Letters / Correspondence

Richard Henry Lee

751-800 of 817 letters
Letters table
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751 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry I have written two letters to you since my receipt of yours dated March 23d, both which I enclosed to our friend Mr. George Fleming, at Richmond, and he has informed me of their safe arrival, and... Sep. 14, 1789
752 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry Yesterday’s post brought me your favor of Augt. the 28th, and also the general letter to the representation of Va, concerning the P. E. Academy. As Congress adjourns the day after tomorrow, when we... Sep. 17, 1789
753 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen Your letter of the 28 of May found me in grief, it having arrived about two hours after the death of our much valued friend Colo. Bland, who departed this life this forenoon after a painful illness... Jan. 1, 1790
754 Richard Henry Lee William Lee I have this day received your two letters by Post with the Certificates, which, though I have not counted, I suppose to be right - The manÂśuvres concerning funding & assumption have been many... Jan. 7, 1790
755 Richard Henry Lee Charles Lee I have omitted writing to you being uncertain where you were, and therefore waited your return to Alexa I now congratulate you on the birth of your daughter, and the prosperous state of both Mother... Jan. 23, 1790
756 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I found on my arrival here how impossible it is for you to resist the most powerful attraction with which you are drawn to Chestnut Street - for I think that nothing short of that could have... Apr. 26, 1790
757 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I have had a most dangerous attack of the Influenza in my Lungs & Head which has nearly destroyed me - I am much recovered, begin to ride out, but yet very unwell - However I must write to... May 8, 1790
758 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I must begin by assuring you that I am yet much too unwell to write with any ease to myself - but having this day received your favor of the 4th Inst. I conceive myself bound to make an apology for... May 15, 1790
759 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen This days post brought me your favor of the 14th. instant with the protest enclosed, for which I must not delay to thank you, altho I assure you that in my present state of weakness it is very... May 18, 1790
760 Richard Henry Lee Arthur Lee Since my arrival here I have written to you twice and have received as many letters from you - I think you mention to have written one letter that I have not received, to wit, in answer to mine of... May 19, 1790
761 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I am very thankful to my dear Nephew for his favor of the 20th. instant. The enclosed shall be sent by tomorrows post to Ludwell. I went yester-Evening to the Presidents and was introduced to his... May 23, 1790
762 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I am this moment favored with yours of the 3d. instant for which I thank you - The business of the Seat remains much as when I wrote you last - You friends did on Wednesday the 3d. oppose the... Jun. 5, 1790
763 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry My ill state of health, the inclemency of the season appointed for the meeting of Congress, which in this place is most severely felt by all, and absolutely destructive to valitudinary people,... Jun. 10, 1790
764 Richard Henry Lee Arthur Lee By the time this letter reaches Alexandria I hope you will have returned there with the satisfaction of having left our friends in Westmoreland all in a fair way of recovery - I am very thankful... Jun. 10, 1790
765 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I have received your letter of the 10th with a letter enclosed for Count Andreani - I have been twice to search for him in vain - Being as you state him an Agreable, he is so sought after that... Jun. 13, 1790
766 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I find by your last that you had not received my last, when yours was written - In mine I had given you a precise statement of the business relative to the Seat of Government - It is an affair in... Jun. 17, 1790
767 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I am not unwilling to be indebted to you because I am sure of having a merciful Creditor - And so I acknowledge myself your debtor for two letters, that which covered Ellwoods receipt, and your... Jun. 29, 1790
768 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen Just going to bed I have but a moment to inform you that this day in Senate by a Majority of 16 to 10 we ordered to the third reading a Bill for carrying Congress to Philadelphia after this... Jun. 30, 1790
769 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen I promised my friend Mr. Stark, who by the time this reaches you will be in Phila., to inform him thro you how the Bill went in the Senate respecting the future Seats of the general government - I... Jul. 1, 1790
770 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen The debates have ended this day with rejecting every proposition of amendment to our bill, which augurs well for its final passage - Tomorrow, or the next day, will probably put a period to this... Jul. 1790
771 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen Your letter of the 4th. I received this day, and whatever may be the opinion of others with respect to me, I am happy to find that yours, which I much value, states me as I realy am - Not suffering... Jul. 6, 1790
772 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen Last evening I informed you how the business of Residence went on - this day has been passed in practising the same monÂśuvres that we were entertained with in Senate - Baltimore has been rejected... Jul. 7, 1790
773 Richard Henry Lee, John Walker Beverley Randolph We have now the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency’s letter with its enclosure respecting Lead mines and manufacture. The proposition came seasonably here when a Bill for... Aug. 1790
774 Richard Henry Lee Arthur Lee The enclosed letter scal’d with black was this day given to me at the Levy by a gentleman just arrived from England, who said Lord Lansdowne desired him to deliver it to you. The other letter was... Aug. 3, 1790
775 Richard Henry Lee William Lee I have this day delivered to Capt. Cary of Petersburg, who commands a Sloop between that place and this, two bales of Connecticut Linnen containing 307ÂĽ yards - Also two bags of feathers which... Aug. 8, 1790
776 Richard Henry Lee Corbin Washington I arrived here monday afternoon pretty much fatigued with my Journey - We have sent for a few peaches having none on this plantation this year - The Bearers bring near half a bottle of Tincture of... Sep. 1, 1790
777 Richard Henry Lee James Monroe I was yesterday honored with your polite and obliging letter of december the 30th last past, for which I pray you to accept my best thanks, as well as for your kind attention to my papers. I fear... Jan. 5, 1791
778 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen The letter that you had the goodness to write to me on the 11th. instant. I received last evening - We all here join in thanking you for the happiness created among us by your information of the... Jan. 21, 1791
779 Richard Henry Lee John Armstrong Judging from my self, I think that well bottomed friendship is not to be shaken by time or accident, So that altho our Correspondence has been interrupted, I hope our friendship is not impaired. My... May 1, 1791
780 Richard Henry Lee Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates It is not in my power to convey to you an adequate idea of the regret I feel at being compelled by the feeble state of my health to retire from the service of my Country. The strong sense that I... Jan. 8, 1792
781 Richard Henry Lee, James Monroe Henry Lee We were duly honored, two days ago, with your Excellency’s letter of the 9th instant, and its enclosures.That the extra pay, which you have so properly contended for, ought to be reembursed, seems... Jan. 21, 1792
782 Richard Henry Lee, James Monroe Henry Lee We have been duly honored with your Excellency’s dispatches covering resolves of the Legislature respecting certain military claims of Land, and others for services and supplies not yet... Feb. 4, 1792
783 Richard Henry Lee Henry Lee I think you are a letter in my debt, however that is a trifle among friends, and perhaps it might have been many more if my time had not been most laboriously engaged with Congressional affairs,... Mar. 25, 1792
784 Richard Henry Lee William Lee You will receive enclosed Capt. Sheppards bill of Loading for 24 Windsor Chairs, a box of dry goods and a Keg of Tea - The contents of the box are noted on a paper also enclosed. I have addressed... Apr. 7, 1792
785 Richard Henry Lee James Fenwick I am so much out of the way of knowing when opportunities offer of writing to Bordeaux, that I must rely on your goodness to write to your brother there to send me by the first opportunity to... May 28, 1792
786 Richard Henry Lee Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates I have been duly honoured with the letter (and its enclosure) that you were pleased to write to me on the eighteenth October. I pray you, sir, to assure the honourable House of Delegates, that I... Nov. 1792
787 Richard Henry Lee Speaker of the Virginia Senate I have received the letter you did me the honour to write to me, on the twenty-third of October, with the resolve enclosed therein. Be so good, sir, as to present my duty to the Senate, and assure... Nov. 1792
788 Richard Henry Lee Lucinda Lee You have no doubt, long before this, heard of the death of your Uncle, and my most dear brother Athur Lee Esqr. As he has left me his sole Executor, it is incumbent on me to inform you of the... Jan. 10, 1793
789 Richard Henry Lee John Hopkins Having received your favor enclosing Mr. Lee’s order on Mr. R. B. Lee and the Title for the two negroes I do now herein enclose your promisory note for the said papers & the receipt for them... Mar. 24, 1793
790 Thomas Lee Richard Henry Lee I have received your Letter by Jupiter and am truly concerned to be informed that the account I had from Cassius, respecting your reestablished health, was premature, however as the warm weather... Apr. 7, 1793
791 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen Your favor of March 17, has not been answered so soon as it would otherwise have been, because it was rendered partly unnecessary by the letter I had written to you just before the receipt of it,... Apr. 15, 1793
792 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
793 Richard Henry Lee Otho Williams Having found it very difficult to dispose of our grain and furnish our family supplies in this retired part of the Northern Neck, my friends, neighbors, and Sons in Law, Colo. Wm. Augustine... Jun. 22, 1793
794 George Washington Richard Henry Lee Your favor of yesterday was handed to me upon my return from my usual ride, and almost at the moment I was sitting down with company to dinner, which prevented my acknowledging the receipt of it by... Oct. 24, 1793
795 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen May be perfectly sure that there must have been very satisfactory reason for his letter by my Son, Augt 20 remaining so long unanswered. I had no doubt but that you had left Philadelphia to avoid... Dec. 1793
796 Richard Henry Lee Richard Bland Lee Your very friendly and flattering Letter, has been three posts in my possession; yet such has been the situation of my health, that tho’ I felt continually the deepest regret at not being able to... Jan. 5, 1794
797 Richard Henry Lee George Washington Not having enjoyed one days health since I had the honor of seeing you at Shuters hill, and closely confined at home, I knew not until yesterday that Mr. H. Muse the Collector of Rappahannock had... Jan. 8, 1794
798 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen Such is the weak state of my health, & so greatly does writing disturb me, that I am compelled to employ an Amanuensis for the purpose of acknowledging the receipt of your Letter of January the... Jan. 12, 1794
799 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry Your letter to the delegates of the 29th of Feb. has been laid before the marine committee, in consequence of the business of retaliation on Marine prisoners having been referred by Congress to... Mar. 1797
800 Richard Henry Lee James Monroe I am authorized and requested, by the Board of Managers of the Loudon Colonization Society of Loudon,2 to ask of you, your consent, to be elected, President of it; and to invite your attendance, if... Aug. 30, 1825