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Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1797 to Gov. of Delaware

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00184.25 Author/Creator: Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1797 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Letter signed Date: February 11, 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 33 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

It is a letter of complaint from Francis Wade. Letter cosigned by Gouverneur Morris and William Whipple.

Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1797
Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816
Whipple, William, fl. 1779
Wade, Francis, fl. 1779

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