NELSON THOMAS Letter Signed Thos Nelson Jr as Governor of Vi

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"THE ARMY MOVED FORWARDS TOWARDS YORK LAST NIGHT" NELSON, THOMAS. Letter Signed, "Thos Nelson Jr," as Governor of Virginia, to Brigadier General George Weedon, promising additional troops, and informing him that the army has moved toward Yorktown. 1 page, folio, with integral address leaf; minor wear on fore-edge, small seal hole on address leaf. Williamsburg [VA], 24 September 1781

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Expresses regret "that your force is still so inconsiderable. I shall take care that you be properly reinforced." He is reluctantly prepared to institute a draft: "The business of impressing, when most prudently conducted, is too apt to give offence, for which reason it would be most agreeable to me that commissioned officers alone were entrusted with it." Closes with a report on Washington's army, which have begun leaving Williamsburg to begin the Siege of Yorktown: "Part of the army moved forward towards York last night, and as most of the northern troops are arrived, I suppose the whole will very soon follow." Quoted in Ward, Duty, Honor or Country, page 217.