ALS, 1780 Dec. 7, to Elias Boudinot.

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ALS, 1780 Dec. 7, to Elias Boudinot.

Sends extracts from a letter from an unidentified correspondent in Europe telling of fresh British troops being raised and sent to America and of the capture of Henry Laurens, the American minister to Holland.

1 item (2 p.) ; 24 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6780418

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

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