Richard Henry Lee letter to William Whipple(1783 July 27)

• MS 2004.6
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R.H. Lee writes to Whipple, Portsmouth, NH, from his plantation, Chantilly, to recommend Lee’s son, Thomas, as merchant fluent in French; discusses the “triangular” trade between the United States, the West Indies, and Europe; and urges him to strengthen commercial ties between their two states.

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