WASHINGTON JOHN AUGUSTINE Autograph Letter Signed John Augt

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WASHINGTON, JOHN AUGUSTINE. Autograph Letter Signed, "John Aug't Washington," to Brigadier General George Weedon, reporting on Benedict Arnold's advance up the Rappahannock River toward Fredericksburg. 2 pages, 8vo, with integral address leaf; toned, small seal hole. Bushfield [Westmoreland County, VA], 17 January 1781

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Written by the younger brother of George Washington, a plantation owner who found himself well-positioned to report on Arnold's raid: "Fredericksb'g . . . having been alarmed with a report that the enemies fleet were far advanced up this river. Early on Friday morn'g last they were certainly of the mouth of Chicahomony. Not only my servant who came from Green Spring on that morning informed me so, but the manager of that estate by my servant writes Colo. R.H. Lee that he had rod down and saw them. . . . Colo. Lee & myself a few days past rod down to Northumberland Court House . . . to lay down some mode of information and defence in case the enemy might intend us a visit. Among other things it was determined that lookouts should be fixed at the mouth of Rapahanock." Cited in Ward, Duty, Honor or Country, page 165.