Philadelphia 26th September
[Extract]
I am greatly obliged to you for your favor of August the 29th, and you may be assured I shall pay great attention to it. When I mentioned securing the entrance of the harbour of Boston, it was more in the way of wishing it could be done, than as conceiving it very practicable. However the reasons you assign are most conclusive against the attempt.
1. Washington Papers, LC. Lee was a Virginia delegate in the Continental Congress.