Letters / Correspondence

Richard Henry Lee & Thomas Jefferson

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1 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I thank you much for your favor and its inclosures by this post,1and I wish sincerely, as well for the honor of Congress, as for that of the States, that the Manuscript had not been mangled as it... Jul. 1776
2 Thomas Jefferson Richard Henry Lee For news I refer you to your brother who writes on that head. I enclose you a copy of the declaration of independence as agreed to by the House, and also, as originally framed. You will judge... Jul. 8, 1776
3 Thomas Jefferson Richard Henry Lee We received your letter by post and are much obliged for the enclosures. The queries to the officers shall be answered by this post if we can; otherwise certainly by the next.1 I suppose it will be... Jul. 16, 1776
4 Thomas Jefferson Richard Henry Lee I inclose you Dr. Price's pamphlet.1 I should have done so sooner but understood your brother was sending many to Virginia and not doubting one would be to you, I laid by the one I had... Jul. 29, 1776
5 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I should have written to you before now if I had not been uncertain about finding you at home, as the distance was great, and the meeting of our Assembly approaching. All the material events that... Sep. 27, 1776
6 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson As I have received no answer to the letter I wrote you by the Express from Congress I conclude it has miscarried.1 I heard with much regret that you had declined both the voyage, and your seat in... Nov. 1776
7 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson If I were to consider punctilio more than the suggestions of friendship, I should expect an answer to some of the letters I have written you, before I dispatched another. But I ever hated... Apr. 29, 1777
8 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson We are this moment informed here, that some evil disposed people (no doubt hired for the purpose) have industriously propagated among the N. Carolina Troops, and among the recruits of Virginia in... May 20, 1777
9 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson We have once more ventured into the field of composition as the inclosed Address will shew you.1 And I have the pleasure to acquaint you that Congress have unanimously ratified the Treaties with... May 1778
10 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson Having detained the Express that he might carry you the news that we heard was on its way from France, I am furnished with an opportunity of congratulating you on the important event of a Treaty of... May 1778
11 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson We are this moment made acquainted by the War Office that an Express was immediately to depart for Virginia, and I take the opportunity of enclosing by him the last papers, which contain all our... May 2, 1778
12 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I thank you for your favor of the 5th which I received yesterday.1 It is the only. satisfactory account I have received of the proceedings of our Assembly. The enemy have made many insidious... Jun. 16, 1778
13 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson The condition of our affairs is much changed since last I had the pleasure of writing to you, as by the favor of his Most Christian Majesty we now are become Masters of the Sea, on our own Coast at... Jul. 20, 1778
14 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I agree entirely with you concerning the importance of the confederation, and have never failed to press it. Ten States have ratified - Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland have not, and one of them,... Aug. 10, 1778
15 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson A few days past, since the last post left us, Mr. Harvey presented me your favor of August of 30th,1 to which this is an answer; and which I shall direct to Williamsburg upon a supposition that the... Oct. 5, 1778
16 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson Always attentive to your commands, I have obtained here, and now inclose you the song and the receipt you desired. I once had both of them at home, but they are mislaid among a mass of papers, so... Jan. 3, 1779
17 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson A few days ago Mr. Ford (late Secretary to Dr. Lee) arrived at my house in 7 weeks from France with many letters for Congress, and one packet for the Governor of Virginia which accompanies this.... Jan. 12, 1779
18 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I have not been unmindful of the small commission you gave me to procure the song and receipt for you. I once had these, but they are mislaid so that I could not find them when I returned home from... Mar. 15, 1779
19 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I have paid due attention to your favor of April the 21st., and I believe there would have been no difficulty in obtaining what is desired for Baron de Geismar1had not the enemy created the... May 22, 1779
20 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson The Express that now waits on you from the field Officers of these exposed counties, furnishes me with an opportunity of thanking you for your favor of the 17th. ult. It is unnecessary for me to... Jul. 8, 1779
21 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson The Chevalier D’Armour who will have the honor of delivering you this letter, having been lately appointed Consul of France for this State, as he before was for Maryland, comes now to pay his... Sep. 6, 1779
22 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I have the honor of enclosing you a letter that Mr. Mazzie formerly sent to me, and which having been mislaid among a number of papers, prevented me from returning to him so soon as he desired. It... Sep. 20, 1779
23 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I had the honor of writing to you a few days past by Mr. Booth, to which I beg leave to refer. This I expect will be delivered to you by Messrs. Loyeauté & Le Maire - the latter is realy... Sep. 23, 1779
24 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I am very much obliged to you for your favor of the 28 of September and for the trouble you took in writing a copy of the letter I wrote to you by Mr. Ford. I was well apprized that nothing in it... Oct. 13, 1779
25 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson Being thus far on my way up the country I have received a letter by post from Phila., in which a Member of Congress thus expresses himself "there is undoubtedly a capital embarkation on foot... Dec. 1779
26 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I am much obliged to you for your favor of January the 2d. with its enclosures which came to hand two days ago, kept back I suppose by the post. The Bearer who is Under Sherif of our county, will... Jan. 7, 1780
27 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I have had an opportunity of conversing with the worthy Baron at this lace, and he communicates to me a plan of joining his force with Gen. Greene, or so to cooperate with him as to render a... Mar. 27, 1781
28 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson Since I had the honor of writing to you by the Express that brot the acts of assembly, one ship and a brig additional to the enemies force on the day of our rencontre with them, have joined and all... Apr. 13, 1781
29 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson A letter from Gen. Weedon of the 10th instant giving us reason to expect the enemies army presently in this quarter, has been the subject of consideration in a council of our Militia Officers, and... May 10, 1781
30 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson My ill state of health having compelled me to look for benefit from the medical springs lately discovered in the vicinity of Philadelphia, I there received the letter that you did me the honor to... Jan. 9, 1785
31 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson My ill state of health having compelled me to look for benefit from the medical springs lately discovered in the vicinity of Philadelphia, I there received the letter that you did me the honor to... Jan. 9, 1785
32 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I thank you for your obliging congratulation on my appointment to the Chair of Congress, and I do with particular pleasure return my congratulation on your sole appointment as Minister of the... May 16, 1785
33 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I thank you for your obliging congratulation on my appointment to the Chair of Congress, and I do with particular pleasure return my congratulation on your sole appointment as Minister of the... May 16, 1785
34 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson The inclosed Gazette will shew you the progress, and perhaps the end for some time, of our negotiation with the British Commissioners. They, with their whole Army have abandoned Philadelphia, and... -