Contemporary partial copy of a letter written by Arthur Lee to the Committee of Corresondence from Bordeaux on Feb. 18, 1777 : London, Feb. 20, 1777

Contemporary partial copy of a letter written by Arthur Lee to the Committee of Corresondence from Bordeaux on Feb. 18, 1777 : London, Feb. 20, 1777

Bordeaux|London 1777

[2] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)

MSS L1988.190.230

To an unidentified recipient.
This copy dated from Bourdeau [sic], Feb.y 20 1777, two days later than Lee's original letter; with a note at end about the extraction;"presented by Wm. T. Forsythe" in a different hand
"Upon my arrival here on my way to Madrid, I found a letter dated Feb.y the 2d from a confidential correspondent, which contains the following passage: ...." "Ten thousand Germans are already engaged and ships sent to convey them. The number of British cannot exceed three thousand, and those very indifferent. But much is expected from their being sent early. Boston is certainly to be attacked in the Spring. Burgoyne is to command. How will probably turn against Philadelphia. The government expects great advantages from dissentions in Pennsylvania."
Docketed on verso: Extract of a letter / from London / from Arthyur Lee Esq.r Feby 1777 / 148 / Handwriting of Thompson [sic] Secty of Congress / no 35
See Life of Arthur Lee, LL.D. by Richard Henry Lee (1829), vol. 1, p. 73 for text of same extract sent by Lee to the Committee of Correspondence on Feb. 18, 1777.
Watermark: PPD -- Gravell, Am. watermarks (1979) no. 766.

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