Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05883 Author/Creator: Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 April 1793 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 22.3 cm, Width: 18.3 cm Order a Copy
Says his proposed trip across the Atlantic must take place soon. Is at a loss to describe the situation in France. Hopes Knox can send him information. Wants his intentions kept secret though. Asks "is there any danger in passing the Atlantic in an American bottom?" Writes, "I hate a jail & dislike the idea of captivity." Says he wrote to Knox yesterday and enclosed intelligence on the Indians. He also asked for the money promised his state in that letter.
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