Letter to Theodorick Bland [manuscript], 1779 February 28.

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Letter to Theodorick Bland [manuscript], 1779 February 28.

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Washington orders Bland to oversee the convention barracks of Hessian prisoners at Charlottesville, Va. On the reverse is copy of a resolution from General Bond for Charles Thompson in Congress, August 21, 1779, concerning quarters for Hessian soldiers in Virginia.

2 p. : contemporary copy.

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