Letter to Colonel Landon Carter, 1776 January 22.

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Letter to Colonel Landon Carter, 1776 January 22.

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Lee has sent an account of the Quebec expedition to Colonel [John] Tayloe. He hopes Lord Dunmore's departure "has left you spirits enough, Still to enjoy a little Xmas mirth, and to give him a warm reception if he should venture up Rap[pahannock]." Lee relays news of the Charlestown Raid of January 8 which resulted in the burning of several houses and the taking of 7 prisoners, but notes that the army does not have enough powder to do anything significant and "The French & Spaniards do not seem inclined to furnish us with military stores." He notes that French and Spanish politics will "drive us to extremity, that we may be forced to break off all connections with G.B." which "nothing but hard necessity can ever effect." Lee concludes by asking "the Ministry appear determined to leave us no alternative but absolute submission, or foreign assistance. which will be your choice my friend?"

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