- unitid
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{"value"=>"4522", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b19984005", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 4522", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1771-1793", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1771/1793"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Richard Henry Lee letters"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Manuscripts and Archives</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), American statesman, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He represented Virginia in the Continental Congress and later in the United States Senate. The Richard Henry Lee letters, dated 1771-1793, are written mainly to family members, including his brother William Lee, and chiefly concern mercantile affairs, family matters and political or military news of the day. A letter to kinsman Charles Lee, August 31, 1779, discusses international alliances and mentions his brother Arthur Lee's interest in bringing a libel suit against Silas Deane for his published Address of December 5, 1778. Letters to other correspondents include a 1778 letter to Virginia statesman John Page, discussing British and American military movements and France's entry in the war, and a 1781 letter to an unidentified recipient suggesting means to secure a loan from Holland to help defray Virginia's war costs. Also present are Richard Henry Lee's letter of March 26, 1787 declining the position of delegate at the Constitutional Convention, and his resignation from the United States Senate, October 8, 1792, both letters citing poor health."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"cre"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>Most material was originally received as part of the Ford Collection.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford Collection</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Casey Babcock</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span></p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from the Polonsky\n Foundation."}
- date_start
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1771
- keydate
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1771
- date_end
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1793
- date_inclusive_start
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1771
- date_inclusive_end
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1793
- extent_statement
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.1 linear feet (1 folder)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Richard Henry Lee letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}