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Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 to Henry Lee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07884.13 Author/Creator: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 Place Written: Headquarters, [S.C.] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1782/01/27 Pagination: 5 p. : docket : Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

Emphatically triying to convince Lee not to leave the Continental Army. In part: "I have beheld with extreme anxiety for some time a growing discontent in your mind....Whatever may be the source of your wounds I wish it was in my power to heal them..."

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