Board of War to Thomas Jefferson, August 28, 1779

[ Philadelphia, before 28 Aug. 1779 . A letter from Lt. Gov. Page to the Continental Board of War, 28 Aug. 1779 ( DLC : PCC , No. 147, ii ; printed in Official Letters , ii , 37, q.v.) answers a letter from the Board to TJ “on the Subject of the Muskets lately imported into this State for the use of United States.� The Board’s letter has not been found. For action by Congress on Page’s letter, see JCC description begins Worthington C. Ford and others, eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 , Washington, D.C., 1904-37, 34 vols. description ends , xv , 1035–6, 1190–1; see also TJ to Huntington, 16 Dec. 1779 . Page’s letter was accompanied by a copy of a letter from the Virginia Board of War to the Virginia Executive Council, also dated 28 Aug. 1779 ( DLC : PCC , No. 147, ii ), stating that the 5,000 stands of arms in question had been retained in Virginia by order of the Council.]