Bowyer, Michael, 1730-1809--Correspondence]]> Page, John, 1744-1808--Correspondence]]> Virginia. Militia]]> United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783]]> Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783]]> Page, John, 1744-1808]]> 1776-09-08]]> MS1929.1.5]]> Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805]]> Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807]]> North, Joseph--Correspondence]]> Plume, William--Correspondence]]> Horses]]> United States. Continental Army]]> Virginia. Militia]]> United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783]]> Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783]]> William Plume, Williamsburg, Virginia, letter to Joseph North, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1780. Plume writes briefly about the war including mentions of Cornwallis and the Leslie raid of Virginia. Plume notes that Leslie has failed in his primary goal and is opposed by a large number of American regular and militia forces commanded by Brigadier General Muhlenberg. The rest of Plume's letter concerns business and personal matters. Plume requests North procure some knives for him and discusses the high price of horses in Virginia. He also urges North to come to Virginia where he will find plentiful oysters, rum, cider, beer etc.

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Plume, William]]> 1780-11-04]]> MS1938.9]]>
Givens, George, 1740-1825]]> Virginia. Militia]]> Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783]]> Military commissions]]> Virginia. Committee of Safety ]]> 1776-05-14]]> Cabell, William, 1730-1798]]> Carrington, Paul, 1733-1818]]> Digges, Dudley, 1718-1790]]> Lee, Thomas Ludwell, 1730-1778]]> May, David]]> Mercer, James, 1736-1793]]> Walker, Thomas, 1715-1794]]> MS1984.1]]> Custis, Daniel Parke, 1711-1757]]> Virginia. Militia]]> Military commissions]]> Commission appointing Daniel Parke Custis Lieutenant and commander of milita for New Kent County, Virginia. The commission is signed by Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie, dated December 13, 1754.

Custis was a wealthy planter and politician who owned several properties including one in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was the first husband of Martha Dandridge who married George Washington after Custis's death.

The commission was displayed in the Clash of Empires exhibit, an NEH supported exhibition at the Senator John Heinz Regional History Center, from May, 2005 to July, 2007.

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Virginia. Lieutenant Governor (1751-1758 : Dinwiddie)]]> 1754-12-13]]> MS2002.5]]>
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786]]> Lawson, Robert, 1748-1805]]> Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827]]> Virginia. Militia]]> Guilford Courthouse, Battle of, N.C., 1781]]> North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783]]> United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783]]> 1781]]> MS2000.66]]>