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Letters

751-800 of 4,644 letters
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751 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens Since my last I have been honored with your favors of the 4th. and 13th. of May. Your kind solicitude for Mr. Parker does great honor to your philanthropy, and I have not neglected what you so... Jan. 29, 1780
752 George Washington Henry Lee I have received your favor of the 26th. inclosing one from Capn. McLane to you of the 15th.1However Capn. McLanes services may entitle him to consideration, yet he is neither singular in his... Jan. 30, 1780
753 Samuel Adams Richard Henry Lee I cannot begin this Letter but by intreating you to impute my past omission to any Cause you please excepting a Forgetfulness or willful Neglect. The making of Apologys is among Friends so formal a... Jan. 31, 1780
754 George Plater Thomas Sim Lee At Mr. Holker’s Request, who waited on me this Morning, I have the Honor to forward to your Excellency the inclosed.1The Enemy on Staten Iland have returned Lord Sterling’s Visit, burned some... Feb. 1, 1780
755 Maryland Delegates Thomas Sim Lee We herewith forward to your Excellency the Act of Congress relative to furnishing the Officers with Cloathing - & in Compliance with your Requisition, moved that you might have Permission to... Feb. 1780
756 William Lee Jean de Neufville I have before me your esteem'd favor of the 10th Curt & shou'd have obeyed yr commands in presentg your respects to Mr Izard22 if he had been here, but that Gentleman was gone to... Feb. 1780
757 Theodorick Bland Richard Henry Lee Yours of the 26th I received last night with a Postscript informing me of Arnolds having bent his force towards your River.1 If his intentions are really what he has declared them, and he executes... Feb. 6, 1780
758 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee About the latter end of December last I had the honor to receive a letter from His Excellency Governor Johnson dated the 27th. of October, in which he proposes an arrangement for the three... Feb. 19, 1780
759 George Washington Henry Leeor Officer Commanding his Corps I am to request that you will transmit me, as soon as possible, an exact Return of the number of the non Commissioned Officers and privates of your Corps, mounted and dismounted designating in a... Feb. 21, 1780
760 James Forbes Thomas Sim Lee I have your favour of the 18th Ulto. have not wrote you for a long time, owing to the iregularity of the post, And my expecting to leave this every week, And indeed the events of both Health &... Feb. 29, 1780
761 William Shippen, Sr. Richard Henry Lee I reced your Favor of the 19th Feby inclosing a Note for Tho Paine Clerk of our Assembly wch I delivered. We hear from Carolina that the Troops to the amount of 8000 are arrived & Landed, some... Feb. 29, 1780
762 Maryland Delegates Thomas Sim Lee We are honor’d by your Excellency’s Favor of 18th last.1 The Minister of France knows very well, however wrong he may have deemed the Measure, that the Seizing the french Flour was to releave the... Mar. 7, 1780
763 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee Since I had the Honor of writing to Your Excellency on the 20th Ulto. I have obtained Returns of some Corps, which I had not then. I find there are in Moylan’s Regiment of Light Dragoons a few Men... Mar. 10, 1780
764 Samuel Huntington Thomas Sim Lee I do myself the Honour to Transmit you the enclosed intelligence from his Excellency Genl Washington, as it may be of Importance if you Should not have obtaind the Information from the fleet before... Mar. 18, 1780
765 Thomas McKean Richard Henry Lee Your esteemed favor of the 15th last month, with the extracts from your much injured brother’s letter to the President of Congress, and the copy of Doctor Berkenhout’s letter to yourself, inclosed,... Mar. 25, 1780
766 George Washington - Sender: George Washington Recipient: The Commanding Officer of Lee’s CorpsHead Quarters, Morris Town, March 30, 1780Sir:You will be pleased, upon the receipt of this, to take the most expeditious... Mar. 30, 1780
767 George Washington - I have received Capt. Rudolphs favr. of the 2d. Inst. I have to request you not to lose a moment in commencing your march to South Carolina after your Corps is ready. You will take your Route from... Apr. 9, 1780
768 George Washington - Mr. Samuel Allison of Burlington has complained to me of violences offered to him by Lt Carnes of the corps under your command. I have told him that it is at his option to have recourse for redress... Apr. 10, 1780
769 George Washington Henry Lee I have reed. your favr. of the 10th. I am sorry to find that the repairs of your accoutrements and the general indisposition of your Horses, will prevent your moving so soon as could have been... Apr. 13, 1780
770 Richard Henry Lee Arthur Lee It being very uncertain whether this letter will reach Europe before you have quitted it will prevent me from writing so fully as I would otherwise do - Yet I foresee the letter will not be a short... Apr. 24, 1780
771 Thomas Sim Lee Commissioners of Frederick County We request you will furnish Forage for the subsistence of the Teams employed by Colo Hollingsworth in removing Cannon from Hughs’s Works to Baltimore Town for the Use of the ContinentWe are... Apr. 29, 1780
772 Henry Lee Joseph Reed The period is at length arrived when I must move for the southern army. Want of cash detains us for a day—tomorrow we are to reviewe; the day following we march. As we pass thro. the city, I mean... May 1780
773 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee On the 2d. Instant I received the Honor of Your Excellency’s Letter of the 8th Ulto. and also one from the Board of War on the same subject. The information the Council had received, of particular... May 4, 1780
774 Richard Henry Lee William Shippen, Jr. I arrived here six days ago, to give my attendance as a member of this resent General Assembly, and here I received your favor of Apl. 16th. on the 5th. Instant, for which be pleased to accept my... May 7, 1780
775 George Plater Thomas Sim Lee The Baron de Calb who commands our Line moving southward & being a Stranger in Maryland, I have taken the Liberty to trouble your Excellency with this Letter to introduce him to you, agreably... May 11, 1780
776 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I arrived here on the first of this month a member of our general Assembly, and at this place was honored with your favor of the 5th. instant which is the only one that I have received since we... May 16, 1780
777 Samuel Huntington Thomas Sim Lee I am directed to acquaint you that there being but one Delegate from Maryland attending at Congress that State is not represented.That Matters of great Importance are now lying before Congress,... May 19, 1780
778 George Washington Henry Lee You will be pleased to halt your Horse and Foot ’till further orders, wherever they may be when this reaches you. Should the Horse be in Philada. and it should be found difficult to subsist them... May 20, 1780
779 Henry Lee Joseph Reed Since my junction, which was the second day after we passed Philade, every measure with us seemed to be in consequence of something from them. The arrival of Sr Henry from Charlestown has urged us... Jun. 1780
780 Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Thomas Sim Lee This day the President of Congress received a Letter from Governor Nash, enclosing a Copy of one that he had received from Governor Rutledge; Copys of both I have transmitted to you.1 From Mr.... Jun. 5, 1780
781 George Washington Henry Lee I have rec’d your favor of this date. The spirit which has been exhibited by your corps on the present occasion gives me pleasure, and be assured meets with my Thanks and Approbation. As your rapid... Jun. 11, 1780
782 John Hanson Thomas Sim Lee This morning the president of Congress, received a Letter from Mr Peabody one of our Committee at headquarters, dated the 23d advising that General Washington for Several days past has been... Jun. 26, 1780
783 George Washington Henry Lee You may remain in your present position ’till further orders. In the meanwhile and without delay I request you to reconnoitre the country well about Totawa1 and between that and Pompton by the... Jun. 27, 1780
784 George Washington Henry Lee I have received Your Letter of this afternoon. I have had it for some days in contemplation to have the attempt made to which you allude; but from the information I had received with respect to the... Jun. 28, 1780
785 John Hanson Thomas Sim Lee I am favoured with your two Letters by Mr McHard and be assured your request shall be duely attended to. Mr. Dickenson is not in Town nor Can I get Any information whether his Coach is yet for... Jul. 1, 1780
786 Francis Lightfoot Lee Unknown The time when I expected the pleasure of seeing you is to my great mortification, put off <mutilated>than I thot it would be when I wrote last. The soonest I expcet to leave this, will be the... Jul. 5, 1780
787 George Washington Henry Lee You will proceed to Monmouth and establish yourself in that vicinity. When you arrive there, you will see General Foreman who is charged with dispatches for a French fleet expected at the Hook and... Jul. 11, 1780
788 John Hanson Thomas Sim Lee I wrote you yesterday by the post.1 I have at length got Bills of Exchange on France for 5000 Dollrs., being our part of 50,000 Dollas, alloted by Congress, to be distributed Amongst the States,... Jul. 12, 1780
789 John Hanson Thomas Sim Lee Our part of the new money Cant be printed untill the date of the Maryland Law Complying with the requisition of Congress of the 18 March, is made Known to the Board of Treasury. You will therefore... Jul. 14, 1780
790 John Hanson Thomas Sim Lee Yesterday Arrived in Town A Capt. of a Vessel who had been Captured and Carried into New York and Exchanged. He left that place Wednesday. He says that the fryday before an English frigate Arrived... Jul. 15, 1780
791 George Washington Henry Lee We have received advice from New York of the arrival of Admiral Greaves at the Hook with six sail of the line the 13th. We think it very extraordinary if the fleet has arrived that we should have... Jul. 16, 1780
792 George Washington Henry Lee I have received your letter of the 16th. You mistook the point of giving me intelligence1 as by recurring to your instructions you will find. I now depend on you for information of every occurrence... Jul. 19, 1780
793 George Washington Henry Lee I am informed by General Foreman that there is a great number of horses in those parts of Monmouth County within the enemy’s power belonging to disaffected persons. To prevent the enemy’s having... Jul. 24, 1780
794 George Washington Henry Lee I have recd. yours of the 23d. Inst. by which it appears as if the British Fleet were plying off and on. The dispatches which were lodged in Monmouth for Count Rochambeau and Monsieur Ternay are no... Jul. 25, 1780
795 John Hanson Thomas Sim Lee I am favoured with yours by the last post. Be pleased to present my Compliments to Mrs Lee, and tell her her Commands Shall be Executed-tho the best Kind of Chariots was made a month or Six weeks... Jul. 25, 1780
796 John Henry Thomas Sim Lee I had the honour of your Excellys. favour by the last post.1 All the influence that I have shall be exerted in favour of the Gentleman recommended in your Letter, tho at present I see very little... Jul. 25, 1780
797 George Washington Thomas Sim Lee I have been honored with your Excellency’s favor of the 10th inclosing Copies of the several laws passed by the Legislature of your State, for procuring the supplies of Men, provisions and... Jul. 26, 1780
798 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens I had the honor of writing to you from Richmond some time before I left that place, and hope you have received my letter. Nothing new had occurred when our Assembly adjourned - Cornwallis was still... Jul. 27, 1780
799 Richard Henry Lee Henry Laurens In the letter which I expect you will receive with this I had forgotten to mention an affair to you in which your friendship may avail my sons - I expect that they are arrived from France in the... Jul. 30, 1780
800 Henry Lee Joseph Reed When I wrote your Excellency last, I had not received my particular instructions, & only knew what I then expressed.On the 3d, General Greene's orders, enclosing a warrant for the impress... Aug. 1780

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