General Lee’s resignation. : To the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Barrington, His Majesty’s secretary at war. Philadelphia, June 22, 1775. My Lord, although I can by no means subscribe to the opinion of divers people in the world, that an officer on half pay is to be considered in the service, yet I think it a point of delicacy to pay a deference to this opinion, erroneous and absurd as it is. I therefore apprise your lordship in the most public and solemn manner, that I renounce my half-pay, from the date hereof ...

Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1775-1783

New-York

Printed by John Anderson, at Beekman-Slip

1775-06-22
[1775]

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 26 x 16 cm

Publicly declining to support the British cause. Type ornament rule above imprint statement. References: Bristol B4024.

Broadsides -- SY1775 no.37
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United States. Continental Army--Officers
Great Britain. Army--Officers

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes

broadsides (notices)

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