New York 19th. Octr. 1785
My dear Nephew.
By your favor of the 17th. instant I find that you have mistaken my request concerning the Dutch Fan - It is not a new Fan that I want, but only new Skreens for the old one, according to the measure that I enclosed you. The reasons that you give for keepi<ng your> letter secret are very judicious & I shall do as you desire - You give me hopes that I shall see you here soon, so that I shall defer saying anything further on the subject of your letter, leaving the rest to the pleasure of a personal conversation -
Poor Hardy is no mor<e. His> 2 loss is realy a very great one - My be<st love> attends the family. God less you
<farewell>
Richard Henry Lee
I wish the Workman may be very exact about the Skreens, otherwise they may not fit the Fan for which they are intended - I shall leave this City for Phila. on the 8th day of next month - Can you time it so as that we may travel back together? - NOTES:
Shippen Collection### Printed in James Curtis Ballagh, The Letters of Richard Henry Lee, Volume 2, 1779 - 1794, p. 397.