Letters / Correspondence

Richard Henry Lee

551-600 of 817 letters
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551 Richard Henry Lee the Marquis de 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
552 Richard Henry Lee Postmaster of New York I am directed by Congress to desire that [you] will immediately on the receipt of this, yourself deliver the enclosed packet to the Marquis de La Fayette who is now in New York with design to sail... Dec. 14, 1784
553 Richard Henry Lee Lafayette In the name of Congress I am to request that you will be so kind as to deliver the enclosed letter to the Minister plenipotentiary of the United States at your Court, as soon after your arrival as... Dec. 14, 1784
554 Richard Henry Lee Benjamin Franklin I have the honor to enclose to your Excellency a resolve of Congress passed this Day, the arrival of which in due season to prevent the signing of the convention alluded to, until an Opportunity of... Dec. 14, 1784
555 Richard Henry Lee William Duer Your letter of the 10th. Inst. was this day received and laid before Congress - no immediate Order was taken upon it, if I may be permitted a conjecture, I would suppose that the enclosed resolve... Dec. 14, 1784
556 Richard Henry Lee Circular to the Governors of the States I have the honor to enclose to your Excellency an ordinance of Congress passed yesterday for fixing the permanent and temporary residence of that body. With Sentiments of great regard and esteem I... Dec. 14, 1784
557 Richard Henry Lee William Duer Your letter of the 10th Inst. was this day received and laid before Congress - no immediate Order was taken upon it. If I may be permitted a conjecture, I would suppose that the enclosed resolve... Dec. 14, 1784
558 Richard Henry Lee Benjamin Franklin I have the honor to enclose to your Excellency a resolve of Congress passed this Day, the arrival of which in due season to prevent the signing of the convention alluded to, until an Opportunity of... Dec. 14, 1784
559 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen Your very kind congratulations on my appointment have, as they deserve, my cordial thanks; and it is the more grateful to me, since I find that my success operates on your mind as an incentive to... Dec. 15, 1784
560 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry We are placed now, I think, pretty nearly in the same political relation under which our former correspondence was conducted; if it shall prove as agreeable to you to revive it, as you were then... Dec. 18, 1784
561 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry We are placed now, I think, pretty nearly in the same political relation under which our former correspondence was conducted; if it shall prove as agreeable to you to revive it, as you were then... Dec. 18, 1784
562 Richard Henry Lee the States I have the honor to enclose to your Excellency an Ordinance of Congress passed yesterday for fixing the permanent and temporary residence of that body.1With sentiments of great regard and esteem, I... Dec. 24, 1784
563 Richard Henry Lee George Washington I had the honor to receive your obliging letter, of the 14th instant,1 seven days after its date; and I thank you Sir for its friendly contents and sensible communications. Your ideas concerning... Dec. 26, 1784
564 Richard Henry Lee James Madison Your favor of the 11th1 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... Dec. 27, 1784
565 Richard Henry Lee John Adams I received your letter by your Son with the pleasure that will always attend such communications from an old and much valued friend. But on this occasion I have been the more happy as it furnished... Jan. 1, 1785
566 Richard Henry Lee John Adams I received your letter by your Son with the pleasure that will always attend such communications from an old and much esteemed friend.1 But on this occasion I have been the more happy as it... Jan. 1, 1785
567 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I am very thankful for your attention to my clothes which arrived safe yesterday. Having not yet tried them on, I cannot say how they may fit - I observe that the price is much higher than you... 1785
568 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen Both Mr. Hadfield & Mr. Burnley have been with me, tho not so often as I wished them to be - however, I suppose that they are satisfied with my attention to them. You will no doubt be surprised... Jan. 4, 1785
569 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I hope my dear Cousin has returned to Phila. brim full of health and Law - But say, is it law, or is it the study of law alone, that is inconsistent with the duties of friendship? There must be... Jan. 4, 1785
570 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen The Saturday sennight after I left you brought me safe to this place where I have the happiness to find all well - Our felicity would be complete indeed if our Philadelphia friends made part of our... Jan. 4, 1785
571 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen Explains to his nephew why payment for his "Sword Cutler" has been delayed, provides direction for the shipment of his chaise or "Chair" from Philadelphia to New York by water,... Jan. 4, 1785
572 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I hope my dear Cousin has returned to Phila. brim full of health and Law. But say, is it law, or is it the study of law alone, that is inconsistent with the duties of friendship? There must be... Jan. 4, 1785
573 Richard Henry Lee - I have the honor to endorse to your Excellency some late communications from the Minister plenipotentiary of these United States at Paris, together with an act of Congress on that subject - Much... Jan. 4, 1785
574 Richard Henry Lee De Florida Blanca The letter that your Excellency did me the honor to write to me on the 8th. of October last, was delivered to me by Sr. Dn. Diego de Gardoque immediately on his arrival. Being soon after much... Jan. 6, 1785
575 Richard Henry Lee the Conde de Floridablanca The letter that your Excellency did me the honor to write to me on the 8th of October last, was delivered to me by Sr. Dn. Diego de Gardoque immediately on his arrival.1 Being soon after much... Jan. 6, 1785
576 Richard Henry Lee Samuel Adams My much valued friends letter of March the 24th. was this day delivered to me, but not by Mr. Kirkland or Colo. Allan, it came from our Door-keeper who told me that it had been pickt up on Long... Jan. 7, 1785
577 Richard Henry Lee James Monroe I have received the letter that you did me the honor to write to me from Pittsburg, and I am much pleased to find by it that the Indian nations, as nations, are not indisposed to us - I think it... Jan. 7, 1785
578 Richard Henry Lee Samuel Adams I am well satisfied that your friendship has long since suggested an apology for my not sooner answering the letter that you did me the honor to write to me on the 7th. of August last, because you... Jan. 7, 1785
579 Richard Henry Lee Samuel Adams My much valued friends letter of March the 24th1 was this day delivered to me, but not by Mr. Kirkland or Colo. Allan, it came from our Door-keeper who told me that it had been picked up on Long... Jan. 7, 1785
580 Richard Henry Lee Samuel Adams I am well satisfied that your friendship has long since suggested an apology for my not sooner answering the letter that you did me the honor to write to me on the 7th of August last,1 because you... Jan. 7, 1785
581 Richard Henry Lee James Monroe I have received the letter that you did me the honor to write to me from Pittsburg,1 and I am much pleased to find by it that the Indian nations, as nations, are not indisposed to us. I think it... Jan. 7, 1785
582 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
583 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
584 Richard Henry Lee George Washington I had the honor of writing to you last by the post that left Trenton just before I quitted that place, and I should not so soon have troubled you again, if it were not to furnish you with the very... Jan. 10, 1785
585 Richard Henry Lee Annette Carter The public papers will have informed you of my having left New York, and the cause - The benefit that I received from the use of the Chalybeate waters in the vicinity of Philadelphia has been very... Jan. 10, 1785
586 Richard Henry Lee Unknown The public papers will have informed you of my having left New York, and the cause.2 The benefit that I received from the use of the Chalybeate waters in the vicinity of Philadelphia has been very... Jan. 10, 1785
587 Richard Henry Lee George Washington I make no doubt but that you have seen in the public papers that my ill state of health had compelled me to quit this City and Congress to seek relief from leisure and the Chalybiate springs near... Jan. 11, 1785
588 Richard Henry Lee George Washington I make no doubt but that you have seen in the public papers that my ill state of health had compelled me to quit this City and Congress to seek relief from leisure and the Chalybeate springs near... Jan. 11, 1785
589 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen The Bread Basket, the plate warmer, the Boat, and the Box have all Safely arrived. By the coming of the two former I have escaped a scouring, and your character is established for polite attention... Jan. 12, 1785
590 Richard Henry Lee William Short I am much obliged by the goodness with which you have been pleased to remember, and to comply with my request that you would write to me, and I am thereby encouraged to hope that your... Jan. 13, 1785
591 Richard Henry Lee William Short I am much obliged by the goodness with which you have been pleased to remember, and to comply with my request that you would write to me, and I am thereby encouraged to hope that your... Jan. 13, 1785
592 Richard Henry Lee George Washington In reply to your favor of december the 14th. I had the honor to write you from Trenton, and I mentioned an enclosed letter from you for the Marquis Fayette, which coming to hand after the Marquis... Jan. 14, 1785
593 Richard Henry Lee George Washington I had the honor of writing to you last by the post that left Trenton just before I quitted that place,1 and I should not so soon have troubled you again, if it were not to furnish you with the very... Jan. 16, 1785
594 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen How has it happened that My dear Cousin hath not yet informed me how he and his companion the good Doctor escaped the perils of that dreadful frost that enveloped all nature when they left Trenton.... Jan. 17, 1785
595 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen Your favor of the 15th. instant I recd. this day, and I delivered the enclosed Almanac to Mr. Hardy who returns you his thanks. Coll Livingston delivered me your letter immediately on his arrival... Jan. 17, 1785
596 Richard Henry Lee Peter Van Berckel I have the honour to send your excellency two letters that came under cover from France. ’Tis with pleasure I learn from Mr. Adams, that it is probable the negotiations of this winter may prevent... Jan. 20, 1785
597 Richard Henry Lee Pieter Johan Van Berckel I have the honour to send your excellency two letters that came under cover from France.1 'Tis with pleasure I learn from Mr. Adams, that it is probable the negotiations of this winter may... Jan. 20, 1785
598 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen Thanks his nephew for clothing that Shippen's tailor had made for him,1 and complains of some loss in the sale of his horses. "I have not yet got into my House,2 but I have hired a very... Jan. 20, 1785
599 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry I have the Honor to enclose to your Excellency some late communications from the ministers plenipotentiary of these United States at Paris, together with an act of Congress on that subject. Much... Jan. 21, 1785
600 Richard Henry Lee the States I have the honor to enclose to your Excellency some late communications from the Ministers plenipotentiary of these United States at Paris, together with an Act of Congress on that subject.1 Much... Jan. 21, 1785