Philadelphia 28th. March 1776
My Dear Friend -
Give me leave to introduce my friend and relation Colonel William Aylett to your acquaintance and friendship. You will find Colo. Ayletts worth deserving your esteem, and his connection with me, will, I am sure not lessen it.
No news since my last, we know not yet where the Boston fugitives are gone
farewell my dear Sir.
R. H. Lee
Manuscript Collections, John Carter Brown Library Printed in James Curtis Ballagh, The Letters of Richard Henry Lee, Volume 1, 1762 - 1778, p. 172. Addressed to General Charles Lee in Virginia, and sent by Aylett.