Lee, Charles, 1731-1782

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Lee was a veteran British Army officer who settled in America in 1773 and was appointed a major general in the Continental Army at the outbreak of the Revolution. In 1778, he was appointed to lead the attack at the Battle of Monmouth, but instead retreated without warning, apparently ignored orders from George Washington, and afterward demanded an apology from him. Lee was suspended and later dismissed from the Army.

From the description of ALS, 1776 Jan. 30, Stamford, Ct., to Robert Morris, Philadelphia. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86156133
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creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter, 1776 March 25, Phila[delphia], to General [Charles] Lee, Williamsburg, [Va.]. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786. ALS, 1777 March 2 : Head Quarters, Morristown, to Robert Morris, Philadelphia. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Gratz, Simon. Miscellaneous personal autographs, 1754-1824. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS, 1777 Apr. 4, New York, N.Y., to Robert Morris, Philadelphia. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Hutson, Richard, 1748-1795. Richard Hutson letter to John Hancock, 1778 Nov. 3. South Carolina Historical Society
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS, 1782 March 14 : Dumfries, to General Horatio Gates. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn White, Edward, of Brookline, Mass. ALsS : Valley Forge, to Benjamin White, Brookline, Mass., 1778. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Historical manuscripts, 1636-1935. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
referencedIn Baldwin, Loammi, 1745-1807. Papers, 1768-1872 Houghton Library
creatorOf Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824. ALS, 1778 December 16 : [s.l.], to Charles Lee. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915 Houghton Library
referencedIn Hunton, Hamilton Morris, 1908-. Autograph collection of Hamilton Morris Hutton [manuscript], 1828-1930. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume IV, Miscellany, 1756-1807 Cornell University Library
creatorOf Whipple, Bella. Bella Whipple orderly book, 5 June- 18 Nov. 1775. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Hancock, John, 1736-1793. LS, 1776 July 22, Philadelphia, to Major General [Charles] Lee. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Papers, 1775-1782. Houghton Library
referencedIn Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume III, Miscellany, 1756-1807 Cornell University Library
creatorOf Morris, Robert, 1734-1806. Letter to Gen. Charles Lee, 1776 June 24. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. Autograph letter signed : to his sister Sidney Lee, 1778 Mar. 20. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Litchfield, Conn., American Revolution military record, 1776 Jan. 21. Litchfield Historical Society
referencedIn Bradish, David, 1745-1818. David Bradish orderly book, 1778-1786. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf United States. Continental Army. [Lee-Howe orderly book] [microform]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Logan, Robert Restalrig,. Collection, 1671-1863. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Schley, Reeve, 1881-1960. Papers, 1670-1969. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Russell, Jonathan, 1771-1832. Letter, 1815 February 14. American Periodical Series I
creatorOf Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785. Letter from Jonathan Trumbull to Charles Lee, 1776, Feb. 12. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. Orderly book and will of Charles Lee, 1776-1782. Library of Congress
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. Plan for subduing the American Colonies, 1777. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS, 1778 July 3 : Brunswick, to Robert Morris. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Washington, George, 1732-1799. LS : Wrights Mills, N.Y., to William Alexander, Lord Stirling, 1778 July 25. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Robert Morris papers, 1751-1802 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. Letter to Charles Townsend [manuscript] 5 November 1761. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS, 1776 Jan. 23, Stamford, Ct., to Robert Morris. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Holmes, Josiah, 1790-1860. Papers 1667-1918. Colorado College, Tutt Library
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS, [1776] Feb. 20, New York, N.Y., to Robert Morris, Philadelphia. Rosenbach Museum & Library
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. Letter signed : Philadelphia, to Thomas Nelson, 1799 Apr. 30. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn John Dickinson papers, Bulk, 1753-1808, 1676-1885 Library company of Philadelphia
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS, 1776 Jan. 30, Stamford, Ct., to Robert Morris, Philadelphia. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805. Letter : Lighthouse Island, [S.C.], to Major General Lee, Charles Town, [S.C.], 1776 Aug. 2. South Carolina Historical Society
referencedIn Henry Clinton papers, 1736-1850 William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS, 1776 June 3 : Charlestown, to Colonel William Palfrey, Pay Master General of the Continent, Head Quarters. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Massachusetts papers, 1774-1780. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn David Bradish orderly book 1778-1786 Bradish, David orderly book William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. Letter, 1776 March 16, [Williamsburg, Va.], to William Woodford, Caroline [Co., Va.]. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Collection of documents concerning the American Revolution, 1740-1866 Houghton Library
referencedIn Gibbes, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1809-1866. Robert W. Gibbes papers, 1803 - 1931; bulk, (1803-1873). University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958. Houghton Library
referencedIn Hooker, Roger, 1751-1830. Orderly books, 1775. Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. Letter, 1776 March 15, [n.p.], to an unnamed recipient. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. Letters to his sister, 1756-1781 Houghton Library
creatorOf Stillman, George, 1751-1799. George Stillman papers, 1775-1803. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS, 1776 January 3 : Camp, to Robert Morris, Philadelphia. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
creatorOf Morris, Robert, 1734-1806. Robert Morris papers, 1751-1802. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Plan for subduing the American Colonies, 1777 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Maass, Richard, 1919-1998,. The Richard Maass collection of Westchester and New York State, 1645-1910 (bulk 1770-1783). Churchill County Museum
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782,. Autograph letters signed from Charles Lee, Williamsburg and camp on Winter Hill, to various people [manuscript], 1775-1776. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. Autograph letter signed : Alexandria, to George Simpson, cashier of the bank of the United States, 1799 Sept. 28. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf White, Alexander, ca. 1738-1804. ALS, 1776 June 27 : Winchester, to Major General Charles Lee. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Lee, Charles Carter, 1798-1871, collector. Collection, 1768-1931 (bulk 1813-1870) [microform]. Library of Virginia
referencedIn Clark, John, fl. 1778-1781. ALS (draft) : Philadelphia, to Charles Lee, 1778 Sept. 3. Rosenbach Museum & Library
creatorOf Gwathmey collection, 1708-1852 University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. Autograph letter signed : to Messrs. Inglis and Long, 1776 Jan. 26. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Wythe, George, 1726-1806. Letter to John Page, 1776 October 7. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS, [1775] Dec. 7, Winter Hill, Mass., to Robert Morris. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Portrait file: Guide. Houghton Library
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. Charles Lee letterbook, 1776 July 2 - Aug. [27?]. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS, 1779 March 15 : Philadelphia, to unknown. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Richard Maass Collection of Westchester and New York State, Bulk, 1645-1910, 1645-1995 (Bulk: 1645-1910) Fales Library & Special Collections
referencedIn Rosengarten, J. G. (Joseph George), 1835-1921. The German allied troops in the North American war of independence, and related materials, ca. 1767-1893. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Henry Clinton papers, 1736-1850 William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Archibald Bulloch papers, 1769-1777. Georgia Historical Society
referencedIn George Stillman papers, 1775-1803 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Autograph File, L, 1641-1976. Houghton Library
referencedIn Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume IX, Miscellany, 1766-1808 Cornell University Library
creatorOf Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS, 1775 July 29, Winter Hill, Mass., to Robert Morris. Rosenbach Museum & Library
creatorOf Heath, William, 1737-1814. Papers, 1774-1872. Massachusetts Historical Society
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correspondedWith Baldwin, Loammi, 1740-1807 person
associatedWith Bradish, David, 1745-1818. person
associatedWith Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792 person
associatedWith Clark, John, fl. 1778-1781. person
associatedWith Clinton, Henry, 1771-1829 person
associatedWith Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795. person
associatedWith Cooke, Nicholas, 1717-1782 person
associatedWith Dearborn, Frederick M. (Frederick Myers), b. 1876 person
associatedWith Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 person
associatedWith Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805. person
associatedWith Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806. person
associatedWith Gibbes, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1809-1866. person
associatedWith Gratz, Simon. person
associatedWith Hancock, John, 1736-1793. person
associatedWith Heath, William, 1737-1814. person
correspondedWith Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 person
associatedWith Holmes, Josiah, 1790-1860. person
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associatedWith Hunton, Hamilton Morris, 1908- person
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associatedWith Lee, Charles. person
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associatedWith Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. person
associatedWith Lee, Sidney, person
sibling of Lee, Sidney, -1788 person
associatedWith Logan, Robert Restalrig, person
associatedWith Long, M., person
associatedWith Maass, Richard, 1919-1998, person
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correspondedWith Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 person
correspondedWith Moultrie, William, 1730-1805 person
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correspondedWith Palfrey family. family
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associatedWith Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. person
correspondedWith Robinson, Miss person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, person
associatedWith Rosengarten, J. G. (Joseph George), 1835-1921. person
associatedWith Russell, Jonathan, 1771-1832. person
correspondedWith Rutledge, John, 1739-1800 person
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associatedWith Washington, George, 1732-1799 person
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Birth 1731-02-06

Death 1782-10-02

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