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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
THE DAY BEFORE THE SIEGE BEGAN NELSON, THOMAS. Letter Signed, "Thos Nelson Jr," as Governor of Virginia, to Brigadier General George Weedon, enclosing the proper authority for Weedon to procure supplies from the countryside, and informing that Colonel Griffin has been detached to impress horses. 1 page, folio, with integral address leaf; wear and separations at folds, address leaf lacking one-inch strip from fore-edge, with small seal hole also touching margin of front page. Williamsburg [VA], 27 September 1781
On the address leaf, Weedon has jotted a memorandum of forces: "Q Rangers 250, 1 Com. Granad 100, 2 com Bransom 50, N.C. Infantry 50, Tarltons 100." with--the enclosure, a Letter Signed from Nelson to "Sir": "You will be pleased immediately to procure for the use of the army, all the supplies of spirits, provisions & forage which the counties of Middlesex & King & Queen can furnish. To enable you to do this, you are hereby empowered to appoint proper persons to impress in those counties, cattle, sheep, flour, meal, corn, & spirits, and the means of transportation which there shall be occasion for."
