A Guide to the Mary Randolph Custis Lee Letter, 17 February 1858
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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 22404
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Preferred Citation
Mary Randolph Custis Lee Letter, 17 February 1858. Accession 22404, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Douglas Southall Freeman, Richmond, Virginia, 1 June 1945.
Biographical/Historical Information
Mary Randolph Custis Lee was born 1 October 1808 at Annedale, Clarke County, Virginia to George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857), the grandson of Martha Washington, and Mary Lee Fitzhugh (1788-1853). She married Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) at Arlington House 30 June 1831. Mary Custis Lee died 5 November 1873 in Lexington, Virginia.
Scope and Content Information
Letter, dated 17 February 1858, from Mary Randolph Custis Lee (1808-1873) at Arlington in Alexandria County (now Arlington County), Virginia, to W. G. Webster concerning agitation among and disposal of slaves left to her by her father George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857).