Letters / Correspondence

Henry Laurens & Richard Henry Lee

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Letters table
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1 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I returned from Williamsburg yesterday evening to this place where I found myself honored with your favor of the 15th instant, for which be pleased to accept my thanks. I should much regret your... Dec. 26, 1778
2 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I was duly honored with your favor of the 10th. and three days ago with that of the 24th. of August. but I am surprised that you received no letter from me by the post that arrived on the 23d.,... Jan. 5, 1779
3 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I had devoted this day proceeding the going out of post, to have written you a long letter, when behold, the great increase of my cold has compelled me to a third bleeding, and has indisposed me so... Jan. 7, 1779
4 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I had the honor of writing to you by the last post, since which I am favored with yours of August the 31st for which I thank you. I have long since ceased to wonder at any determination of the... Jan. 12, 1779
5 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens Accept my thanks for your obliging favor of the third instant with the inclosures mentioned therein which I duly received on the 9th., three days after I had dispatched to the Post a letter for you... Jan. 13, 1779
6 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I should not so long have denied myself the pleasure of corresponding with you in this way had I not expected daily a more agreeable personal communication of sentiments, and I am the more... Jan. 15, 1779
7 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I had the honor of writing to you by the last post, wch. I am informed by the delay of the rider went no further than Fredericksburg, and will therefore not reach you sooner than this will do.... Jan. 19, 1779
8 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens The favor that my honorable friend suggested would come by express having not arrived, I am inclined to think it has miscarried - The post appears to me the most certain conveyance, because his... Jan. 25, 1779
9 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens Colo. R. H. Lee presents his compliments to the honorable Mr. Laurens and sends him inclosed some extracts from several letters of Mr. William Lee 2which may place in a proper point of view Mr.... Mar. 2, 1779
10 George Washington Richard Henry Lee, Henry Laurens, Thomas Burke I have the honor to transmit to your care an Open Letter for Brigr. General Scott, by which you will perceive that I have directed the Levies in Virginia to be formed into three Batalions, and to... May 5, 1779
11 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens On my way here I met with Mr. Serjeant,1 of whom I enquired touching the proof he had mentioned of Deanes having communicated the intended Treaty to Wharton2 in London some days before its... May 27, 1779
12 Henry Laurens Richard Henry Lee Since my last of the 8th Inst. I am become debtor for your favors of the 6th & 13th.1I am mortified by my inability to make proper returns by the present Mail - but circumstances render it... Jun. 1779
13 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens Our news here is most excellent; both from Williamsburg and from Richmond it comes, that our countrymen have given the enemy in the South a complete overthrow, killed many and taken many prisoners,... Jun. 6, 1779
14 Henry Laurens Richard Henry Lee I had the honour of addressing you under the 1st instant.1 From that day to our yesterday’s adjournment, we have made no progress in the treasury business, nor in our foreign affairs - none at all.... Jun. 8, 1779
15 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I have not yet been able to send to the Post Office and therefore know not whether I am honored with a letter from you or not by the last Post. A late landing of the enemy in the county next below... Jun. 18, 1779
16 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I had the honor of writing to you on the 18th. instant previous to my leaving Chantilly for this my brothers seat. I have here been favored with your obliging letter of the 8th. with its... Jun. 20, 1779
17 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I am to thank you, which I do very sincerely, for your favor of the 22d. ulto. - It would give me infinitely more pleasure if my friends could inform me that the essential parts of business were... Jul. 10, 1779
18 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens Four days ago I was honored with your favors of the 16th. & 20th. of July with their inclosures, for which I pray you to accept my sincerest thanks. I am grieved to hear of your illness, not... Aug. 1, 1779
19 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens Before this reaches you I hope you will be very comfortably placed in your new lodging. I do not know how it will be in other respects, but I think the neighborhood must be better than the one you... Aug. 1779
20 Henry Laurens Richard Henry Lee My last trouble is dated the 3d Inst per post;1 yesterday I was favored with yours of the 1st2 accompanied by Copies of three Letters which I fear will be of very little use or service... Aug. 10, 1779
21 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I have received so many demonstrations of the extreme wickedness of a certain set that I can be surprised at nothing they do. Otherwise I should certainly have been astonished at the rascality of... Aug. 13, 1779
22 Henry Laurens Richard Henry Lee Since the date of my last trouble the 24th Inst.1 I have been honored with your favors of the 13th & 23d,2 The former by an express Messenger, who assured me he should not return till this day,... Aug. 31, 1779
23 Henry Laurens Richard Henry Lee I have not had the pleasure of writing to you since the 14th Inst.1 Yesterday I was honored with your favors of the 12th & 19th.2You have quite mistaken the motive for "Committing for... Sep. 28, 1779
24 Henry Laurens Richard Henry Lee Since my last Letter to you under the 28th September I have not been honored with any of your favors, nor from a former intimation, could I have expected to hear from you.1We remain without any... Oct. 12, 1779
25 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens A letter that I received from our friend Mr. Bee a fortnight past was the first notice that I had of the probability of your speedily sailing, and caused me to apprehend that you would have left... Jan. 2, 1780
26 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens We are still detained here, but I hope the Assembly will rise in four or five days - We have passed an Act to adopt the resolutions of congress on finance, of the 18 March last when a majority of... Jan. 10, 1780
27 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens Since my last I have been honored with your favors of the 4th. and 13th. of May. Your kind solicitude for Mr. Parker does great honor to your philanthropy, and I have not neglected what you so... Jan. 29, 1780
28 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I arrived here on the first of this month a member of our general Assembly, and at this place was honored with your favor of the 5th. instant which is the only one that I have received since we... May 16, 1780
29 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I had the honor of writing to you from Richmond some time before I left that place, and hope you have received my letter. Nothing new had occurred when our Assembly adjourned - Cornwallis was still... Jul. 27, 1780
30 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens In the letter which I expect you will receive with this I had forgotten to mention an affair to you in which your friendship may avail my sons - I expect that they are arrived from France in the... Jul. 30, 1780
31 Henry Laurens Richard Henry Lee Had I at any time since my arrival here been possessed of a scrap of good News I should have attempted to allay your hungring & thirsting. In the 31 days which I have been sauntering away about... Aug. 1, 1780