British-born American General Charles Lee wrote to the Continental Congress Board of War and Ordinance explaining the need to protect Georgia from raids from the British colony of East Florida:
"The garrison of St. Augustine, and, indeed, the whole Province of East-Florida, draw their subsistence from Georgia; and if all intercourse with her were cut off, that nest of robbers and pirates would probably fall to the ground, and of course the empire of the United States become more round and entire."
For the full text of Lee's August 24, 1776 letter to the Board of War and Ordinance, please visit the American Archives web site of the Northern Illinois University Libraries. For more on Charles Lee, please consult John W. Shy, "Charles Lee: The Soldier as Radical," in George Washington's Generals and Opponents: Their Exploits and Leadership, ed. George Athan Billias (New York: De Capo Press, 1994 [1964]), 22-53. Check also David McCullough, 1776 (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005) and David Hackett Fischer, Washington's Crossing (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004).
"The garrison of St. Augustine, and, indeed, the whole Province of East-Florida, draw their subsistence from Georgia; and if all intercourse with her were cut off, that nest of robbers and pirates would probably fall to the ground, and of course the empire of the United States become more round and entire."
For the full text of Lee's August 24, 1776 letter to the Board of War and Ordinance, please visit the American Archives web site of the Northern Illinois University Libraries. For more on Charles Lee, please consult John W. Shy, "Charles Lee: The Soldier as Radical," in George Washington's Generals and Opponents: Their Exploits and Leadership, ed. George Athan Billias (New York: De Capo Press, 1994 [1964]), 22-53. Check also David McCullough, 1776 (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005) and David Hackett Fischer, Washington's Crossing (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004).
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