4566. LEE (Richard Henry), In the Revolution.—
I presume you have received a copy of the Life of Richard H. Lee, from his
grandson of the same name, author of the
work. You and I know that he merited much
during the Revolution. Eloquent, bold, and
ever watchful at his post, of which his biographer
omits no proof. I am not certain whether
the friends of George Mason, of Patrick Henry,
yourself,
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and even of General Washington,
may not reclaim some feathers of the plumage
given him, noble as was his proper and original
coat.—
To John Adams. Washington ed. vii, 422.
Ford ed., x, 347.
(M.
1825)
