The Lee Papers 1754 - 1811 1872 Author:Charles Lee Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: apprehensive that it has miscarried; for the posts are frequently cut off by the Confederates. Tell him from me (but this I request you will not mention to a thi... more »rd person) that I hope he will not sell any land to purchase a company. He had better borrow the money; all I can muster shall be at his service, which will go a good way. I forgot to mention this in my letter. For God's sake make Rice procure me one of Elliot's dragoon casks; if Sir "William Erskine is about town he may ask him for one in my name; it is for the King of Poland. It must be sent to Mr Montague's in Lincoln's Inn-fields. Let your letters be as long as possible, and let them have in them as much of Juliet as possible. To Miss Sidney Lee. [July, 1769.] [Extract.] I have been in this place three months waiting for an opportunity to join the Russian army—a very safe one will now offer in ten or twelve days—the present Embassador is to join his Regiment. He will have a strong escort. I am happily very well acquainted with him and I believe am a sort of favorite of his. He is a good sort of man, has wit, knowledge and courage—in short a man of that stamp whose friendship gives one credit and pleasure. The King received me with the cordiality and good ness which I expected from his noble steady and frank character. He treats me-more like a brother than a Patron and Master. He this week intends honoring me with the rank of Major General—this is really an honor, for altho' amongst the Poles, many indifferent subjects, from- the nature of the government, arrive at a still higher rank, yet the foreigners who have obtainecl it have been men of unexceptionable character in the services in which they have been engaged. This testimony of so excellent a Prince's esteem Hatters me extremely. He is indeed an excell...« less