Letters / Correspondence

Richard Henry Lee & William Shippen, Jr.

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Letters table
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1 Richard Henry Lee William Shippen, Jr. A happy new year is my wish for you and your family, that it will be a year of freedom our brave troops appear determined on, and whilst they are so, the Instruments of tyranny, and the... 1776
2 Richard Henry Lee William Shippen, Jr. A happy new year is my wish for you and your family. That it will be a year of freedom our brave troops appear determined on, and whilst they are so, the Instruments of tyranny, and the... 1777
3 Richard Henry Lee William Shippen, Jr. The slow, but sure moving Gates has not yet sent us his Inventory but an Officer who saw Burgoyne with Gates tells a Gentleman that passed this Town as follows - 1 Lieutenant General, 2 Major... Oct. 1777
4 Richard Henry Lee William Shippen, Jr. I feel too sensibly the number and weight of the obligations under which your goodness has laid me, not to entreat earnestly, that you will excuse me from this last effort of your friendship, and... Oct. 18, 1777
5 Richard Henry Lee William Shippen, Jr. Possession is eleven points of the Law, and there are in this City Profligates enough who for a good fee will secure the twelfth point. Thus you seem to be more at mercy now than when Mrs. - - the... Apr. 18, 1779
6 Richard Henry Lee William Shippen, Jr. I arrived here six days ago, to give my attendance as a member of this resent General Assembly, and here I received your favor of Apl. 16th. on the 5th. Instant, for which be pleased to accept my... May 7, 1780
7 Richard Henry Lee William Shippen, Jr. It may seem strange to you that my letter should be prefaced as this is - but as you may possibly have heated something of the operations of faction here lately, it is enough that "the... Jan. 7, 1783
8 Richard Henry Lee William Shippen, Jr. I am very happy to i<nform> you that your friend Dr. Arthu<r Lee> settled his affair with Congress <to hismutilated> entire satisfaction - My love <if you mutilated> please,... Feb. 1785
9 Richard Henry Lee William Shippen, Jr. I am very happy to in[form] you that your friend Dr. Cuttin[g] settled his affair with Congress t[o his] entire satisfaction.1 My Love […] please, to my excellent Nephew. [Tell] him that altho my... Feb. 7, 1785
10 Richard Henry Lee William Shippen, Jr. I had lately the honor of writing to you for the purpose of introducing to your acquaintance & polite attention, the celebrated historian of England Mrs. Macaulay, now Mrs. Graham; who with her... May 8, 1785
11 Richard Henry Lee William Shippen, Jr. I thank you very sincerely for your last letter and its enclosures which are now returned. It is indeed a great addition to my happiness to know that my dearest Nephew is so pleasingly and... Oct. 2, 1787
12 Richard Henry Lee William Shippen, Jr. I thank you very sincerely for your last letter, and its enclosures which are now returned. It is indeed a great addition to my happiness to know that my dear Nephew is so pleasingly and... Oct. 2, 1787
13 Richard Henry Lee William Shippen, Jr. It is I believe very certain that the friendships of the world are very often destroyed by passion; by want of candid and fair discussion: and among Relations for want of that affectionate and... Apr. 29, 1793