ALS, 1782 March 14 : Dumfries, to General Horatio Gates | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Lee congratulates Gates on "the honour you have so justly acquired," wishing "may you be personally happy, for I despair ... of your being politically so." Lee bitterly denounces "the present tyrannical anarchy," saying he would "rather marry the Devil's Daughter ... than remain a single instant in this accursed Pandemonium."