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Letter to Richard Henry Lee [Stratford, Va.?]

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Thomas Addis Emmet collection

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The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

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Title
Letter to Richard Henry Lee [Stratford, Va.?]
Names
Lee, Francis Lightfoot (Author)
Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

Maryland and Virginia

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1776-07-16
Place: Philadelphia, Pa.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
United States. Continental Congress
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. 2 pp. 4o
Description
Telling him of the movements of Lord Howe and the armies round New York; news by Col. W. Alleyn from Crown Point; Burgoyne at St. Johns with 1,000 men; trouble expected with the Indians; 20,000 men will soon be ready to defend the Jerseys; Washington has as many as he wants; urges his brother to come on; otherwise the State will be unrepresented, for Mr. Jefferson is determined to go home, the terms of Cols. Harrison and Braxton expire Aug. 11, and he does not know when to expect Mr. Wythe.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 1099
Archives EAD ID: 275489
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8005bbf0-6a40-0139-0bc8-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1776: Created
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Richard Henry Lee [Stratford, Va.?]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1776. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9f93b5d-f9b9-9cb5-e040-e00a1806459b

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Richard Henry Lee [Stratford, Va.?]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9f93b5d-f9b9-9cb5-e040-e00a1806459b

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1776). Letter to Richard Henry Lee [Stratford, Va.?] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9f93b5d-f9b9-9cb5-e040-e00a1806459b

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Letter to Richard Henry Lee [Stratford, Va.?]