In Committee &c, Philadelphia Oct 29. 1778
Sir
Supposing it might import you to See the enclosed, it was proposed to, and agreed by Congress, that the papers Should be Sent you.1 If you think expedient you will furnish Mr. Izard with a Copy of them. The news papers contain all the intelligence of this place. We are your most obt Humble Servants,
Signed,
Richard H. Lee
James Lovell
File copy, Papers of Continental Congress, item 79, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
1 For these enclosures, consisting of three Silas Deane documents rebutting charges leveled at him by Lee and Ralph Izard, see Committee for Foreign Affairs to Izard, 28 October 1778, note 2.