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- GLC#
- GLC00975
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 10, 1778
- Author/Creator
- Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1797
- Title
- to Arthur Lee
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Francis Lightfoot Lee warns his brother, then on a diplomatic mission with Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane to obtain aid from France during the American Revolution, about the intrigue surrounding the recently recalled Deane. Indicates that Deane has formed a faction within Congress determined to "remove all the old friends of Liberty & Independence." Comments that he does not know Deane's specific intentions but suggests that he arm himself with "the means necessary, both for attack & defence."
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