Letters / Correspondence

Nathaniel Scudder & Richard Henry Lee

1-5 of 5 letters
Letters table
No. Sender Recipient Preview Date, oldest first
1 Nathaniel Scudder Richard Henry Lee I have not written to you sooner, because in reality I had little of Importance to write. The ancient Motto of "festina lente" or that of "Nil operose agendo" will yet apply to... Jan. 9, 1778
2 Nathaniel Scudder Richard Henry Lee I doubt not you have long e’er this received a short Letter from me 1 acknowleging the Receipt of yours of the 19th Septr. which I wrote in Jersey. I have been some Time here again, but have not... Jan. 5, 1779
3 Nathaniel Scudder Richard Henry Lee Our Life is a strange Kind of checquered Work, one Day we rejoice, on another we lament; in one Letter we congratulate, in the succeeding one we condole. Alas! for the southern Disappointment!... Jan. 16, 1779
4 Nathaniel Scudder Richard Henry Lee I yesterday received your very agreeable Favor of the 6th instant,1 and am much gratified by your Confidence & Approbation, for, be assured my Dear Sir, there are, in public Life, few greater... Jun. 15, 1779
5 Richard Henry Lee Nathaniel Scudder I regret extremely, as well on public as on private account, that concurrence of accidents which has hitherto prevented, and will for sometime prevent me from seeing and conversing with you - I had... Nov. 23, 1779