Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Alexander Spotswood letter to Edmund Pendleton, MS 1999.10, Manuscript #MS 1999.10, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1999

Biographical/Historical Information

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

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.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809
• Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
• Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803, recipient
• Spotswood, Alexander, ca. 1746-1818
• Woodford, William, 1734-1780

Corporate Names:

• United States - Continental Army

Subjects:

• American loyalists - Virginia

Geographical Names:

• Norfolk (Va.) - History - 18th century
• Portsmouth (Va.) - History - 18th century
• Virginia - History - Revolution - 1775-1783