BIB_ID
122286
Accession number
MA 558.63
Creator
Lee, Henry, 1729-1787.
Display Date
1780 July 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1905.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 33.3 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Summary
Requesting that he "do something for us: my officers are so discontented because of the evident neglect with which they are treated that naught but personal affection keeps them in Service - This tye is not sufficient to retain them longer than this campaign. I have no news - We are in this country for the purpose of impressing teams. When I left Monmouth the British] fleet had sailed toward Rhode Island & Sir Henry [Clinton] it was Said, was moving up the Sound with his army - If so, something important may happen, & if our army was over the N. River it would perhaps be fortunate."
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