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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06673 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1780 |
| Title | Thomas Jefferson to James Wood regarding provisions for the Continental Army |
| Date | 25 July 1780 |
| Author | Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) |
| Recipient | Wood, James |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War President Military History Military Provisions Continental Army Military Supplies Government and Civics Health and Medical Geography and Natural History Convention Army Prisoner of War Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs |
| People | Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Wood, James (1741-1813) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics; Health & Medicine; Foreign Affairs; Merchants & Commerce; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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