Letters / Correspondence

Francis Lightfoot Lee & Richard Henry Lee

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Letters table
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1 Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee An Express just arrived here from Williamsburg informing of the Assembly being called to the 1st. of June, which carries our Spea<ker> away. We supose the design is chiefly to lay Ld. North’s... May 1775
2 Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee An Express is just arrived here from Williamsburg informing of the Assembly being called to the 1st of June, Which carries our Speaker away. We suppose the design is chiefly to lay Ld. Norths... May 21, 1775
3 Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee . . .2 being so full as other ways I shou’d. You have seen the Kings speech, which you wou’d suppose must convince everybody of the bloody intentions of the King EL ministry, but it is far from... Jan. 8, 1776
4 Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee Our affairs in Canada are at length brot to a conclusion, and we have now to contend with all the bad consequences which have been apprehended from the Enemy’s being in possession of that Country.... Jun. 30, 1776
5 Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee I have written to you every post, since you left this. If you have not recd. the Letters, there must still be some villain, in the Post Office. It is supposed Ld. Howe is arrived, as three ships... Jul. 16, 1776
6 Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee On Friday last we received advice from Genl. Sullivan that the Enemy was advancing with their whole force, in two columns, one to Prince town, the other to Coryel's ferry. As we knew Genl.... Jun. 17, 1777
7 Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee A Letr. from the Genl. of the 10th advises that Genl. Howe after many manoeuvres in which he gained no advantage & a good deal of skirmishing, in which he sustained pretty considerable loss,... Dec. 15, 1777
8 Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee The last Post day brought no letters from you or any of my friends, occasioned I suppose by the severity of the weather, which prevented the rider from travelling and crossing Rivers. I shall be... Jan. 3, 1778
9 Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee Publications still continue in abundance to blacken the Lees & make Deane the greatest Man in the World. The cry is in their favor, no one has dared to enter the lists with them but Common... Jan. 22, 1778
10 Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee The day on which my last Letter was wrote, Mr. Deane produced to Congress his written narrative of his transactions & accusations.1 The first the most pompous bloated thing that ever was on... Jan. 25, 1778
11 Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee I wrote you four days ago by Mr. Armstead who promised to send the letter 1 to Mount Airy by his Servant from Fredericksburg. Since that we have had a more accurate account of the battle in the... Jul. 5, 1778
12 Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee I had prepared a letter to you three days ago intending to have sent it to Chantilly by a Mr. Muse, but he slipt me without calling for my letter. Since that the Count D’Esteing, with a french... Jul. 12, 1778
13 Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee Your letter of the 12th came only to hand this day by Post, amazing delay, but I have spoken to the Post Master on this business until I am tired. It astonishes me that neither you or my other... Jul. 27, 1778
14 Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee I do not wonder at your disgust at the wickedness & folly of mankind. I have so much of the same feelings, that I am sure, there can be no condition in Life more unhappy, than to be engaged in... Dec. 15, 1778
15 Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee The uncertainty of the Post last week prevented me from writing, & now from the uncertainty of this Letters reaching you before you leave home, I am at a loss what to say.Common Sense has... Jan. 5, 1779
16 Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee Since I wrote you by last Post, I have sustained a very severe fit of gout, brought on I imagine by the sudden change of weather lately from warm to Snow & frost. The swelling and inflamation... Jan. 10, 1779
17 Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee I sincerely condole with you for the loss of our amiable and worthy friend Colo. Tayloe, but he is happy, far happier than those he has left upon this turbulent wicked stage. The inclosed paper... Apr. 26, 1779
18 Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee I arrived at this place a week ago almost destroyed with heat and fatigue - Here I found Grayson in the Chair of Congress as Locum Tenens for the President who is absent - After some difficulty we... Jul. 14, 1787
19 Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee I arrived at this place a week ago almost destroyed with heat and fatigue. Here I found Grayson in the Chair of Congress Locum Tenens for the President who is absent.1 After some difficulty we... Jul. 14, 1787
20 Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee Your letter of the 8tth ulto. has lain long unanswered because I have been absorbed about the Amendments to the Constitution. They have at length passed the Senate, with difficulty, after being... Sep. 13, 1789