1. William Lee Letter Book, VHS. The letter book is sprinkled from page 133 to 149 with brief single paragraph letters similar to the above and all dated May 15, 1775. In addition to the above to Col. Thornton, Lee wrote that day to John Eustace, James Whaley, Robert Carter, Rev. Samuel Smith McCroskey, Robert Clark Jacob, Kendall Lee, Reuben Jordan, James Steptoe, Thomas Chilton, Dr. Thomas Thompson, Mrs. Hannah Sturman, Joseph Lane, Rawleigh Colston, and Adam Mitchell. Under the letter to Mitchell, Lee noted "a Copy of the above" went to Benjamin Weeks, Peter Smith, Jr., Peter McLanahan, Philip Smith, George Edwards, Charles Lee, Thomas Gaskins, Jr., Fleet Cox, Maximilian Robinson and Daniel Tebs. Each letter enclosed an account of sales for from one to eight hogsheads of tobacco received in the ship Friendship, Captain Romans.
