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Richard Henry Lee
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Lord Shelburne
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The wisdom and goodness, with which your lordship has patronised America, claims the reverence of all its inhabitants. As an individual of this country I am greatly honoured by any service that...
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May 31, 1769
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Lord Shelburne
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Arthur Lee
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DEAR SIR: I am to thank you for your obliging letters, the last received this morning. I never imagined that publick affairs would have affected me as much as they have done since the affair...
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Jul. 1775
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Arthur Lee
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Lord Shelburne
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My Lord, - A very few hours after my last letter to your Lordship, brought me the desire of my country to serve here in a public character. Your Lordship, I hope, thinks too well of me to suppose I...
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Dec. 18, 1776
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Arthur Lee
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Lord Shelburne
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My Lord, - I have the honor of enclosing you the copy of a letter, transmitted at the same time, to the first Lord of the Treasury. The honor of the nation and the rights of humanity are too much...
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Dec. 10, 1777
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