Letters / Correspondence

Richard Henry Lee

501-550 of 817 letters
Letters table
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501 Richard Henry Lee James Lovell After acknowledging the receipt of your favor of May 29th. last I beg you to accept my thanks for it - It is now a long time since I have been of opinion that our plan of secrecy in Congress was... Jun. 12, 1781
502 Richard Henry Lee George Weedon Agreeable to your call the one half of our militia are ordered to march tomorrow, amounting to 259 men rank & file, better armed and supplied in other respects than is usual with militia - the... Jun. 25, 1781
503 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Thompson His excellency the Govr. having received information that a number of men have deserted from the Army and Navy of his most Christian Majesty in America, whom the Commanding Officers are very... Jun. 30, 1781
504 Richard Henry Lee George Weedon By a letter that accompanies this you will see that I had written to you with design that my letter should go by Colo. Nelson, but the Colonel had left Leeds before the letter reached there - I am... Jul. 1, 1781
505 Richard Henry Lee William Lee Your letters of July & August 1780 & feby. 81 are but just come to hand, the two former near a year after date - It is this length of time before letters arrive, the uncertainty of their... Jul. 15, 1781
506 George Washington Richard Henry Lee The moving state in wch. the Army was, at the time your letter of the 12th. Ulto.1 came to hand. The junction of the Allied troops, which was upon the point of being formed; and a variety of... Jul. 15, 1781
507 James Lovell Richard Henry Lee ’Tis true, my Friend, that I have two of your Letters to acknowledge besides the one recd. yesterday June 12th and [13th?], lay unacknowledged when July 13th came to hand.1 Besides my great Weight... Jul. 24, 1781
508 Thomas McKean Richard Henry Lee My friends will, I know, excuse me from writing long letters during my present employment, but I cannot excuse myself for omitting this favorable opportunity by Doctor Arthur Lee of paying my... Aug. 13, 1781
509 Richard Henry Lee William Davies I am this moment honored with your letters of the 6th. 14th. 15. & 16th. instant, with their inclosures, which I shall give due attention to, and more fully answer by another opportunity, as... Aug. 22, 1781
510 Richard Henry Lee Thomas McKean I am greatly obliged to you for your very friendly letter of the 13th. instant by my brother. The nature of the business that now demands your attention is too well known to me to admit a... Aug. 25, 1781
511 Richard Henry Lee George Washington I had the honor of replying to your polite and agreeable letter of July the 15th. by my son Ludwell who expected either to wait on you with it in Virginia or to get the letter forwarded by the... Sep. 1781
512 Richard Henry Lee Annette Carter I am favored by Mr Monroe with yours of yesterday and a letter from Colo. Parker. My brother Dr. Lee is at present in Prince William County so that he is deprived of an opportunity of writing by... Oct. 5, 1781
513 Richard Henry Lee Thomas McKean My eldest son will have the honor of delivering you this letter. Having business at Philadelphia I have prevailed on him to remit, if he can receive it, the money that has been due from the United... Nov. 22, 1781
514 Richard Henry Lee William Davies I was honored at the same time with your two favors of October the 1st. 1781 & of Jany. 5th. 1782 - Nothing can be more obvious from reason and experience than that the surest way to procure... Jan. 29, 1782
515 Richard Henry Lee Benjamin Harrison I am well informed that a party of the Enemy, amounting in white & black people to an hundred armed men, landed last Friday at the plantation of Mr. Motram Ball on Potomac River in the... Jul. 1782
516 Richard Henry Lee William Whipple Judging of your heart by my own I cannot suppose that either of us will conceive ourselves neglected by an interrupted correspondence in the present state of things. It must certainly be some other... Jul. 17, 1782
517 Richard Henry Lee Benjamin Harrison I have now the honor to transmit to your Excellency an account of the manner in which the act of last session for recruiting the Army has been executed in this county. The militia having been laid... Sep. 1782
518 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
519 Richard Henry Lee George Wythe My son Ludwell comes again to put himself under your patronage in his Law studies, from whence we both regretted that he was compelled to remove by the necessities of the times. Independent indeed... Jan. 28, 1783
520 Richard Henry Lee Samuel Adams May I now congratulate you on the fair prospect of obtaining that which we long together labor’d for the accomplishment of? I wish most sincerely that the full possession of wisdom and virtue may... Apr. 1783
521 Richard Henry Lee Ralph Wormley Carter If any thing had passed here of sufficient importance to engage your attention from your private affairs I should have communicated it; but as usual, much is talked of & but little done. You... Jun. 3, 1783
522 Richard Henry Lee William Whipple I was unfortunate enough to be from home, attending our General Assembly, when Capt Palmer did me the honor to visit this place with your favor of April the 17th, and the fish you were so kind as... Jul. 1, 1783
523 Richard Henry Lee William Whipple When lately I wrote you returning my thanks for the [last] fish that you were so kind as to send me, I omitted to mention a thing to you that I beg leave now to observe upon _ My eldest son Thomas... Jul. 1783
524 Richard Henry Lee Arthur Lee When the first Continental ships of war were fitted out at Philadelphia under the command of Commodore Hopkins in the last of 1775 & the first of 1776, the first object was, to surprise and... Jul. 6, 1783
525 James Monroe Richard Henry Lee I am particularly happy to hear by your brother, that you have almost recovered from the indisposition, with which you have been lately afflicted: an event I must consider fortunate to the state... Dec. 16, 1783
526 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I have received your kind letter of the 28th. ulto. with the materials for breeches, all in good order, and I return you & the Council my very grateful acknowledgements - But how has it... Jan. 3, 1784
527 Richard Henry Lee James Monroe I have duly received the letter that you were pleased to favor me with on the 16th. of december last, and I am very sensible of your kind sentiments respecting my health. I am indeed restored... Jan. 5, 1784
528 Richard Henry Lee Benjamin Franklin I have the honor to enclose to your Excellency a packet for his most Christian Majesty containing a letter from Congress to that Monarch recommending our able and active friend the Marquis la... Jan. 11, 1784
529 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I replied to your kind letter conveying the materials for the breeches very soon after I received it - Since that I have not had the pleasure of hearing from you. The affairs of this world are... Jan. 13, 1784
530 Richard Henry Lee George Washington The letter that you did me the honor to write to me on the 12th. of June last, I did not receive until two days ago. I impute this to my having to leave the Assembly, by the ill state of my health,... Jan. 22, 1784
531 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I wrote to you very fully by yesterdays post in answer to your favor of the 17th., and I beg your attention to that letter. By the return of Colo. Mercer you may, perhaps, be enabled to give me... Jan. 22, 1784
532 Richard Henry Lee George Washington I had the honor to receive your obliging letter, of the 14th. instant, seven days after its date; and I thank you Sir for its friendly contents and sensible communications. Your ideas concerning... Jan. 26, 1784
533 Richard Henry Lee James Madison Your favor of the 11th reached me ten days after its date and after the post had gone out for that week, so that I fear this letter will not get to Richmd. before the adjournment. The proceedings... Jan. 27, 1784
534 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I am very greatly obliged to you for your favor of the 24th instant and for your care of the horses - I hope they will arrive safe and in good order. If Mr. Harrison is not disappointed, he will... Jan. 29, 1784
535 James Monroe Richard Henry Lee Your favor of the 5 ulto.2did not reach me till a few days since from the difficulty the severity of the season hath created in passage of the rivers. I am particularly happy to receive it as it... Feb. 1784
536 George Washington Richard Henry Lee Dear Sir: Unsollicited by, and unknown to Mr. Paine, I take the liberty of hinting the services, and distressed (for so I think it may be called) situation of that Gentleman. That his Commonsense,... Jun. 12, 1784
537 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I thank you for your care and punctuality in sending my Snuff, which I received in good order this morning.I also wish that you were acquainted with Mr. Hardy, because from similar possessions, I... Nov. 1784
538 Richard Henry Lee Samuel Adams The same cause that deprived me of the pleasure of hearing from you sooner in answer to my former letter, has in great degree prevented me from sooner acknowledging the receipt of your favor of... Nov. 18, 1784
539 Richard Henry Lee Samuel Adams The same cause that deprived me of the pleasure of hearing from you sooner in answer to my former letter, has in great degree prevented me from sooner acknowledging the receipt of your favor of... Nov. 18, 1784
540 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen This mornings post put into my possession your favor of the 17th. instant, and I thank you for it with great sincerity. I am very happy to hear that Mr. Reed is in your delegation, and I should... Nov. 19, 1784
541 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen This mornings post put into my possession your favor of the 17th instant, and I thank you for it with great sincerity. I am very happy to hear that Mr. Reed is in your delegation,2 and I should... Nov. 19, 1784
542 Richard Henry Lee George Washington I should sooner have done myself the honour of writing to you, if it had been in my power to have communicated any thing agreeable; but I could only have informed you, that we had not, and that we... Nov. 20, 1784
543 Richard Henry Lee James Madison I wish it were in my powers to give you the satisfaction that I know it would afford you to be informed that Congress was assembled and proceeding well with the public business. Unfortunately, we... Nov. 20, 1784
544 Richard Henry Lee James Madison I wish it were in my power to give you the satisfaction that I know it would afford you to be informed that Congress was assembled and proceeding well with the public business. Unfortunately, we... Nov. 20, 1784
545 Richard Henry Lee George Washington I should sooner have done myself the honor of writing to you, if it had been in my power to have communicated any thing agreeable - But I could only have informed you that we had not, have not, nor... Nov. 20, 1784
546 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen Your very obliging attention to my affairs deserves, as it certainly receives, my best thanks. The horses, I find are in a good way of getting back to Virginia, and I best like the Mode of their... Nov. 24, 1784
547 Richard Henry Lee James Madison I received your agreeable letter the day after mine of the 20th. instant had been dispatched. I thank you Sir for the very particular, and satisfactory information that you have favord me with. It... Nov. 26, 1784
548 Richard Henry Lee James Madison I received your agreeable letter the day after mine of the 28th instant had been dispatched.1 I thank you Sir for the very particular and satisfactory information that you have favord me with. It... Nov. 26, 1784
549 Richard Henry Lee Lafayette I have the honor to enclose you a letter for the Minister plenipotentiary of the United States, at the court of his most Christian Majesty, which covers a letter to our great and good Ally, a copy... Dec. 11, 1784
550 Richard Henry Lee Benjamin Franklin Minister plenipotentiary from the United States of America to his most Christian MajestySir,I have the honor to enclose to your Excellency, a packet for his most Christian Majesty containing a... Dec. 11, 1784