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To George Washington from Henry Lee, Jr., 11 Aug. 1779 [letter not found]

Letter not found: from Henry Lee, Jr., 11 Aug. 1779. On 12 Aug., GW wrote Major General Stirling that “by the inclosed letter of the 11th” Lee had proposed a modification of his plan to attack the British fort at Paulus Hook, New Jersey.

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    To George Washington from Henry Lee, Jr., 11 Aug. 1779 [letter not found]
    Author
    Lee, Henry Jr.
    Recipient
    Washington, George
    Date
    11 August 1779

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    “To George Washington from Henry Lee, Jr., 11 Aug. 1779 [letter not found],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-22-02-1026. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 22, 1 August–21 October 1779, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, p. 100.]

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