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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Scope and Contents
Lee Lee Lee Lees LeeThe sixteen R.E. Lee items cover a date span of 22 years from 1847 through 1869. There are ten letters of Mrs. Mary Randolph Custis Lee ranging from the early 1850s to shortly before her death in 1873.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
- Cocke, Edmund R.
- Cocke, Preston
- Hallowell, Benjamin
- Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899
- Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
- Kerr, Charles
- Lee, Agnes
- Lee, Charles Carter
- Lee, George Washington Custis
- Lee, Mary Randolph Custis
- Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1883
- Lee, Mildred Childe, 1846-1905
- Lee, Richard Henry
- Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)
- Lee, Robert E., Jr., 1843-1914
- Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 1837-1891
- Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John)
- Maury, Matthew Fontaine
- Maury, Richard S.
- Preston, Margaret Junkin
- Wise, Henry
Container List
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 1 1847-02-28English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 2 1853-01-06English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 3 1861-10-11English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 4 1862-04-18English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 5 1862-09-23English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 6 1863-03-21English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 7 1863-10-31English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 8 1864-05-10English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 9 1865-03-01English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 10 1865-07-31English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 11 1865-07-31English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 12
Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Maury, Matthew FontaineLee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-09-08English.
Scope and Contents
In this letter From Cartersville, Va, Lee writes to Maury that he is disappointed in the government but that he wants to continue trying to make it better. He advises Maury against his ideas about starting a settlement of ex-Confederates and other immigrants. A transcription of this letter is housed with the original.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 13 1865-09-11English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 14 1866-01-08English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 15 1868-03-07English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 16 1869-05-15English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 17 1870-10-15English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 18 1867-01-14English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 19
English.
- 1852-02-10vEnglish.
- English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 20 1803-08-26English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 21 1775English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 22 1791-10-10English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 23 1801-11-28English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 24 1802-09-28English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 25 1848-02-01English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 26 1848-06-25English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 27 1853-04-30English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 28 1892-10-11English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 29 1892-10-22English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 30 1892-12-30English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 31 1780-07-05English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 32 1865-09-30English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 33 1875-11-11English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 34 1877-09-22English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 35 1877-10-09English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 36 1877-10-24English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 37 1878-12-27English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 38 1880-01-12English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 39 1883-01-04English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 40 1883-12-20English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 41 1884-01-05English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 42 1885-04-20English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 43 1894-05-17English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 44 1898-04-14English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 45 1862-12-26English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 46 1871-05-10English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 47 1875-03-20English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 48 1876-09-30English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 49
Thos. E. Marshall, Jr. to Edmund R. Cocke1893-09-04English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
Lee, Mary Randolph Custis
Two letters appear laminated.English.
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1850s
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50 1850-08-22English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50 1852-02-15English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50 1859-02-11English.
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1860s
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50 1865-01-27English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50 1867-06-12English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50 1868-05-22English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50 1869-08-29English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50 English.
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1870s
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50 1873-09-16English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
Note in the same pocket would appear to be from the 1870s.English.
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- Mixed Materials [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 51 1868English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 52 1875-03-20English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 53 English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 54 1874-01-04English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 55 1896-08-20English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 56 1881-08-25English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 57 1778-10-21English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 58 1781-08-02English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 58A 1785-01-04English.
- Mixed Materials [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 59 1885English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 60 1866-01-14 English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 61 1875-03-20English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 62 1913-03-01English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 63 1913-03-17English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 64 1914-10-31English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 65 1852-02-15English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 66 1875-03-20English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 67 English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 68
George Washington Parke Custis to L. Littlejohn1817-06-23English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 69
George Washington Parke Custis to Philip R. Ferndale1830-03-12English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 70
George Washington Parke Custis to "Dearest Wife & Daughter"1839-09-16English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 71
George Washington Parke Custis to William Seward1850-03-15English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 72
Custis, George Washington Parke to Henry E. Wise1850-10-15English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 73
George Washington Parke Custis to Benson Lossing1855-12-02 English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 74
Custis, to Henry Winder At National Theatre, N.D.English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 75 English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 1
P. G. T. Beauregard to I. Frank Howe?1865-12-22English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 1
P. G. T. Beauregard to Laure Beauregard Larendon1879-04-02English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 1
P. G. T. Beauregard to Judge Alf. Roman1882-10-25English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 1
P. G. T. Beauregard reply to John L. Manning1861-05English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 2
Thomas N. Burwell to Edward Carrington1810-06-12English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 3
Teller's Receipt, First National Bank of Alexandria, Va.1865-08-07English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 3
Will of Mrs. A. M. Fitzhugh1873-09-05English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 4
D. I. Markey to Benjamin Hallowell1851-04-10English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 4
Mr. Ayers to Benjamin Hallowell1851-04-17English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 4
Benjamin Hallowell to Robert W. Miller1873-11-14English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 5
D. H. Hill to Hon. John W. Ellis1861-06-16English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 6
Jed Hotchkiss to his wife1873-06-30English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 7
Gen. Edward Johnson to S. C. P. Mitlan1862-01-17English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 8
Gen. Edward Johnson to Col. Johnson1861-08-06English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 9
Lt. J. E. Johnston to "Captain"1841-09-08English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 9
Gen. J. E. Johnston to Maj. Gen. Jackson1862-05-27English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 9
Gen. J. E. Johnston to Maj. Gen. Wilson1866-02-04English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 9
Gen. J. E. Johnston to Prof. J. L. Cabell, M. D.1870-07-30English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 9
Gen. J. E. Johnston to Col. C. H. Andrews1874-12-09English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 10
"In Memoriam. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston," Sermon by Rev. A. T. Porter, D. D.1891English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 11
Margaret Junkin to Mr. Sartain1852-02-11English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 11
Margaret Junkin to Mr. Sartain, Jan. 14 (no year)English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 12
"For Sarah Ann" from "My brotherinlaw, Wm. P. McKune"1850-09-15English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 13
"Nellie" to "My dear little sister"1874-08-08English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 14
E. F. Paxton to Samuel I. Campbell1863-04-27English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 15
Frank Preston to Unknown1797-07-08English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 16 1860English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 17
Gen. Winfield Scott and others, battle orders to Commander/Capt. Dahlgren1861 and N.D.English.