York the 14th. of October 1777
Sir,
I had the honor of your ticket yesterday whilst I was sitting in Congress, and I …
NOTES:
Lee Papers, American Philosophical Society
Printed in James Curtis Ballagh, The Letters of Richard Henry Lee, Volume 1, 1762 – 1778, p. 342. This is the obverse side of Lee’s letter of 24 October 1777, written on behalf of the Committee of Congress to an unknown recipient.