Arthur Lee to Franklin and John Adams
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<Chaillot, May 17, 1778: Because I am not well enough to
come to Passy I send you my drafts of important letters; alter
them as you wish. If our subordinates disregard our orders,
and involve us in debt without accounting for what they
spend, we and the public suffer.>
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