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Congress has passed revenue law; proposal for law granting land bounties to Virginia militiamen who served during the Revolutionary War will be considered at a future session of Congress; British depredations at Hampton, Virginia; sorry that he did…

defense of Norfolk; possibility of negotiations between United States and Great Britain under mediation of Russia

defense of coastal Virginia

declaration of war against Great Britain circular letter

resignation as governor

recommends that Virginia pay discounted price for land confiscated from British owners during the Revolutionary War; this will avoid costly and lengthy lawsuits; offers to act as agent for these transactions; suggests that profits from resale of land…

thanks for letter of approbation of his term as governor

forwards copy of his letter to Rufus King relating to sending rebellious slaves to Sierra Leone; refusal of officials in the West Indies to allow the importation of rebellious

report on prisoners confined in the penitentiary

two French ships are at New York carrying slaves deported from the French West Indies; suspects that they will try to sell them in the southern states

proposal to purchase slaves confined in the penitentiary

agrees that insurgent slaves should be removed to Sierra Leone; will inquire if Sierra Leone Company will accept insurgents; continues to investigate other possibilities because only freed slaves may live in Sierra Leone

slaves Jeremiah and Ned were fairly convicted on incontestable evidence; will postpone executions until he hears from JM

trials of slaves accused of conspiring to revolt

arrested slave has confessed to being a member of a conspiracy planning a slave revolt