Manokin 6 Feb. 1774 Quarter before 5
Dear Sir,
I am greatly obliged to you for the assistance I have received from Nassau. He has performed two operations from which relief is already discernible - But my dear Sir, I beg you will not be so hard of belief, as to suppose my attendance at Sabine Hall far off for I assure you, that notwithstanding my powerful avocations have so long prevented me from being there, it has always been with regret. - And my settled determination is to see you very soon after my present painful visitation will permit me. I am, with much regard dear Sir
Your affectionate friend.
R. H. Lee
To Landon Carter, esquire of Sabine Hall.
Copies of Letters to Landon Carter PapersVirginia Historical Society
Printed in James Curtis Ballagh, The Letters of Richard Henry Lee, Volume 1, 1762 - 1778, p. 102.