Allen Jones papers, 1781.

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Allen Jones papers, 1781.

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Letters concerning military affairs addressed to Jones. Two letters, 10 July and 27 August 1781, are from the Marquis de Lafayette concerning Cornwallis's actions in Virginia and the impending invasion of North Carolina; one letter, 10 July 1781, is from Col. Josiah Parker; one is from Col. John Wills; and one, a contemporary handwritten copy, 18 July 1781, is probably from Thomas Burke.

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