A Guide to the Lee-Jackson Collection WLU.Coll.0170

A Guide to the Lee-Jackson Collection WLU.Coll.0170


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Washington and Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library Special Collections and Archives

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Repository
Washington and Lee  next hit University, James G. Leyburn Library Special Collections and Archives
Identification
WLU.Coll.0170
Title
previous hit Lee  next hit-Jackson Foundation Collection 1847-1905 Bulk dates 1847-1869
Quantity
118 Item
Creator
Maury, Matthew Fontaine
source
previous hit Lee  next hit-Jackson Foundation
Creator
Maury, Richard S.
Creator
previous hit Lee  next hit, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1883
Creator
previous hit Lee  next hit, George Washington Custis
Creator
Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John)
Creator
Wise, Henry
Creator
Cocke, Preston
Creator
previous hit Lee  next hit, William Henry Fitzhugh, 1837-1891
Creator
previous hit Lee  next hit, Robert E., Jr., 1843-1914
Creator
Cocke, Edmund R.
Creator
previous hit Lee  next hit, Charles Carter
Creator
previous hit Lee  next hit, Richard Henry
Creator
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Creator
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
Creator
Hallowell, Benjamin
Creator
Kerr, Charles
Creator
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899
Creator
Preston, Margaret Junkin
Creator
previous hit Lee  next hit, Mildred Childe, 1846-1905
Creator
previous hit Lee  next hit, Agnes
Language
English .

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Preferred Citation

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of previous hit Lee  next hit-Jackson Foundation of Charlottesville, Va.


Scope and Contents

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The sixteen R.E. previous hit Lee  next hit items cover a date span of 22 years from 1847 through 1869. There are ten letters of Mrs. Mary Randolph Custis previous hit Lee  next hit ranging from the early 1850s to shortly before her death in 1873.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • American Confederate voluntary exiles
  • Confederate States of America
  • Correspondence
  • previous hit Lee  next hit-Jackson Foundation
  • Mexico

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

Letters, 1775-1903
Text box: 1 English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 1
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to "My dear Major"
    1847-02-28English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 2
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to Joseph G. Totten
    1853-01-06English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 3
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to William J. Clarke
    1861-10-11English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 4
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to Major Harman
    1862-04-18English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 5
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to "My dear Madame"
    1862-09-23English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 6
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to Isaac Trimble
    1863-03-21English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 7
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to Gov. John Letcher
    1863-10-31English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 8
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to Richard Ewell
    1864-05-10English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 9
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to Mrs. Margaret B. Daingerfield
    1865-03-01English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 10
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to Richard S. Maury
    1865-07-31English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 11
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit (circular letter) from Near Cartersville
    1865-07-31English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 12
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to Matthew Fontaine Maury
    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, previous hit Lee  next hit 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
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to Richard S. Maury
    1865-09-11English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 14
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to Major W. I. Hawks
    1866-01-08English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 15
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to John W. Truslow
    1868-03-07English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 16
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit to Dr. A. G. Bledsoe
    1869-05-15English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 17
    Printed funeral announcement re Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit
    1870-10-15English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 18
    Agnes previous hit Lee  next hit to Mrs. Richard L. Maury
    1867-01-14English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 19
    Alfred previous hit Lee  next hit to N. Burwell, 2 notes
    English.
    • Alfred previous hit Lee  next hit to N. Burwell
      1852-02-10vEnglish.
    • Alfred previous hit Lee  next hit to N. Burwell, N.D.
      English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 20
    Arthur previous hit Lee  next hit -- court copy of his will made on 1792-07-07
    1803-08-26English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 21
    Arthur previous hit Lee  next hit printed copy of his, "An Appeal to the Justice and Interests of the People of Great Britain, in the Present Disputes with America"
    1775English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 22
    Charles previous hit Lee  next hit to Joseph Nourse
    1791-10-10English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 23
    Charles previous hit Lee  next hit to James McHenry
    1801-11-28English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 24
    Charles previous hit Lee  next hit to William A. Washington
    1802-09-28English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 25
    Charles Carter previous hit Lee  next hit to Nat Burwell
    1848-02-01English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 26
    Charles Carter previous hit Lee  next hit to Nat Burwell
    1848-06-25English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 27
    Charlotte W. previous hit Lee  next hit to Nat Burwell
    1853-04-30English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 28
    Edmund Jennings previous hit Lee  next hit to Alexander Brown
    1892-10-11English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 29
    Edmund Jennings previous hit Lee  next hit to Alexander Brown
    1892-10-22English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 30
    Edmund Jennings previous hit Lee  next hit to "My dear Sir"
    1892-12-30English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 31
    Francis Lightfoot previous hit Lee  next hit to "My dearest"
    1780-07-05English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 32
    Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit to "General"
    1865-09-30English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 33
    Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit, Received of Charles Kerr
    1875-11-11English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 34
    Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit to Charlie G. Kerr
    1877-09-22English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 35
    Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit to Charlie G. Kerr
    1877-10-09English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 36
    Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit to Charlie G. Kerr
    1877-10-24English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 37
    Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit to Charlie G. Kerr
    1878-12-27English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 38
    Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit to Mr. Warfeild
    1880-01-12English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 39
    Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit to Charlie Kerr
    1883-01-04English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 40
    Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit to Charlie Kerr
    1883-12-20English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 41
    Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit to Charlie Kerr
    1884-01-05English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 42
    Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit to Samuel M. Duncan
    1885-04-20English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 43
    Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit to "My dear General"
    1894-05-17English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 44
    Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit to Eliot Danforth
    1898-04-14English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 45
    George Washington Custis previous hit Lee  next hit
    1862-12-26English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 46
    George Washington Custis previous hit Lee  next hit to Thomas F. Balfe
    1871-05-10English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 47
    George Washington Custis previous hit Lee  next hit, concerning Mrs. A. M. Fitzhugh's estate
    1875-03-20English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 48
    George Washington Custis previous hit Lee  next hit to Harry C. Hines
    1876-09-30English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 49
    Thos. E. Marshall, Jr. to Edmund R. Cocke
    1893-09-04English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
    Mary Anna Randolph Custis previous hit Lee  next hit
    Lee, Mary Randolph Custis
    Two letters appear laminated.
    English.
    • 1850s
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis previous hit Lee  next hit to "My dear Abbey"
        1850-08-22English.
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis previous hit Lee  next hit to "Dear Brother"
        1852-02-15English.
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis previous hit Lee  next hit [to Mr. L.]
        1859-02-11English.
    • 1860s
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis previous hit Lee  next hit to Abbey L. Cook
        1865-01-27English.
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis previous hit Lee  next hit [to Benson J. Lossing]
        1867-06-12English.
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis previous hit Lee  next hit to "My dear Letty"
        1868-05-22English.
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis previous hit Lee  next hit to Unknown
        1869-08-29English.
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis previous hit Lee  next hit to "My dear Miss Letty"
        English.
    • 1870s
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis previous hit Lee  next hit to Unknown
        1873-09-16English.
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Note in the same pocket would appear to be from the 1870s.
        English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 51
    Mary R. Custis previous hit Lee  next hit to Mrs. Cocke
    1868English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 52
    Mary Custis previous hit Lee  next hit (daughter), concerning estate of A. M. Fitzhugh
    1875-03-20English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 53
    Mildred previous hit Lee  next hit to Preston Cocke, N.D.
    English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 54
    Midred previous hit Lee  next hit to M. F. Maury, Jr.
    1874-01-04English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 55
    Midred previous hit Lee  next hit to Mary
    1896-08-20English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 56
    Midred previous hit Lee  next hit to Elizabeth Cocke
    1881-08-25English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 57
    Richard Henry previous hit Lee  next hit to Patrick Henry
    1778-10-21English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 58
    Richard Henry previous hit Lee  next hit to Unknown
    1781-08-02English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 58A
    Richard Henry previous hit Lee  next hit to Alexander Martin
    1785-01-04English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 59
    Richard Henry previous hit Lee  next hit
    1885English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 60
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit, Jr. to Edmund R. Cocke
    1866-01-14 English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 61
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit, Jr., concerning estate of A. M. Fitzhugh
    1875-03-20English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 62
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit, Jr. to E. R. Cocke
    1913-03-01English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 63
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit, III to Edmund R. Cocke
    1913-03-17English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 64
    Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit, III to Edmund R. Cocke
    1914-10-31English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 65
    William Henry Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit to Custis previous hit Lee  next hit
    1852-02-15English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 66
    William Henry Fitzhugh previous hit Lee  next hit, concerning estate of A. M. Fitzhugh
    1875-03-20English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 67
    Photographic scrapbook relating to Robert E. previous hit Lee  next hit, N. D.
    English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 68
    George Washington Parke Custis to L. Littlejohn
    1817-06-23English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 69
    George Washington Parke Custis to Philip R. Ferndale
    1830-03-12English.
  • 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 Seward
    1850-03-15English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 72
    Custis, George Washington Parke to Henry E. Wise
    1850-10-15English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 73
    George Washington Parke Custis to Benson Lossing
    1855-12-02 English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 74
    Custis, to Henry Winder At National Theatre, N.D.
    English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 75
    Mary previous hit Lee  next hit Fitzhugh Custis to "My dear Lucretia", N.D.
    English.
Letters
Text box: 2 1797-1891English.
  • 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 Larendon
    1879-04-02English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 1
    P. G. T. Beauregard to Judge Alf. Roman
    1882-10-25English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 1
    P. G. T. Beauregard reply to John L. Manning
    1861-05English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 2
    Thomas N. Burwell to Edward Carrington
    1810-06-12English.
  • 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. Fitzhugh
    1873-09-05English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 4
    D. I. Markey to Benjamin Hallowell
    1851-04-10English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 4
    Mr. Ayers to Benjamin Hallowell
    1851-04-17English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 4
    Benjamin Hallowell to Robert W. Miller
    1873-11-14English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 5
    D. H. Hill to Hon. John W. Ellis
    1861-06-16English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 6
    Jed Hotchkiss to his wife
    1873-06-30English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 7
    Gen. Edward Johnson to S. C. P. Mitlan
    1862-01-17English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 8
    Gen. Edward Johnson to Col. Johnson
    1861-08-06English.
  • 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. Jackson
    1862-05-27English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 9
    Gen. J. E. Johnston to Maj. Gen. Wilson
    1866-02-04English.
  • 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. Andrews
    1874-12-09English.
  • 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. Sartain
    1852-02-11English.
  • 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. Campbell
    1863-04-27English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 15
    Frank Preston to Unknown
    1797-07-08English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 16
    Rockbridge previous hit County Election Record
    1860English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 17
    Gen. Winfield Scott and others, battle orders to Commander/Capt. Dahlgren
    1861 and N.D.English.