Letters / Correspondence

George Washington & Thomas Sim Lee

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Letters table
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1 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee I have been honored with your Excellency’s letter of Deer. 26th. and its inclosure.1 The immediate attention of government to the distress of the army, and the effectual assistance promised from... Jan. 24, 1780
2 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee About the latter end of December last I had the honor to receive a letter from His Excellency Governor Johnson dated the 27th. of October, in which he proposes an arrangement for the three... Feb. 19, 1780
3 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee Since I had the Honor of writing to Your Excellency on the 20th Ulto. I have obtained Returns of some Corps, which I had not then. I find there are in Moylan’s Regiment of Light Dragoons a few Men... Mar. 10, 1780
4 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee On the 2d. Instant I received the Honor of Your Excellency’s Letter of the 8th Ulto. and also one from the Board of War on the same subject. The information the Council had received, of particular... May 4, 1780
5 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee I have been honored with your Excellency’s favor of the 10th inclosing Copies of the several laws passed by the Legislature of your State, for procuring the supplies of Men, provisions and... Jul. 26, 1780
6 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee I beg leave to inform Your Excellency that the Commission of Colo Price of your line, has been transmitted to me in a Letter dated at Frederick Town the 31st of April last, informing of his... Sep. 2, 1780
7 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee In consequence of the disagreeable intelligence of the defeat of the Army, under Major General Gates,1 which I have just received: I think it expedient to countermand the march of the Troops which... Sep. 6, 1780
8 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee Major General Greene, who goes to take command of the Southern Army, will have the honor of presenting this to Your Excellency. I have advised him to take the several States in his way, which are... Oct. 23, 1780
9 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee Your Excellency's favor of the 18th ulto. came to Head Quarters during my visit to Count de Rochambeau at Newport from whence I only returned two days ago. You may be assured that every... Mar. 22, 1781
10 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellencys favor of the 19th. June. It is with very great satisfaction I observe the proceedings of the General Assembly of your state which you... Jul. 10, 1781
11 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee Official Accounts which I have received, giving me reason to expect the Arrival of a powerful Fleet of our Allies very soon in Chesapeak, if not already Arrived; this Expectation, together with... Aug. 27, 1781
12 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee I intended on passing thro’ Maryland, to have done myself the Pleasure to have seen your Excellency; but circumstances pressing upon me as I advanced on my March, and Time slipping from me too... Sep. 11, 1781
13 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee Your Excellency has been acquainted, that on Information of the Sailg of the Fleet from the Capes, I had given Orders to the Troops which were embarked to stop their Proceeding. I am happy now to... Sep. 15, 1781
14 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee Inclosed I have the honor of transmitting to your Excellency the terms upon which Lord Cornwallis has surrendered the Garrisons of York and Gloucester.We have not been able yet, to get an Acct. of... Oct. 1781
15 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee I was yesterday honored with your Excellency’s favor of the 3d. Give me leave to return you my sincerest thanks for your exertions on the present occasion. The supplies granted by the State are so... Oct. 12, 1781
16 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee During the operations against York, Capt. Thomas Shilds1 was sent to the Eastern shore of Maryland, in order to procure plank for the artillery and engineering departments. The exigency was so... Oct. 29, 1781
17 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee I had the Honor to receive your Excellencys last Favor, a few Days before I left my Quarters below. I immediately caused the Enquiries you mentioned, to be made, but with very little Success. Of... Nov. 16, 1781
18 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee I have lately been informed, that a number of Soldiers, belonging to the Army which had served in Virginia, were, on their return from thence, left sick in Annapolis, and that they are now in a... Jan. 8, 1782
19 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee I think it necessary to inform your Excellency, that I have granted permission to the sloops Mary and Leith to proceed from New York to Baltimore, with Cloathing and Necessaries for the British and... Mar. 14, 1782
20 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee I must request your Excellency to make it a Rule in future, when persons apply for Liberty to go to or within the Enemy’s Lines, to insert in your passports that they shall repair to Dobbs’s Ferry,... Nov. 5, 1782
21 George Washington Thomas Johnson, Thomas Sim Lee Presuming that Colo. Fitzgerald according to his promise has communicated to you the vote of the Potomack Co. passed at the last general Meeting, held at George Town, and the measures consequent of... Dec. 9, 1787
22 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee The Letter with which your Excellency was pleased to favor me, dated the 7 inst: was received on the 10, and might have been acknowledged the next day; but I waited the arrival of Friday's... Oct. 13, 1793
23 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee I have received your Excellency's Letter of the 11 instant.When the British Vice-Consul at Baltimore exhibits all his proofs respecting the capture of the Brigantine Coningham, a better... Oct. 16, 1793
24 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee This letter will accompany an official one from the Secretary of State, written to you by my desire. It is unnesssary therefore for me to repeat what is contained in his letter; but I shall express... Jul. 25, 1794