Letters / Correspondence

Richard Henry Lee

151-200 of 817 letters
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151 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
152 Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee I have written to you every post, since you left this. If you have not recd. the Letters, there must still be some villain, in the Post Office. It is supposed Ld. Howe is arrived, as three ships... Jul. 16, 1776
153 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
154 Samuel Chase Richard Henry Lee Your Letter of the 14 Inst. followed Me to this City, and your other favour of the 21st was delivered by yesterdays Post.I hurried to Congress to give my little assistance to the framing a... Jul. 30, 1776
155 Richard Henry Lee John Augustine Washington I inclose you the demand against the public from our Lookouts which much business prevented me from attending to when I was last at Williamsburg. I fancy the Governor & Council will order... Aug. 1776
156 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry I am thus far on my way to Congress, having been sometime detained by the slowness of the Workman that made my Carriage wheels, the old being quite shattered and useless.I have learned with much... Aug. 1776
157 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry I am happy to hear of your returning health and hope you will long enjoy it. We still continue here in anxious suspense about the event of things at N. York. Since the removal of our troops from... Sep. 1776
158 Richard Henry Lee John Page I am concerned to find that the Governors health does not yet permit his attention to public business. Your anxiety no doubt is great to hear how things go on at N. York. I will give you the best... Sep. 3, 1776
159 Richard Henry Lee - As the scarcity of Arms, artillery, and other military stores is so considerable, would it not be proper to instruct the Ambassador to France that he press for the immediate supply of 20, or 30... Sep. 10, 1776
160 Richard Henry Lee Samuel Purviance, Jr. Since your brother left this City, Mr. Nicholson has been confirmed first Lieutenant of the Washington, and his worthy brother may be assured that in settling the rank of the Captains his merit... Sep. 16, 1776
161 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
162 Richard Henry Lee Samuel Purviance, Jr. Among the inconveniences of this busy scene, I esteem it not the least, to be so often prevented from acknowledging the favors of my friends sooner than I do. It has been owing to much business... Oct. 11, 1776
163 Richard Henry Lee John Page I am exceedingly happy to find by your letter of the 3d instant that we are like to be supplied within ourselves with the necessary articles of Salt petre, sulpher, flints, and gunpowder. If to... Oct. 15, 1776
164 Richard Henry Lee Unknown Accept my thanks for your favor of the 1st which I received by this post only. The inclosed paper will give you all the military news that yesterday arrived to Congress.1 Our enemies have been... Oct. 22, 1776
165 Richard Henry Lee George Washington I congratulate you sincerely on the several advantages your Troops have lately gained over the enemy, for tho each has been but small, yet in the whole they are considerable, and will certainly... Oct. 27, 1776
166 Richard Henry Lee Unknown You may observe by the letter accompanying this, that I had paid my respects to you some time ago, but Mr. Coulston disappointed me in not calling for my letter.1The enemy have been lately... Nov. 1776
167 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
168 Richard Henry Lee John Page I am much concerned to hear of your illness but I hope the bracing season that is approaching will restore you to health and vigor.I have not a doubt about the wisdom of your opinion that our... Nov. 4, 1776
169 Richard Henry Lee Robert Carter I have been the less solicitous about writing to you and my other Westmoreland friends as I know you get the Packet from hence weekly which brings you the news of this place the day that every post... Nov. 10, 1776
170 Richard Henry Lee William Aylett I have but a minute to write you and therefore you will not be surprized if I am not so full as you could wish. Your letter received at 3 o’Clock today and the post going out in the morning has... Nov. 11, 1776
171 Richard Henry Lee Samuel Purviance, Jr. You have imputed to the right cause my not answering your former letter sooner, it was indeed multiplicity of business.Very long before your recommendation of Mr. Plunket came to hand, a Capt.... Nov. 24, 1776
172 Richard Henry Lee John Page I am greatly concerned that the necessity of immediate and principal attention to our military securities should be overlookt for any other consideration whatever. However I hope the most complete... Nov. 25, 1776
173 George Walton Richard Henry Lee I take it for granted that the Committee will write to Congress in the morning, touching several matters of public concern. In the mean time, as I am no sleepy, permit me to obtrude two or three... Dec. 1776
174 Richard Henry Lee James Maxwell The Congress having resolved immediately to undertake the building of two Ships of War of 36 guns each in Virginia, I am directed by the Marine Committee to apply to some proper person in that... Dec. 1, 1776
175 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry The present moment is critical in the American war. The enemy have taken vigorous advantage of the space between the old and the new enlistments, and have rushed like a Torrent thru the Jersies,... Dec. 1776
176 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry The present moment is critical in the American war. The enemy have taken vigorous advantage of the space between the old and the new inlistments, and have rushed like a Torrent thru the Jersies,... Dec. 3, 1776
177 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry The movements of the enemy’s army in the Jerseys, by which the neighborhood of Philadelphia had become the seat of war, determined Congress to adjourn from thence to this town, where publick... Dec. 18, 1776
178 Benjamin Rush Richard Henry Lee An officer (German by birth) who has served in Russia & Hanover several campaigns called upon me a few hours ago, and after producing certificates &c that he now holds a captains commission... Dec. 20, 1776
179 Benjamin Rush Richard Henry Lee Wherever I go I bear in my mind the small Share of the weight of our dear countrys happiness which the State of Pensylvania hath committed to my care. I wish sometimes to throw my mite into the... Dec. 21, 1776
180 Richard Henry Lee Robert Morris The following extract of a letter from London dated 21st of September last I send for your future government. "The Americans seem strangely infatuated, for notwithstanding the repeated perfidy... Dec. 24, 1776
181 Benjamin Rush Richard Henry Lee My letters I fear will prove troublesome to you but I cannot help it. Your industry as well as zeal in the Service of your country encourage me to convey every hint that occurs to me to your... Dec. 25, 1776
182 Robert Morris Richard Henry Lee I am much obliged by the extract of a letter from London of the 21st Septr which you have been pleased to favour me with1 and I fear there is but too much reason to suspect the generality of... Dec. 27, 1776
183 Robert Morris Richard Henry Lee I have now to acknowledge the Rect. of your second letter of the 24th Inst. continuing the quotation from your London letter of the 21st Septr. for which I am much obliged.1 The papers of the... Dec. 29, 1776
184 Richard Henry Lee Circular to the States Ever attentive to the security of civil liberty Congress would not have consented to the resting of such powers in the military department as those which the inclosed resolves convey to the... Dec. 29, 1776
185 Richard Henry Lee Arthur Lee It gave me inexpressible pleasure to find by your joint letter from Paris to Congress that you were safely arrived in France. As well on your own account I was rejoiced, as on that of my Country,... 1777
186 Richard Henry Lee John Page By the express lately sent from hence, I enclosed you both the printed accounts that we have had of the General's success against the enemy in New Jersey. Colonel Baylor, who brought us the... 1777
187 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
188 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Webb I have some Time ago delivered your Request to the Board of War, and I have strongly urged the Propriety of permitting you to go to N. York, and to England, if you choose it.2 The Multiplicity of... Jan. 5, 1777
189 Richard Henry Lee Adam Stephen Dear General Nothing could have happened more opportunely than the drubbing you have given the Hessians at Trenton. God grant the blow may be followed up until you expell these Robbers from the... Jan. 5, 1777
190 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry I have no doubt but that Mr. President inclosed you with his last dispatches the printed account of General Washingtons success at Trenton. The number of Hessian prisoners there made, do not fall... Jan. 9, 1777
191 George Washington Richard Henry Lee Your last favour, by the purport of it, (having no date) as also one or two others, at different periods, have come safe to my hands; and went unacknowledged from the hurried and distressed state... Jan. 10, 1777
192 Richard Henry Lee Samuel Adams I thank you for your obliging favor of the 26th. of June, it brought me the most circumstantial and satisfactory account of the enemies movements that I have received. As far as distance will allow... Jan. 12, 1777
193 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry I am favored with yours by Majr. Johnston and I should certainly have served him to the utmost of my power in Congress if the appointment you proposed for Mr. Johnston had not now been in another... Jan. 17, 1777
194 Arthur Lee Richard Henry Lee Upon my arrival here in my way to Madrid, I found a letter dated Feby. the 2d. from a confidential Correspondent, which contains the following passage."Ten thousand Germans are already... Jan. 20, 1777
195 Richard Henry Lee Moravians of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Having here observed a humane and diligent attention to the sick and wounded, and a benevolent desire to make the necessary provision for the relief of the distressed, as far as the powers of the... Jan. 22, 1777
196 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry It is with much pleasure I inform you that our affairs in the Jersies wear as favorable an aspect as we could possibly <hope fo>r. And if the militia remain with the General un<til the... Jan. 30, 1777
197 Richard Henry Lee John Page Altho our Army in the Jersies, since the 24th of December has consisted chiefly of Militia and tho their numbers have not been and are not equal to that of the enemy, yet we have been in a... Jan. 30, 1777
198 John Hancock Richard Henry Lee Judging it of importance that the Arm'd Vessell commanded by Capt Campbell, should be employ'd on the Service down the Bay, I have had a further Conference with the Owners. They have... Feb. 1777
199 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry The events of war having not been considerable lately, this is chiefly intended to enclose you the British king’s speech to his Parliament, which you will see in the News paper. Skirmishes are... Feb. 1777
200 Richard Henry Lee Robert Morris The impossibility of getting intelligence at present thro’ this Bay, has obliged us to send an Express to the Council of Massachusetts, requesting they will immediately dispatch a quick sailing... Feb. 3, 1777