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[AMERICAN REVOLUTION] LEE, RICHARD HENRY June 1776 autograph letter signed to Ephraim Blaine. Philadelphia: 3 June 1776. O...
. Philadelphia: 3 June 1776. One page autograph letter signed "Richard Henry Lee" with postscript initialed "R.H. Lee." 12 5 /8 x 7 3/4 inches (32.5 x 20 cm). Usual folds, small loss of text where roughly opened, remnant of wax seal, small splits and losses along folds, a bold and dark signature.
An important letter from the outspoken Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, Richard Henry Lee, penned from Philadelphia just days before his June 7th motion to declare independence from Britain. Here, Lee admits he has been "much hurried at present with the Congress business" and informs Blaine that the Treasury has issued him payment and directs him to issue further orders directly to the President of the Congress. Lee continues by expressing assurance that Blaine will collect the amount of blankets he was commissioned to procure and that an expedition to Detroit has been suspended. In June 1776, Ephraim Blaine held the rank of Major and was Commissary for the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment. He would become Commissary-General for the Middle Department of the Continental Army and, in 1777, was also made Colonel of the Cumberland County Militia. This letter is highly evocative of the charged moments in advance of July 4th 1776 and the scrambled preparations for full-blown war against Great Britain.
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