Alexander Spotswood letter to Edmund Pendleton 1775 November 16

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528

Summary

Creator:
Spotswood, Alexander, ca. 1746-1818
Abstract:
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Letter, 16 November 1775, from Alexander Spotswood, Surry County, Va., to Edmund Pendleton, regarding the dispatch of William Woodford's troops to the defense of Tidewater Virginia. Spotswood also discusses John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, and loyalist sentiment in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va.

Biographical / historical:

Alexander Spotswood was a Revolutionary War officer from Spotsylvania County, Va.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1999
Arrangement:

1 item.

Physical location:
On site.
Physical description:
1 item.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
American loyalists - Virginia