Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.05883-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
April 30, 1793
Author/Creator
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Richmond, Virginia
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 22.3 cm, Width: 18.3 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

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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