(YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN) ANDREWS ROBERT Autographed Letter Signed

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(YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN.) ANDREWS, ROBERT. Autographed Letter Signed, as secretary to General Thomas Nelson, to Brigadier General George Weedon, discussing British forces under the command of Benedict Arnold. 1 page, 4to, with integral address leaf; moderate edge wear touching 2 letters, small seal hole. Williamsburg [VA], 27 February 1781

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"Should Arnold think fit to make a diversion this way before your assistance arrives, he will find a very easy conquest. . . . Our force is at present little more than four hundred men, & these are with the utmost difficulty kept from going home, having been out since the first of the invasion." Adds that Weedon should not expect to find field officers on the far end of the neck to take charge of his new recruits other than Lieutenant Colonel Dabney. During peacetime, Andrews was a clergyman and William and Mary professor.