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Lee, Charles, 1732-1782 to Edmund Pendleton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01421 Author/Creator: Lee, Charles, 1732-1782 Place Written: Williamsburg, Virginia Type: Letter signed Date: May 11, 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 31 cm, Width: 25 cm Order a Copy

Letter discusses the differences in pay for Continental and state soldiers. Comments on the activities of "Mr. Agnew who was lately tryed by the Committee" and other Tories as they related to the British assault on Hog Island. Letter written to Pendleton as President of the Virginia Convention.

Lee, Charles, 1732-1782
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803

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