NELSON THOMAS Letter Signed Thos Nelson J as Governor of Vir

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CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BRITISH SURRENDER AT YORKTOWN NELSON, THOMAS. Letter Signed, "Thos Nelson J," as Governor of Virginia, to Brigadier General George Weedon, congratulating him on the British surrender, and directing him to march prisoners to Fredericksburg. 1 page, 8vo, with integral address leaf; minor foxing, small seal hole on address leaf. "Camp before York" [Yorktown, VA], 20 October 1781

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The day after Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, the Governor thanks the commanding officer of his militia: "I most heartily congratulate you on the very happy event which took place yesterday. Its immediate consequences are great, its future, I flatter myself, every thing we can wish for. The prisoners on your side you will be pleased to take the trouble of having marched to Fredericksburg, where they will meet with the troops taken in York, & where General Lawson, appointed to conduct them to their station, will take charge of them. It will be proper to march with three days provisions."