Virginia 12th. Decr. 1775. Gentlemen Referring you to a former Letter , in which amongst other Things, I mentioned the Necessity we should be under of having a large Quantity…
[Philadelphia, ca. 10 December 1775] Th: J. to J. Page De rebus novis, ita est. One of our armed vessels has taken an English storeship coming with all the implements…
Philadelphia Nov. 29. 1775. Dear Sir I am to give you the melancholy intelligence of the death of our most worthy Speaker which happened here on the 22d of the…
Williamsburg 25th. Novr. 1775. Gentlemen As the Committee of Safety is not sitting, i take the Liberty of addressing you on the Subject of the unhappy Situation of our Country.…
Wmsburg the 24th. [November 177]5 My Dear Jefferson I was not a little disappointed to find that you still complain of my not writing to you, when I have written…
Philadelphia Nov. 21. 1775. Dear Sir After sealing my last letter to you we received an account of the capture of St. John’s which I wrote on the letter. What…
Bedford county Virginia Novr. the 20th 1775. Gent The express Messenger has been long detain’d, by my not being at home. It so hapend I was out in serch of…
Bedford County Virginia Novr. the 20th. 1775. Dear Sir I receiv’d your favour dated Philadelphia Oct. 26th by the Express. In answer thereto I assure you I have not the…
Virga. Caroline Novr. 16th. 1775. E. Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson , Esqr. Former labours in Various Public emploiements now appear as recreations compared with the present, which affords a scanty…
Wmsburg Novr. the 11th. [1775] My Dear Jefferson I thank God I am now so well that I could venture to write you a long Letter if a Multiplicity of…