Lee Letter: b010




<br /> Lee Letter: b010

Washington and Lee University

Sender: Richard Henry Lee
Recipient: Landon Carter

Chantilly September the 20. 1765

Dear Sir

I shall not fail to send your packet to Jonas Green by the first favorable opportunity. I have perused it, and arn well pleased with your manner of defending us, as well as with the justness of your reasoning.

I heartily wish you a recovery of firm health, which will give the greatest pleasure to dear Sir your truly

affectionate friend.

R. H. Lee

Notes:

Lee PapersVirginia Historical Society

Printed in James Curtis Ballagh, The Letters of Richard Henry Lee, Volume 1, 1762 – 1778, p. 12. The copies of letters to Carter in the Virginia Historical Society also contain a transcript of this letter.