Letter to unknown recipient, 1777 May 6.

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Letter to unknown recipient, 1777 May 6.

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Richard Lee writes that the enemy will not be attacking Virginia as Lee had thought, but would rather concentrate their efforts on New England. In the close of this letter, Lee refers to Great Britain as engaging in an "acrimonious and foolish display of tyranny," regarding the treatment of the colonists.

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