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Lee, F[rancis] L[ightfoot]. Autograph Letter Signed.
Menokin, [near Warsaw, VA], Apr 30, 1795. 3pp, 4to, with integral address leaf; chip at center of address leaf edge and blank verso just touching address, a few small chips at head of p3 with losses to a few letters of the top line. Clean & clear. To his "Brother," William Lee, expounding on the shared miseries of encroaching age, "the world seems crazy and we old people must scuffle with it, as well as we can, for our few days of existence."
Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1797, signer of the Declaration of Independence, member of Continental Congress, Revolutionary Patriot, Virginia legislator.
Lee, William, 1739-1795, merchant, diplomat.
Provenance: Genealogical material of Constance Gardner Lee.