The Lee family papers, 1742-1795
By: Paul P. Hoffman, editor, John L. Molyneaux, assistant editor.
Contributors: Hoffman, Paul P.; Molyneaux, John L.; University of Virginia. Library.; United States. National Historical Publications Commission.
Series: Microfilm publications (University of Virginia. Library) ;; [no. 1]
Publisher: University of Virginia Library
Published: 1966
Place of publication: Charlottesville, Va
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Lee family -- Archives.; Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792 -- Correspondence.; Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 -- Correspondence.; Manuscripts, American -- Virginia -- Charlottesville -- Facsimiles.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Genres: Archives.; Correspondence.; Facsimiles.
Other titles: Guide to the microfilm edition of the Lee family papers, 1742-1795.
Description: Reproduces personal, political, commercial, and diplomatic correspondence, proceedings of the Secret Committee of the Continental Congress, financial papers, commercial records, the papers of Robert Morris and John Ross, miscellaneous pamphlets, and ms. writings by the Lees.  Chiefly correspondence of Arthur Lee (1740-1792) concerning the American Revolution.  Includes material on the French and Indian War, the Stamp Act of 1765, Cornwallis and the Siege of Yorktown.  Other members of the family represented in the collection include Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734-1797), General Henry Lee (1729-1787), Philip Ludwell Lee (1730-1778), and William Lee of Green Spring (1739-1795).
Notes: Finding aid available for use in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Published in cooperation with the National Historical Publications Commission.
Accompanied by a printed guide, entitled: Guide to the microfilm edition of the Lee family papers, 1742-1795.  Guide also appears on the first reel.
Includes indexes.