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Letters

1,551-1,600 of 4,644 letters
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1551 David Barton Henry Lee DrSir:I return the paper containing Col. Hammond’s account of the battle of Eutaw. He does not reside in Missouri; but has returned to Georgia or S. Carolina.Messrs Scott or Benton may probably be... Feb. 9, 1826
1552 John Armstrong Henry Lee I know nothing of the circumstances alluded to in the note to which you refer me in the 2d Vol. of your fathers Memoir. Dr. Greene of Charlestown S. C. is perhaps the person best acquainted with... Feb. 22, 1826
1553 Unknown Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee must imparte my silence to any thing but forgetfulness - & were not apologies so trite I would offer now at least 50 for not having written - You flatter me only with the content to hear that... Apr. 5, 1827
1554 Walter Hampden Overton Henry Lee In conformity with your request I submit the following propositions as a basis for a subsequent contract between you & myself viz First If you will furnish thirty or forty working negroes, at... Jun. 29, 1827
1555 Henry Lee, IV Richard T. Brown I have been here more than a month and have as yet neither seen nor heard of my books baggage &c, nor have I recd a line from you since I left Westmoreland. I wrote to you from Wheeling &... Jul. 17, 1827
1556 Henry Lee, IV Robert T. Brown At the invitation of Genl. Jackson I am about to accompany him to N. Orleans I am therefore under the necessity of requesting yiu to forward Jnotn Mclean immediately, 150 dollars, in order to... Dec. 24, 1827
1557 Ann Hill Carter Sidney Smith Lee I thought, when I parted with you my dear Smith, that your contemplated voyage was not to be objected to, inasmuch as you would be absent but a short time, and it would probably prevent your being... Mar. 24, 1829
1558 Ann Hill Carter Lee Sidney Smith Lee I believe my last letter to you was conveyed by Mr. [Bladen] Dulany. I thank God that I have been spared to write to you again for my health has declined very much within the last two years, and I... Apr. 10, 1829
1559 George Washington Parke Custis Philip Richard Fendale Will you help out a poor author, & truly my Dr Sir (a poor Manager) by a paragraph for the 8th of January in yr Monday's paper.The 8th was originally performed in New York 3 years ago on... Mar. 12, 1830
1560 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Although one letter in my debt, it has been so long since I have heard from you or of you, or indeed from any one in that section of Country, that I can no longer refrain from begging you to write,... May 8, 1830
1561 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Although one letter in my debt, it has been so long since I have heard from you or of you, or indeed from any one in that section of Country, that I can no longer refrain from begging you to write,... May 8, 1830
1562 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Well my Sweet Cousin, I am stationary at last. I arrived here yesterday from Eastern View[1] and established my headquarters in this land of corn bread and ice milk, which I hope will be able to... Sep. 11, 1830
1563 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Robert E. Lee I had no idea of the immediate peril to which my disclosure exposed you or pity or perchance a gentler feeling would have induced me to forebear. The first alarming sensation having by this time... Sep. 20, 1830
1564 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter of the 7th Inst. did not come to hand till yesterday though I was at the very place, to which it was directed. The reason of this was, that it was sent to Wood Stock Shenandoah County... Sep. 22, 1830
1565 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Both of your letters arrived this morning. As to the time of your coming on to Virginia, perhaps you know best, but for my part I see none so good as the present. I am ready to do any thing in the... Sep. 30, 1830
1566 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter arrived in due course of mail and I am sorry to find that it is not convenient for you to come on. Our business with Uncle Williams I suppose can be settled as well by letter as... Oct. 12, 1830
1567 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Miss Molly, did you ever see a poor fellow between two raw sisters, in a bustling town, returning visits for the first time? For if you have, you can only know how to pity the situation I have been... Oct. 30, 1830
1568 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee We got into Cock Spur Roads last night about nine o’clock, and the Pilot thinking it too dark to attempt to carry the vessel up to town, there I lay till daylight within gunshot of this my... Nov. 11, 1830
1569 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I think Master Carter I hit the nail right on the head, when I got on board the Schooner, for I had a passage of three days and eighteen hours from Light to Light, which brought me to Cock Spur on... Nov. 16, 1830
1570 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Oh, how glad I am that it has come at last. I know it was the fault of the Post Masters, but now it is all past. Did I even hint at “unkindness” or “forgetfulness”? And as to “want of time” you... Nov. 19, 1830
1571 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee And have you been sick Cousin, & your Mother too? How I wish that I had been in the stead of both. And could I have known that it would have relieved those whom I so much love, I am sure I... Dec. 1, 1830
1572 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I have just returned from Savannah where I have been spending a few days of this New Year, which I hope will make me better pleased with the quiet & uniformity of CockSpur. I don't know... Jan. 4, 1831
1573 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter of 28th. Ultimo, though it reached Savannah "in due course of mail," only found its way down to CockSpur a few days ago. I went up to Savannah on the 22nd. to the Ball etc.... Feb. 27, 1831
1574 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your last letter, my dear Carter found me under orders for this place. And as I was obliged to finish some drawings before I left Cockspur, I had not time to answer it. I came across from Savannah... May 26, 1831
1575 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your last letter, my dear Carter found me under orders for this place. And as I was obliged to finish some drawings before I left Cockspur, I had not time to answer it. I came across from savannah... May 26, 1831
1576 Henry Lee, IV Charles Carter Lee Your letter of the 20th and 30th April reached me together about 3 days ago, enclosing the one a credit on Haune for 1530 francs, and the other a duplicate of the meme. Being so far from Paris I... Jun. 15, 1831
1577 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee The day has been fixed & it is the 30th June, I can tell you I begin to feel right funny when I count my days, especially when I consider the novel situation in which I shall be placed. However... Jun. 15, 1831
1578 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee The day has been fixed & it is the 30th June, I can tell you I begin to feel right funny when I count my days, especially when I consider the novel situation in which I shall be placed. However... Jun. 15, 1831
1579 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott So Captain, you would not come up to Arlington on that memorable Thursday. But I gave you the severest scolding you have had this many a day, from which I hope you will derive great benefit.... Jul. 13, 1831
1580 Charles Carter Lee Henry "Black Horse Harry" Lee I received day before yesterday by the Packet, France, which sailed from Havre on the 2nd of June, two letters from you, one dated on the 15th & the other on the 26th of May. It seems from... Jul. 21, 1831
1581 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee, Robert E. Lee Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis As I am quite alone my dearest mother & have finished my morning’s reading which you know consists generally of Doddridge & my Bible, have got Cassy2 down to her Bible lesson. I think I may... Sep. 4, 1831
1582 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Although I have not yet heard My dear Carter that you have taken up your line of march for N. York, Yet I will not let pass the opportunity of Kennedy's return there to thank you for your... Oct. 12, 1831
1583 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I am glad My dear Carter that you have safely returned from that tract of Mountain & Rock & think that its hard & rough surface must have occasioned you & your horse many a jolt... Apr. 6, 1832
1584 Bernard Moore Carter Charles Carter Lee I have recd yesterday by Mr Childe your letter of 4th Inst. from Arlington. I very much regret that the tardy steps of “Le Promeneur”[2] were too late to overtake the fleet movement of “the... Apr. 7, 1832
1585 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I am happy to have it in my power to catch you, though even on the wing. For you have been a bird of Passage so long, & have either left, or about to leave, any place you may have been at,... Aug. 17, 1832
1586 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your last letter, Aug 23rd arrived, two days ago. I am happy to find that Spring camp has the charms of 30 cleared acres & of meeting your selection, & hope that the Cabin & its... Sep. 1, 1832
1587 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I suppose before this you have received my letter directed to Spring Camp etc & for the reasons therein stated are not expecting me, as your last letter from Mr. Burwell's would seem to... Sep. 28, 1832
1588 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott CASHIER OF THE OFFICE OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSITE OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES at Norfolk, Va.PAY to the order of Lieut. R. E. LeeForty 41/100 Dollars $ 40.41/100Dear Capt.,I have deposited $40.41... Dec. 1832
1589 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott I send by this morning's mail the warrant which arrived yesterday & a receipt for the Aud[ito]r. I told you when I wrote yesterday that we should probably close operations next week. We... Dec. 1832
1590 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter of 24th Nov - reached me last night. I had begun to fear, that surrounded by so much that is wild & magnificent, you had forgotten us in this lame & flat country. However from... Jan. 6, 1833
1591 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I have been intending to write ever since my arrival & to have given you intelligence of what is passing in the Country, But the devil of it is that nothing is passing in this Country, & as... Feb. 1, 1833
1592 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott I send you up all the Acc[oun]ts. against Fts. M[onroe] & C[alhoun] held in N[orfolk], which you can pay at your leisure., That of C. Hall embraces all the articles received from him, but only... Mar. 1833
1593 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your very acceptable letter dated 24th April has come to hand & I am delighted to find that you & the Promence have arrived safely at your respective habitations. I hope you found things in... Apr. 6, 1833
1594 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott I am sorry that I was so particularly sleepy headed this morning & only rose in time to SEE you safe aboard the boat. I hope however to get another peep at yourself & Mrs. T[alcott] as you... Jun. 1833
1595 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott Accompanying this you will find a statement of Proceedings &c. I forgot to mention that in laying the covering course over the gutter on casemated courtway, I found that it was laid in cement.... Jul. 1833
1596 Henry Lee, IV Richard T. Brown I owe you many thanks, my dear Sir, for your letter of the 9th June; In counting on your friendship, I was not wrong: absence, calumny, and misfortune that made some persecute and others desert me,... Aug. 24, 1833
1597 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee It has been a very long time since I have written to you & I have no reason to assign for it, except procrastination. I have put it off from day to day, since the reception of your letter.... Sep. 16, 1833
1598 Robert E. Lee L. W. Tazewell Capt A. Talcott before leaving this Post, gave directions that Service of these works, should be retained for you. These have now accumulated to the number of 200, & are in our way Please let... Sep. 17, 1833
1599 Robert E. Lee John Mackay I flatter myself it is entirely useless, or as Captain Fabius would more elegantly express it, it is surely a work of superrogation, to allude even in the remotest manner to any part of your last... Nov. 28, 1833
1600 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Charles Carter Lee Most willingly would I have complied with your last injunction of writing forthwith had it been in my power. But your letter reached Arlington after I had taken my departure for this place &... Apr. 14, 1834