Ill  a  rude  cabin  of  one  apartment  and  little  fur-
niture he  lived  "  more  like  a  hermit  than  a  citi-
zen of  the  world,"  surrounded  by  his  dogs  and
liis  books.  Just  as  his  time  of  suspension  had
expired  he  heard  that  Congress  was  about  to
deprive  him  of  his  commission,  when,  in  a  fit  of
:inf;er,  he  wrote  an  abusive  letter  to  the  Presi-
dent, aud  his  immediate  dismission  from  the
army  was  the  consequence.  Wearied  of  solitude,
he  visited  Philadelphia  in  the  fall  of  1782,  with
a,  view  to  making  sale  of  his  estate.  There  he
was  attacked  by  fever,  and  died  within  five
days,  exclaiming  in  his  last  moments,  "  Stand
by  me,  my  brave  grenadiers!"  In  his  will.  Gen-
eral Lee,  after  bequeathing  his  "soul  to  the  Al-
mighty and  his  body  to  the  earth,"  directed  that
his  remains  should  not  "  be  buried  in  any  church
or  church-yard,  or  within  a  mile  of  any  Presby-
terian or  Anabaptist  meeting-house ;  for,"  he
said,  "since  I  have  resided  in  this  country,  I
have  kept  so  much  bad  company  when  living
that  I  do  not  choose  to  continue  it  when  dead."
He  was  buried  in  Christ  Church-yard,  Philadel-
phia, with  militaiy  honors.
Iiee,  Charles,  in  New  York.  Isaac  Sears,
an  active  "Sou  of  Liberty"  in  New  York,  fail-
ing in  obtaining  official  preferment,  repaired  to
the  camp  at  Cambridge,  to  make  complaint  of
the  prevalence  of  Toryism  in  New  York,  and
the  supineness  of  the  Provincial  Convention.
