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Richard Henry Lee
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Edmund Pendleton
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Before this reaches you I hope much progress will have been made towards the establishment of a wise and free government, without which, neither publick or private happiness or security can long be...
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May 12, 1776
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Richard Henry Lee
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Edmund Pendleton
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The manner in which we have together struggled for the just rights of human nature, with the friendly correspondence that we have maintained, entitles us, I hope, to the most unreserved confidence...
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May 1788
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