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Arthur Lee
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Charles William Frédéric Dumas
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This will be delivered you by Mr Ellis, a friend of Dr Franklin, of liberty, and of America. He is a philosopher, very well instructed on the subject of America, and, I trust, will be both an...
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Jul. 1776
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Arthur Lee
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Charles William Frédéric Dumas
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I answered your last letter immediately. I now enclose you several pamphlets, which contain such an authentic state of facts, and such arguments on the American question, as will enable its...
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Aug. 1776
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Arthur Lee
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Charles William Frédéric Dumas
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My absence from town till now prevented my answering your two last favors of September 3d.By our latest and best accounts from America the die is now cast, and we may every day expect to hear of a...
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Sep. 1776
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Arthur Lee
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Charles William Frédéric Dumas
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The indispensable business of my profession has hitherto prevented me from complying, as I wished, with the desire of your very obliging favors.You will have seen, by the proceedings of Parliament,...
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Nov. 1776
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Arthur Lee
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Charles William Frédéric Dumas
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My having quitted London some time since to join my colleagues here, is the reason you did not hear from me, as you complain in your last letter to Mr Deane. As I am soon to leave this place for...
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1777
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