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Washington has learned that Massachusetts militia are being paid on a more generous scale than Continental troops. In a letter to James Otis, Sr., he warns that this “aims the most fatal stab to the peace of this Army,” insisting that unequal pay will breed jealousy and do more harm than any British scheme.Richard Henry Lee writes with news from Virginia. He describes Lord Dunmore’s proclamation offering freedom to enslaved people who join the British and his hope that Colonel Woodford has now driven Dunmore back to his ships.