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The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
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In a letter to Mr. Rind, Richard Henry Lee of Westmoreland County corrects a newspaper report, clarifying that Edmund Jennings personally funded and presented a portrait of Lord Chatham to the local gentlemen as a gesture of support for liberty, not through subscription. He notes a separate subscription was for Lord Camden's portrait due to gratitude for his support of the American cause.
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Mr. RIND,
NEVER yet have seen, nor till lately ever knew of your publication, concerning the picture of Lord CHATHAM presented to the Gentlemen of this county by EDMUND JENNINGS, Esq; of London. I understand you mention this picture as obtained by subscription, when the truth is, that the generous attachment of Mr. JENNINGS to liberty, his native country, and their great defender, influenced him, at his private expence, to present this picture of Lord CHATHAM to the Gentlemen of Westmoreland. Your misinformtion has arisen, I conjecture, from a subscribed sum of money having been sent to London for Lord CAMDEN's portrait, which gratitude, and a just sense of the great support the American cause received from that noble Lord. made the Gentlemen here wish to obtain.
RICHARD HENRY LEE.
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Letter to Editor Details
Author
Richard Henry Lee
Recipient
Mr. Rind
Main Argument
the portrait of lord chatham was presented to the gentlemen of westmoreland by edmund jennings at his own expense due to his attachment to liberty and its defender, not obtained by subscription; the subscription was for a portrait of lord camden in gratitude for his support of the american cause.
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