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Marquis de Lafayette letter signed, ''Lafayette'' as Major General of the Continental Army. The Gloucester commander writes to Brigadier General George Weedon from Williamsburg on 11 September 1781, stating, ''...A camp of about one thousand militia will be formed at Gloucester, which I would be happy if you were to command...We have not one ounce [of flour] at present, nor do I see without great private exertions any prospect of a speedy supply. It may be well enough to have loaded and in readiness what vessels may not be wanted for Gen. Washington. I mean those in the Rappohannock. Their cargo should be flour...'' Four pages on card-style stationery measure 6.5'' x 8.5''. Minor wear at folds, minor foxing and creasing, else near fine. Abstracted in ''Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution,'' IV:512; quoted in Ward, Duty, Honor or Country, page 214.
One Month Away From the Surrender at Yorktown, Just Across the River Lies Gloucester, Where Lafayette Writes From, in Hopes of Finishing Cornwallis With Vessels Not Occupied by Washington
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