Note 14 — THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ARTHUR LEE,

At the bottom of this letter, and of the Memorial to the Court of Spain, Mr Lee signs himself, “Commissioner Plenipotentiary from the Congress of the United States of America.” But this must have been for the greater formality, as he had not yet received any appointment to Spain from Congress, but only went there by the advice of the Commissioners in Paris. See p. 40, of this volume.