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- I send you a cypher by which we may corres- / pond without risque. I have seen enough of particular per- / sons to know not there is more danger to our country / from them than from the British army. The Chevalier

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Official records of the original colonies and the early United States. The First Continental Congress (1774) addressed "intolerable acts" by the British. The Second Continental Congress (1775-1781) created the Declaration of Independence and the first national government. The Congress of the Confederation (1781-1789) followed. Read important papers, letters, treaties, and reports--famous and obscure--relating to the formation of the new nation, as penned by the founding fathers.

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Collection Title:: Papers of the Continental Congress
Publication Title:: Papers of the Continental Congress
Item Number:: 102
Publication Number:: M247
Item Description:: Transcripts of Letters from Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard, and the Joint Commissioners of the United States to France, 1776-80
Item Title:: Ltrs from US to France
Volume Number:: 3
Page:: 19
Subject:: WEST INDIES
Date:: 1779-04-27
Abstract:: Lee, Arthur. Paris. To John Bondfield. 1 p. Draft.
Roll Number:: 128
Original data from:: The National Archives