LEE RICHARD HENRY Autograph Letter Signed in full as Preside

Sale 2123 - Lot 24

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SIGNER LEE, RICHARD HENRY. Autograph Letter Signed, in full, as President of Congress, to Colonel Fitzgerald, asking him to deliver or send a letter. 1 page, single square 4to sheet; marginal tears, soiled, dampstained, folds, bleed through from address on verso, staining from seal, minor loss of text at folds, repairs at folds on verso. New York, 17 October 1785

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"Lt. Col. Lee of Stratford should now be in your neighborhood or shortly expected there, be so kind as deliver to him the enclosed letter [and] if neither of these supposed cases be true, I pray you sir . . . forward the letter to Col. Lee by the quickest and safest conveyance. We have too much reason to believe that the Algerines [sic] have declared war upon our commerce--their cruise is between Cape St. Vincent and the Western Islands. Last night deprived our delegation & the State of the Hon. Mr. Hardy who dyed after a long and lingering illness."