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Preferred Citation
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lee-Jackson Foundation of Charlottesville, Va.
Scope and Contents
The 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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- American Confederate voluntary exiles
- Confederate States of America
- Correspondence
- Lee-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
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 1
Robert E. Lee to "My dear Major"1847-02-28English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 2
Robert E. Lee to Joseph G. Totten1853-01-06English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 3
Robert E. Lee to William J. Clarke1861-10-11English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 4
Robert E. Lee to Major Harman1862-04-18English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 5
Robert E. Lee to "My dear Madame"1862-09-23English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 6
Robert E. Lee to Isaac Trimble1863-03-21English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 7
Robert E. Lee to Gov. John Letcher1863-10-31English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 8
Robert E. Lee to Richard Ewell1864-05-10English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 9
Robert E. Lee to Mrs. Margaret B. Daingerfield1865-03-01English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 10
Robert E. Lee to Richard S. Maury1865-07-31English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 11
Robert E. Lee (circular letter) from Near Cartersville1865-07-31English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 12
Robert E. Lee to Matthew Fontaine MauryPhysical 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
Robert E. Lee to Richard S. Maury1865-09-11English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 14
Robert E. Lee to Major W. I. Hawks1866-01-08English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 15
Robert E. Lee to John W. Truslow1868-03-07English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 16
Robert E. Lee to Dr. A. G. Bledsoe1869-05-15English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 17
Printed funeral announcement re Robert E. Lee1870-10-15English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 18
Agnes Lee to Mrs. Richard L. Maury1867-01-14English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 19
Alfred Lee to N. Burwell, 2 notesEnglish.
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Alfred Lee to N. Burwell1852-02-10vEnglish.
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Alfred Lee to N. Burwell, N.D.English.
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- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 20
Arthur Lee -- court copy of his will made on 1792-07-071803-08-26English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 21
Arthur Lee 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 Lee to Joseph Nourse1791-10-10English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 23
Charles Lee to James McHenry1801-11-28English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 24
Charles Lee to William A. Washington1802-09-28English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 25
Charles Carter Lee to Nat Burwell1848-02-01English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 26
Charles Carter Lee to Nat Burwell1848-06-25English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 27
Charlotte W. Lee to Nat Burwell1853-04-30English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 28
Edmund Jennings Lee to Alexander Brown1892-10-11English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 29
Edmund Jennings Lee to Alexander Brown1892-10-22English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 30
Edmund Jennings Lee to "My dear Sir"1892-12-30English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 31
Francis Lightfoot Lee to "My dearest"1780-07-05English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 32
Fitzhugh Lee to "General"1865-09-30English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 33
Fitzhugh Lee, Received of Charles Kerr1875-11-11English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 34
Fitzhugh Lee to Charlie G. Kerr1877-09-22English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 35
Fitzhugh Lee to Charlie G. Kerr1877-10-09English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 36
Fitzhugh Lee to Charlie G. Kerr1877-10-24English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 37
Fitzhugh Lee to Charlie G. Kerr1878-12-27English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 38
Fitzhugh Lee to Mr. Warfeild1880-01-12English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 39
Fitzhugh Lee to Charlie Kerr1883-01-04English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 40
Fitzhugh Lee to Charlie Kerr1883-12-20English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 41
Fitzhugh Lee to Charlie Kerr1884-01-05English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 42
Fitzhugh Lee to Samuel M. Duncan1885-04-20English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 43
Fitzhugh Lee to "My dear General"1894-05-17English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 44
Fitzhugh Lee to Eliot Danforth1898-04-14English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 45
George Washington Custis Lee1862-12-26English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 46
George Washington Custis Lee to Thomas F. Balfe1871-05-10English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 47
George Washington Custis Lee, concerning Mrs. A. M. Fitzhugh's estate1875-03-20English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 48
George Washington Custis Lee to Harry C. Hines1876-09-30English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 49
Thos. E. Marshall, Jr. to Edmund R. Cocke1893-09-04English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
Mary Anna Randolph Custis LeeLee, Mary Randolph CustisTwo letters appear laminated.English.
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1850s
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee to "My dear Abbey"1850-08-22English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee to "Dear Brother"1852-02-15English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee [to Mr. L.]1859-02-11English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
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1860s
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee to Abbey L. Cook1865-01-27English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee [to Benson J. Lossing]1867-06-12English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee to "My dear Letty"1868-05-22English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee to Unknown1869-08-29English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee to "My dear Miss Letty"English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
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1870s
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee to Unknown1873-09-16English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
Note in the same pocket would appear to be from the 1870s.English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
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- Mixed Materials [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 51
Mary R. Custis Lee to Mrs. Cocke1868English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 52
Mary Custis Lee (daughter), concerning estate of A. M. Fitzhugh1875-03-20English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 53
Mildred Lee to Preston Cocke, N.D.English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 54
Midred Lee to M. F. Maury, Jr.1874-01-04English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 55
Midred Lee to Mary1896-08-20English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 56
Midred Lee to Elizabeth Cocke1881-08-25English.
- 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
Robert E. Lee, Jr. to Edmund R. Cocke1866-01-14 English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 61
Robert E. Lee, Jr., concerning estate of A. M. Fitzhugh1875-03-20English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 62
Robert E. Lee, Jr. to E. R. Cocke1913-03-01English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 63
Robert E. Lee, III to Edmund R. Cocke1913-03-17English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 64
Robert E. Lee, III to Edmund R. Cocke1914-10-31English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 65 1852-02-15English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 66 1875-03-20English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 67
Photographic scrapbook relating to Robert E. Lee, N. D.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 1850-10-15English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 73
George Washington Parke Custis to Benson Lossing1855-12-02 English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 74 English.
- Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 75
Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis to "My dear Lucretia", N.D.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 1873-11-14English.
- 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
Rockbridge County Election Record1860English.
- Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 17
Gen. Winfield Scott and others, battle orders to Commander/Capt. Dahlgren1861 and N.D.English.