Henry Lee papers, 1812; 1947 [manuscript].

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Henry Lee papers, 1812; 1947 [manuscript].

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The collection contains a brief letter, 17 May [1812?], from Henry Lee to his brother Richard Bland Lee, written from Turk's Island, West Indies, presumably following Henry Lee's escape from Baltimore, about his condition and plans, and a sketch, written by Thomas Ruffin of Washington, D.C., in September 1947, on the letter's history and context.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Lee, Henry, 1756-1818

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