Letter : Caroline County, Va., to Richard Henry Lee 1778 July 27.

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Letter : Caroline County, Va., to Richard Henry Lee 1778 July 27.

Pendleton writes regarding prospects for independence, the establishment of a "Court" for Lee to receive dignitaries while in Europe, the death of William Pitt, and a land dispute between Maryland and Virginia.

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