben, 3 February                 687
  Mary Willing Byrd to Steuben, 15 February            688
  Charles Hare to Steuben [ca. 20 February]            688
  Mary Willing Byrd to Steuben, 23 February            689
  Steuben to Mary Willing Byrd [23 February]           691
  Steuben to John Nicholas, 23 February                692
  Steuben to James Innes, 25 February                  692
  Steuben to James Innes, 25 February                  693
  Steuben to Charles Hare, 25 February                 693
  Mary Willing Byrd to Steuben, 26 February            693
  James Innes to Steuben, 27 February                  694
  Charles Hare to Steuben, 28 February                 696
  Steuben to J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 2 March              697
  J. P. G. Muhlenberg to Steuben, 13 March             697
  Steuben to J. P. G. Muhlenberg [13 March]            697
  George Lee Turberville to Steuben [13?] March        698
  Benedict Arnold to J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 14 March     699
  George Lee Turberville to Steuben [ca. 15 March]     699
  George Lee Turberville to Steuben, 16 March          700
  List of Charges against George Lee Turberville
    [ca. 17 March]                                     701
  George Lee Turberville to Steuben 
    [before 27 March]                                  702
  Charles Hare to Steuben [ca. 28 March]               702
  Steuben to Charles Hare [ca. 28 March]               703
  Mary Willing Byrd to [Thomas Nelson?], 10 August     703
  Mary Willing Byrd to Sir Guy Carleton, 5 June 1783   704



ILLUSTRATIONS
                                                        FACING PAGE

LORD CORNWALLIS                                                  72

  Engraved portrait, published by Fielding and Walker,
  Paternoster Row, London, 1 Feb. 1781.

BARON STEUBEN                                                    73

  Portrait, drawn from life by Pierre Eugene DuSimitiere,
  in Philadelphia, and engraved by B. Reading, from Thirteen
  Portraits of American Legislators, Patriots, and Soldiers,
  London, William Richardson, 1783.

NATHANAEL GREENE                                                184

  Portrait from life by Charles Willson Peale, 1783. (Courtesy
  of Independence Hall Collection.)

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE                                            185

  Porttrait by Joseph Boze, 1790. When Jefferson left France
  he directed William Short to obtain for him a portrait of
  Lafayette. Short had considerable difficulty in getting Lafa-
  yette, though willing, to take time to sit for the portrait, 
  but Boze's portrait was finally completed in the fall of 1790.
  (Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.)

PRINTED LETTER TO THE COUNTY LIEUTENANTS,
  12 APR. 1781                                                  416

  This broadside is probably one of the first commissions exe-
  cuted by Dunlap and Hayes as official printers for the State
  of Virginia. (Courtesy of the Virginia State Library.)

PLAN OF THE ACTION AT OSBORNE'S, 27 APR. 1781                   417

  Plan drawn by Lt. O. Spencer of the Queen's Rangers, from
  a lithograph in John Graves Simcoe's Military Journal,
  New York, 1844.

MARY WILLING BYRD                                               680

  Portrait by Cosmo Alexander, originally at Westover, and
  now in the Virginia State Library. (Courtesy of the Com-
  monwealth of Virginia.)

WESTOVER                                                        681

  Photograph of the home of Mary Willing Byrd as it appears
  today. Photographed by Thomas L. Williams, Colonial Wil-
  liamsburg, Inc. (Courtesy of Mr. Williams.)		

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