Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1797 to Patrick Henry
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04807 Author/Creator: Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1797 Place Written: York-Town, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 23 March 1778 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket : free frank Height: 32.7 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy
Co-signed by Banister and free franked in his name. Requests that Congress send new troops to camp without delay. Warns that the Continental army is weak and that it is likely the British will attempt an attack before reinforcements come. Also urgently requests supplies. Writes that he has heard that the British troops in Rhode Island have set out to join General William Howe. States that if this is true, " ... the Enemy will open the Campaign with great advantage over us." Post script advises that General George Washington has been notified by General William Smallwood that a fleet of vessels passed by Wilmington, Delaware apparently to forage near the Potomac. Addressed to Henry as Governor of Virginia.
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