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Collection Reference Number GLC06645.02
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1782 
Title Charles Lee to Robert Morris regarding financial difficulties and fear of France's growing power
Date 20 July 1782
Author Lee, Charles (1732-1782)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Discusses his financial hardships and fear of France's growing power. Hopes Morris can sell his estate for him, since his debts are mounting due to high taxes and low profits. Also hopes Morris can help him secure funds he is owed by a Mr. Rutledge of South Carolina. The Rutledge family was a very prominent one in South Carolina. Is upset by Congress' claim that "they will have no peace however salutary until their good allies assent". Worries that this policy will lead to them aiding the French so greatly that they will come to dominate the globe, and become America's new oppressor.
Subjects Revolutionary War  Revolutionary War General  Military History  Land Transaction  Finance  Taxes or Taxation  France  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Continental Congress  Congress  Debt  
People Morris, Robert (1734-1806)  Lee, Charles (1732-1782)  
Place written Virginia
Theme The American Revolution; Foreign Affairs; Banking & Economics; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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