Memoirs of the life of the late Charles Lee, Esq. : ... second in command in the service of the United States of America during the revolution : to which are added, his political and military essays : also, letters to and from many distinguished characters, both in Europe and America

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Charles, 1731-1782.

Contributor:

Langworthy, Edward, 1738?-1802.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 284 p. ; 18 cm.

Edition:

2nd American ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Printed by T. Allen, 1793.

Contents:

Memoirs of Major General Lee

Miscellaneous pieces : Sketch of plan for the formation of a military colony. An essay on the coup d'oeil. A picture of the Countess of

. An account of a conversation, chiefly relative to the Army. An epistle to David Hume, esq. A political essay. A breakfast for R[ivington]. To the people of America. To the gentlemen of the Provincial Congress of Virginia. On a famous trial in the court of common pleas, between General Mostyn, governor of Minorca, and an inhabitant of that Island. A short history of the treatment of Major General Conway, late in the service of America. Proposals for the formation of a body of light troops ready to be detached on an emergent occasion. Some queries, political and military, humbly offered to the consideration of the public. Copy of General Lee's will

Letters to General Lee from several eminent characters both in Europe and America [Nov. 1759 to Oct. 1781]

Letters from General Lee [Dec. 1766 to June 1782].

Notes:

First edition, London, 1792.

The memoir (p. [1]-47) is by Edward Langworthy.