Editing Charles Lee (general) (section)

==Later life and Death==
[[File:General Charles Lee.jpg|right|thumb|Lee was very fond of dogs, and was seldom seen without half a dozen at his heels.]]

Lee retired to his [[Prato Rio]] property, where he bred horses and dogs.<ref name="DNB"/><ref name="appleton"/> However, debts had again accumulated, and his advisors recommended liquidating the property. By the spring of 1780, in addition to more frequent gout attacks, Lee had acquired a chronic cough which with other symptoms might have indicated [[tuberculosis]]. He made a final tour of Baltimore, Williamsburg, and Fredericksburg, Virginia; Frederick, Maryland; and western Pennsylvania.<ref>Papas, [{{GBurl|bx7qAgAAQBAJ|p=286}} pp. 286-287].</ref> While visiting [[Philadelphia]] to complete the property's sale (that to Maryland buyers having fallen through), he was stricken with fever and died<ref name="anb"/> in an inn on 2 October 1782.<ref name="DNB"/><ref name="appleton"/> Despite a provision of his will that denounced organized religion and specifically forbade burial near a church or religious meeting house, his remains were taken to the City Tavern for friends and dignitaries to pay their respects, then a military escort took his remains to [[Christ Church, Philadelphia|Christ Church]], where after a brief Anglican service, Lee was buried in the churchyard in an unmarked grave.<ref name="anb"/><ref name="DNB"/><ref name="appleton"/><ref>Papas, [{{GBurl|bx7qAgAAQBAJ|p=288}} pp. 288-291].</ref> Lee left his property to his sister, Sidney Lee, who died unmarried in 1788.<ref name="DNB"/><ref>Papas, [{{GBurl|bx7qAgAAQBAJ|p=289}} p. 289].</ref>