(YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN) GASKINS THOMAS Autograph Letter Signed a

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(YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN.) GASKINS, THOMAS. Autograph Letter Signed, as Lieutenant Colonel of the Northumberland County militia, to Brigadier General George Weedon, announcing the arrival of a British fleet on the York River. 1 page, folio, with address panel on verso; small closed seal hole, moderate wear with partial loss of 1 word. Wicomico [Gloucester County, VA], 22 January 1781

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"Agreeable to your request to send you the earliest notice of the approach of the enemy . . . . There is six sail now off the mouth of Wiccomico, two of them very large ships, the others topsails vessels crowding all sail up the bay. Imagine they are in pursuit of a fleet of vessels from Baltimore, seven of which lay in the mouth of Wiccomico last night."