- GLC#
- GLC00854
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 6, 1781
- Author/Creator
- Harrison, Benjamin, 1726-1791
- Title
- to a Virginia state assemblyman
- Place Written
- Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 23 cm, Width: 19 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Mentions a set of instructions for the assembly addressed to Thomas Roane and Thomas Coleman which are to be handed out in the county by John Warden. Also mentions a letter from Colonel Thomas Newton concerning the possession of the Cape Lands, ". . . which it seems some designing persons are determined to possess, which will be the case if the assembly does not act." Dated in council. Docketed, "Governor's Letter, inclosing Newtons/Decr:6th:1781. /to lie on table."
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