Philadelphia Feby. 13th. 1783
Sir,
The Delegates have thought proper to send an Express to your Excellency with the Speech enclosd,
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as well to furnish you as speedily as possible with so interesting a peice of intelligence, as to enable you to shield our fellow-Citizens from the effects of speculation upon the Staple of our Country.
Congress have receivd no other Advices, but expect them hourly.
Your Excellency will have the goodness to furnish the Express with money for his return.
I have the honor to be, with the greatest respect, yr Excellency's most Obedt. & most Humb Servt,
Arthur Lee
Receiver's copy, Dreer Collection, Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
1 For George III's December 5 speech before Parliament, see Elias Boudinot to Nathanael Greene, this date, note 1.