LEE THOMAS SIM Autograph Letter Signed Tho S Lee to General

Sale 2483 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 531

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Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350

LEE, THOMAS SIM. Autograph Letter Signed, "Tho. S. Lee," to General Horatio Gates, explaining that he could not deliver 200 pounds of gold and requesting to meet at Shepherdstown [WV]. Docketed on address leaf in the hand of Gates: "T. Sim Lee Esq. / Shepperds Town / 1st Dec'br 1788." 1 page, small 4to, with integral address leaf; remnants of prior mounting along vertical fold on terminal page, faint scattered offsetting, folds. "Needwood Forest" [Petersville, MD], 1 December 1782

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"I have two Hundred pounds in gold by me & have had Since the 19th of last Month but indisposition has put it out of my power to ride as far as Traveller's Rest & I fear now it is impracticable to proceed farther than Shepherd's Town & return this Even'g which my situation renders absolutely necessary; Permit me therefore to request the favor of you to meet me at One O'Clock at Shepherd's Town or as soon afterward as may be convenient to you."