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Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Ms. Coll. 621 Folder 27 Folder 27. Letter 1777 May 6.

Title

Letter 1777 May 6.

Authors

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Ms. Coll. 621 Folder 27 Folder 27.
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

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Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Origin

Date
1777 May 6

Summary

Richard Lee writes that the enemy will not be attacking Virginia as Lee had thought, but would rather concentrate their efforts on New England. In the close of this letter, Lee refers to Great Britain as engaging in an "acrimonious and foolish display of tyranny," regarding the treatment of the colonists.

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