Letter [manuscript] : Williamsburg, Va., to Thomas Jefferson, Richmond, Va. 1781 April 9.

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Letter [manuscript] : Williamsburg, Va., to Thomas Jefferson, Richmond, Va. 1781 April 9.

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Weedon discusses the failure of his plan to protect the lower Virginia counties and Newport News from British vessels on the James River. According to news received from Captain William Davenport, Captain Chandler of the Patriot disobeyed orders of Weedon's to patrol the area only, and engaged the British instead, losing his ship and crew.

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Chandler, Captain, fl. 1781.

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Weedon, George, 1734-1793

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George Weedon was born in late 1734 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Weedon was appointed an ensign in the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War and rose to the rank of lieutenant in 1757 and to the rank of captain lieutenant in 1762. After the war, he moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia, and married Catharine Gordon (d. 1797). He operated a tavern in Fredericksburg. Weedon was appointed a lieutenant colonel in the 3rd Virginia Regiment in January 1776 and received a commission in the...

Davenport, William, Captain, fl. 1781.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...