May 04, 2017 - Sale 2446

Sale 2446 - Lot 25

Price Realized: $ 812
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) LEE, CHARLES. Portion of an Autograph Letter Signed, 5 lines including closing, mounted to a larger sheet. 4x6 1/2 inches; few words truncated at right edge (not affecting signature), moderate scattered dampstaining and foxing, biography of Lee written on the mount in another hand. (MRS) Np, [28 July 1776?]
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"--until the arrival of the Post which will probably furnish me with some interesting materials. In the mean time, I am, Dr [truncated] with the greatest respect . . . ."
Charles Lee (1758-1818) was the brother of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee, and a jurist, who served in the Continental Congress and the Virginia Assembly, was appointed by Washington as Attorney General (1795-1801), declined Jefferson's offer of appointment to the Supreme Court, and defended Aaron Burr.