1From John Adams to Richard Henry Lee, 24 February 1821 (Adams Papers)
You have confered an obligation upon me by your kind letter of February the 6th. In former years of my Life I reckoned among my friends 4 gentlemen of your name Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee William Ludlow Lee and Arthur Lee, all Gentlemen of respectable characters for capacity information and integrity, with your Grandfather Richard Henry Lee I served in congress from 1774 to 1778...
2From John Jay to Richard Henry Lee, 12 February 1823 (Jay Papers)
I rec d . by the last Mail, your friendly Letter of the 30 th . ult— the principal object of which you observe, is to ob t ain from me, if I recollect minutely on the Subject, a correct account of the part which your Grandfather acted in the three leading committees appointed by the Congress of 1774— these were the Committees to prepare an address to the King of England— to the People of Great...
3From James Madison to Richard Henry Lee, 9 February 1824 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of Jany. 24. came to hand by the mail of friday last. The letter from President Monroe which it enclosed wd. have been recd. with pleasure from your own hand. Your Grandfather Richard Henry Lee, of whom you are preparing a biographical Memoir, having borne a conspicuous part in our Revolution, I should very cheerfully make any contribution in my power towards the pourtrait of his...
4From James Madison to Richard Henry Lee, 11 March 1824 (Madison Papers)
J.M. presents his respects to Mr. Lee & returns the letters sent for his inspection. They contain nothing which wd. seem to require his dissent to their publi⟨cati⟩on if deemed worthy of a place in the correspondence selected for that purpose. If there be any doubtful passage, it is the allusion to a culpable love of power in the General Assembly; which may touch the personal feelings of...
5From Thomas Jefferson to Richard Henry Lee, 29 November 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you, Sir, for the copy you have been so kind as to send me of the life of R. H. Lee. I shall read it with great pleasure for a dictum of Virgil’ s taught us long ago the truth that ‘ juvet renovare dolores .’ altho’ the times were trying, we look back to them with satisfaction. your grandfather was a great man , and acted a great part in those awful scenes, and he is fortunate in...