Content Description
The original collection contains a letter (May 22,1778) from John Taylor in Fishkill, New York to William Woodford about Woodford's promotion during the Revolutionary War and his feelings about the war. There is also a biographical sketch of John Taylor, and one of John Penn. John Taylor served in the Continental Army as a major and colonel and would go on to serve in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1779 to 1785 and in the early United States Senate. He became known for his...
Dates:
1777-1794