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An extraordinary letter, wherein Jefferson positions himself in relation to news from his state to the General of the Continental Army?It also shows the remarkably challenging proposition of keeping charge of such a large and hostile armyJefferson and the Convention troopsThe surrender of General Burgoyne to General Gates at Saratoga, N.Y. on October 18, 1777, placed nearly 6,000 British and Hessian prisoners of war in the hands of the Continental Congress. According to the terms of their surrender, written in a document entitled the ?Convention of Saratoga,? the prisoners were to be marched to Boston and then shipped back to Great Britain. When they arrived at Boston, a dispute arose between the Americans and Burgoyne, and on the 8th of January 1778, Congress resolved to suspend the terms of the Convention and keep the prisoners in custody. Late that year the decision was made to relocate them to Charlottesville, Virginia, where they could be more closely watched and better supplied. Many of the British and Hessian officers had their wives and children with them, and wagons were provided for their transportation. British General Philips and the genial Hessian General von Riedesel led the march southward. They reached Charlottesville, 700 miles from Boston, in January 1779, exhausted by a long journey during an inclement season and arriving to find their barracks unfinished and their supplies insufficient. Moreover, the local population was alarmed to have introduced into their presence so many enemy soldiers.Jefferson, however, urged his fellow citizens to remain calm and willingly serve as hosts to the Convention troops, who he felt were entitled to the same kindness and hospitality when in distress as would a guest. Jefferson engaged personally in erecting barracks for the privates and establishing accommodations for the officers, made arrangements for supplies and was tireless in his endeavors to render the situation of the captives comfortable. He even took the lead in befriending the prisoners. His efforts were no sooner crowned with success, however, than the governor of Virginia, Patrick Henry, determined to remove the prisoners from Charlottesville. This would have caused much hardship and Jefferson wrote Henry opposing the measure, saying ?The practice.of treating captive enemies with politeness and generosity is not only delightful in contemplation, but really interesting to all the world, friends, foes, and neutrals." Henry relented - the proposition to move the troops was abandoned and they were permitted to remain at Charlottesville.Governor JeffersonJefferson took office as governor of Virginia in June 1779, and his relationship to the Convention troops changed, as their maintenance became his ever-present task. They were a financial burden to the state, the treasury of which was practically empty. In the fall he felt compelled to write a letter he must have hated to send, telling the Continental Congress that Virginia needed help if it was to supply the Convention troops. Then in 1780 it became even harder as the state became an active theater of war.In Governor Jefferson?s first months in office, Virginia already faced threats that it had never known during Patrick Henry?s administration. From 1776 to 1779, Virginia had remained largely untouched by enemy operations, except Indian raids on its western frontier. During that same period, the state became a granary, magazine, and arsenal for American armies fighting to the north and south. Jefferson encountered the misfortune that British officials decided to do something about Virginia?s supporting role in the Revolution just as he became governor. In 1779, the British began a series of increasingly destructive raids along the coasts and up the rivers of Virginia. As these incursions grew in size and penetrated ever more deeply into its countryside, Virginia?s economy suffered, and concerns grew that the British would rescue the Convention Army and use it for re.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. The will of General George Washington: to which is annexed, a schedule of his property, directed to be sold. Alexandria: Printed from the record of the County Court of Fairfax, 1800. 32pp. Stitched. Corner of title page repaired in corner without loss, some spotting to title, some toning, minor damp-stain to lower margin last leaf, some pencil library notations. ESTC W29703; Evans 39000; Howes W145; Sabin 101752.