Richard Randolph to Wilson Cary Nicholas, asks his support for his claim for the loss of a shipment of flour for £466.18, which had been sent to Suffolk but stopped at Sandy Point by order of the Committee of Safety in 1776; Patrick Henry had told the House of Delegates to reject his claim because of the supposed poor quality of the flour, assuming it was like that of Colonel Sims who was refused at Williamsburg, but he offers the testimony of Committeemen Colonel Diggs and Tabb who had actually examined what he had sent., 1784 June 07

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