Letters / Correspondence

Richard Henry Lee

351-400 of 817 letters
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351 William Whipple Richard Henry Lee On my arrival here the 4th inst. I had the pleasure of receiving Your favor of the 31 Ulto at the hand of Our Mutual Friend Mr Adams. I Esteem myself highly Obliged by this token of Your... Nov. 8, 1778
352 James Lovell Richard Henry Lee It was not possible for me to acknowledge your favor of Novr. 29th1 by the same post wsh. gave me pleasure of knowing that you & your lovely family were well. Nor will I now particularly notice... Dec. 10, 1778
353 Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee I do not wonder at your disgust at the wickedness & folly of mankind. I have so much of the same feelings, that I am sure, there can be no condition in Life more unhappy, than to be engaged in... Dec. 15, 1778
354 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I returned from Williamsburg yesterday evening to this place where I found myself honored with your favor of the 15th instant, for which be pleased to accept my thanks. I should much regret your... Dec. 26, 1778
355 James Lovell Richard Henry Lee I have this day recd. more Packets from france than what I have before mentioned to you.1 I send some & keep others. One Packet was sealed & gone to Mr Laurens’s before I thought of the... Jan. 2, 1779
356 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson Always attentive to your commands, I have obtained here, and now inclose you the song and the receipt you desired. I once had both of them at home, but they are mislaid among a mass of papers, so... Jan. 3, 1779
357 Richard Henry Lee Virginia House of Delegates A long, laborious, and almost unremitting attendance on public business by which I find my health decaying, renders some repose necessary, and compels me humbly to request that the honorable house... Jan. 4, 1779
358 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I was duly honored with your favor of the 10th. and three days ago with that of the 24th. of August. but I am surprised that you received no letter from me by the post that arrived on the 23d.,... Jan. 5, 1779
359 Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee The uncertainty of the Post last week prevented me from writing, & now from the uncertainty of this Letters reaching you before you leave home, I am at a loss what to say.Common Sense has... Jan. 5, 1779
360 Nathaniel Scudder Richard Henry Lee I doubt not you have long e’er this received a short Letter from me 1 acknowleging the Receipt of yours of the 19th Septr. which I wrote in Jersey. I have been some Time here again, but have not... Jan. 5, 1779
361 Richard Henry Lee Samuel Adams There seems to be something ungenerous in wishing you may continue in a situation where I well know that your fine patriotic (I dont say feelings because Penn has vulgarized the word) sense... Jan. 6, 1779
362 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I had devoted this day proceeding the going out of post, to have written you a long letter, when behold, the great increase of my cold has compelled me to a third bleeding, and has indisposed me so... Jan. 7, 1779
363 Richard Henry Lee James Searle An event that seldom happens to me, good fortune, is likely to give my friend some trouble. I see by Dunlaps paper of july the 27th. last, that one of my daughters and myself have, each of us,... Jan. 7, 1779
364 Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee Since I wrote you by last Post, I have sustained a very severe fit of gout, brought on I imagine by the sudden change of weather lately from warm to Snow & frost. The swelling and inflamation... Jan. 10, 1779
365 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry I’m here in my way to Congress. I have seen the Tyrant’s speech to his corrupt Parliament last November. It breathes war altogether, and renders it of the last importance to be prepared with a... Jan. 10, 1779
366 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson A few days ago Mr. Ford (late Secretary to Dr. Lee) arrived at my house in 7 weeks from France with many letters for Congress, and one packet for the Governor of Virginia which accompanies this.... Jan. 12, 1779
367 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I had the honor of writing to you by the last post, since which I am favored with yours of August the 31st for which I thank you. I have long since ceased to wonder at any determination of the... Jan. 12, 1779
368 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens Accept my thanks for your obliging favor of the third instant with the inclosures mentioned therein which I duly received on the 9th., three days after I had dispatched to the Post a letter for you... Jan. 13, 1779
369 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I should not so long have denied myself the pleasure of corresponding with you in this way had I not expected daily a more agreeable personal communication of sentiments, and I am the more... Jan. 15, 1779
370 Nathaniel Scudder Richard Henry Lee Our Life is a strange Kind of checquered Work, one Day we rejoice, on another we lament; in one Letter we congratulate, in the succeeding one we condole. Alas! for the southern Disappointment!... Jan. 16, 1779
371 Richard Henry Lee the Editor of the Virginia Gazette It is expected by the public that you will comply with your promise of publishing impartially the papers on both sides in Mr. Deanes controversy. If none but the collections of Mr. Deanes Tory... Jan. 19, 1779
372 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I had the honor of writing to you by the last post, wch. I am informed by the delay of the rider went no further than Fredericksburg, and will therefore not reach you sooner than this will do.... Jan. 19, 1779
373 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens The favor that my honorable friend suggested would come by express having not arrived, I am inclined to think it has miscarried - The post appears to me the most certain conveyance, because his... Jan. 25, 1779
374 Richard Henry Lee Patrick Henry I arrived here on the 19th, thro the worst roads that I ever travelled over. I find business of faction here pretty much at an end by the thorough exposure of its author, Mr. Silas Deane, who, if I... Jan. 28, 1779
375 Richard Henry Lee William Aylett Some time in the summer or Fall last, the commissy. General had orders from Congress to purchase in Virg. & Maryld. a considerable quantity of Flour for the use of the french Fleet, and it was... Feb. 10, 1779
376 Richard Henry Lee Arthur Lee As well as the shortness of my time will permit, I will give you the best detail in my power of things here since I wrote you fully by the Marquis Fayette of the state of our politics and parties.2... Feb. 11, 1779
377 James Lovell Richard Henry Lee The Key you sent will not explain a Letter of Doctr. Lee of Paris Aug. 31. 1778 nor will the Dictionary that has, at last, been delivered to the Committee for forgn. affairs. I hope you can assist... Feb. 16, 1779
378 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens Colo. R. H. Lee presents his compliments to the honorable Mr. Laurens and sends him inclosed some extracts from several letters of Mr. William Lee 2which may place in a proper point of view Mr.... Mar. 2, 1779
379 Richard Henry Lee James Warren I thank you very sincerely for your kindness in forwarding the parcel of bark by Mr. Brailsford, which I have received in good order, and would thankfully have paid that gentleman for his trouble... Mar. 6, 1779
380 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I have not been unmindful of the small commission you gave me to procure the song and receipt for you. I once had these, but they are mislaid so that I could not find them when I returned home from... Mar. 15, 1779
381 Richard Henry Lee Baron de Knobelauch I am much concerned that the state of my health prevented me from seeing you when you did me the honor of calling at my lodgings, and my concern is very greatly increased by knowing that it is... Mar. 16, 1779
382 Richard Henry Lee Arthur Lee I refer you to mine by Capt. Robinson written when I was on my way to this place. I found when I arrived here that the {author} of {Common Sense} had pursued his {blow}s so {effectively} that... Mar. 21, 1779
383 Richard Henry Lee John Adams Give me leave to introduce to your friendly attention the Bearer George Mason esquire the son of a Gentleman in Virginia whom I esteem among the number of my most valuable friends.1This gentleman... Mar. 23, 1779
384 Richard Henry Lee John Page I am honored with your favor of the 19th and thank you for it.1 I always thought too well of your wisdom and justice to suppose you could be influenced by the most groundless, illdesigning, and... Mar. 29, 1779
385 Richard Henry Lee Arthur Lee The {governor} of {Virginia {inform}s us that {Ford} your {secretary}2 is a {bad man}.Such are the {opinion}s entertained of {Ford} in that {state} that it is by no means {proper} he should... Apr. 4, 1779
386 Richard Henry Lee John Page I have the honor to inclose you an extract of a letter from my brother William to my brother Frank1dated October the 15th 1778, by which it seems Very clear that the Stores you apprehend to have... Apr. 4, 1779
387 Richard Henry Lee - At the time that Mr. Adams and R. H. Lee waited on Monsr. Gerard the Minister plenipotentiary of France to the United States in order to notify him of the time and place of his audience of Congress... Apr. 15, 1779
388 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
389 Richard Henry Lee John Adams To such uncertain issue are all letters now exposed that are committed to Ship board, that it absolutely prohibits that full and explicit declaration of ones sentiments on many important points... Apr. 24, 1779
390 Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee I sincerely condole with you for the loss of our amiable and worthy friend Colo. Tayloe, but he is happy, far happier than those he has left upon this turbulent wicked stage. The inclosed paper... Apr. 26, 1779
391 Richard Henry Lee George Washington The inclosed letter from the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, committed by Congress to the consideration of a committee of three, and which, in the name of the committees I have now the honor... Apr. 28, 1779
392 George Washington Richard Henry Lee I was duly honored with your letter of the 28th in behalf of the Committee for Southern affairs, with the enclosed copy of one from the Lt. Governor of S. Carolina. The situation of affairs in that... Apr. 30, 1779
393 Richard Henry Lee Arthur Lee As I shall have occasion frequently to mention {name}s in the course of {this letter} remember that the {column}s in the {system} of {name}s are {number}ed 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Since my last the {party}... May 3, 1779
394 George Washington Richard Henry Lee, Henry Laurens, Thomas Burke I have the honor to transmit to your care an Open Letter for Brigr. General Scott, by which you will perceive that I have directed the Levies in Virginia to be formed into three Batalions, and to... May 5, 1779
395 George Washington Meriwether Smith, Richard Henry Lee, Cyrus Griffin, William Fleming I have been honoured with Your favor of the 6th Inst., inclosing a Letter of the 29th Ulto. and a Copy of a Memorial from Colo. Spotswood to Congress, and requesting my advice upon the subject of... May 13, 1779
396 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson I have paid due attention to your favor of April the 21st., and I believe there would have been no difficulty in obtaining what is desired for Baron de Geismar1had not the enemy created the... May 22, 1779
397 George Washington Meriwether Smith, Richard Henry Lee, Cyrus Griffin, William Fleming I was last night honoured with your favor of the 21st Instant. From the present condition and arrangement of the Cavalry, I cannot think that Major Lee’s Corps can be sent to Virginia, consistently... May 25, 1779
398 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens On my way here I met with Mr. Serjeant,1 of whom I enquired touching the proof he had mentioned of Deanes having communicated the intended Treaty to Wharton2 in London some days before its... May 27, 1779
399 Henry Laurens Richard Henry Lee Since my last of the 8th Inst. I am become debtor for your favors of the 6th & 13th.1I am mortified by my inability to make proper returns by the present Mail - but circumstances render it... Jun. 1779
400 William Shippen, Sr. Richard Henry Lee This day I am favored with yours of 13th Inst1 in which I hoped to find a confirmation of our very good News from the Southward. I am pleased with the effectual measures taken by your State to... Jun. 1779