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Robert E. Lee PapersWLU.Coll.0064

Robert E. Lee PapersWLU.Coll.0064


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Repository
Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Identification
WLU.Coll.0064
Title
Robert E. Lee Papers Inclusive 1792-1935 1833-1870
Quantity
24 Linear Feet
Creator
Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)
Language
English .

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Robert E. Lee Papers, WLU Coll. 0064, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.


Scope and Contents

This collection contains primary and secondary resources pertaining to Robert E. Lee and the Lee family. Included are correspondences from, to, and about Lee and various family members; memorabilia, pamphlets, photographs, reminiscences, miscellaneous personal papers, family history and genealogy. The collection includes materials acquired from the Lee family and items donated to and purchased and compiled by W&L University since Lee's tenure as president of Washington College from 1865 - 1870. Adminstrative papers, such as President's Reports, etc..., from Robert E. Lee's presidency of the school may be found within the W&L University Archives. Please contact W&L Special Collections for information regarding the University Archives.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Administration
  • Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.) -- Robert E. Lee
  • Civil war
  • Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia
  • Correspondence
  • Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward) -- Robert E. Lee
  • Military orders
  • Pamphlets
  • Photographs
  • Postwar reconstruction
  • Printed ephemera
  • Printed ephemera
  • United States -- Confederate States of America
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • University autonomy
  • University purchasing
  • University towns
  • Virginia
  • Virginia -- Lexington
  • Virginia--Arlington
  • Washington College (Lexington, Va.)

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Abbott, W. R.
  • Adkisson, John T., 1841-1880
  • Alexander, Agnes Caskie
  • Allan, William, 1837-1889
  • Allen, Mary C.
  • Anderson, David L.
  • Anderson, Edward Clifford
  • Anderson, Samuel H.
  • Anderson, W. W.
  • Andrews, C. W. (Charles Wesley), 1807-1875
  • Andrews, Sarah Walker (Page), 1811-1863
  • Antisell, Thomas
  • Appleton, George Dawes, 1818-1890
  • Appleton, George Hough, 1854-1930
  • Arnold, Stark William, Rev
  • Atkinson, Charles A.
  • Bailey, William Whitman, 1843 - 1914
  • Bain, Fanny
  • Banks, Clara
  • Barbour, Edward Alexander, 1859-1937
  • Barling, Henry A.
  • Barlow, Warren S.
  • Barnard, Frederick A. P. (Frederick Augustus Porter), 1809-1889
  • Barnett, Sam
  • Barnett, William H.
  • Barringer, Lewin Wethered, 1850-1900
  • Baugh, James, d. 1877
  • Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant)
  • Bell, Caspar Wistar, 1819-1898
  • Bishop, Carter Richard, 1849-1941
  • Black, W. M.
  • Bledsoe, Albert Taylor, 1809-1877
  • Bonaparte, Jérôme Napoléon, 1805-1870
  • Bonaparte, Jérôme Napoléon, 1830-1893
  • Bond, Christiana
  • Botts, Willam H.
  • Bowe, William McCloud
  • Bowie, Oden, 1826-1894
  • Brady, Mathew
  • Branch, J. P.
  • Branner, George M.
  • Branner, Hardy Bryan
  • Brazelton, William
  • Brown, Hezekiah George David (H. G. D.), 1824-1877
  • Brown, W. A. (William A.), b. ca. 1849
  • Bruce, George S. , 1859 - ?
  • Bruce, Sarah Helen, 1860 - 1955
  • Bryan, Rudolph
  • Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914
  • Buford, A. S.
  • Bullock, Waller O. (Waller Overton), 1842-1903
  • Bullwinkle, F.
  • Burnside, Ambrose Everett
  • Burr, Ancrum B.
  • Burr, J. B.
  • Burson, John Edward
  • Burwell, Nat
  • Byrnes, Mary
  • Campbell, E. H.
  • Campbell, Henry Donald
  • Campbell, J. L. (John Lyle)
  • Carson, Edward Lees, 1848-1905
  • Carson, James Green, Jr., 1847-1887
  • Carson, William Waller, 1845-1930
  • Caskie, James Kerr, 1818-1868
  • Castleman, J. G.
  • Chester, Samuel H.
  • Clark, Henry T. (Henry Toole), 1808-1874
  • Clark, John B. (John Bullock), 1802-1885
  • Clark, Robert S., Rev.
  • Clarke, M. S.
  • Clay, John C. J.
  • Cochrane, S. S. Louisa, 1820-1897
  • Cochrane, William G. "Gilly", 1848-1913
  • Cochrane, William G. (William Gilbert) "Gilly", 1848-1913
  • Cocke, William Archer, Judge
  • Cole, Charles W., 1842-1923
  • Collins, William W.
  • Conner, Lemuel Parker, 1827-1891
  • Conner, W. C.
  • Conner, William C.
  • Conrad, Charles Magill, 1804-1878
  • Cooke, Giles B.
  • Cooke, J. Esten, Jr.
  • Cordes, Amelia
  • Cordes, Theodora
  • Cordes, Theodore, Captain
  • Cunningham, S. P.
  • Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857
  • Dabney, R. L.
  • Dabney, Robert Lewis, 1820-1898
  • Dancey, William F.
  • Davis, Jefferson
  • Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
  • Davis, L.
  • Davis, William Van, 1828-1884
  • Dawson, Henry B.
  • De Moss, Annie
  • DeLahoussaye, Charles O.
  • DePriest, Emmett E., 1842-1903
  • Denison, George T. (George Taylor), 1839-1925
  • Dent, John Marshall
  • Dillon, Dominick James, 1825-1908
  • Ditzler, J.
  • Dixon, Frank McClung, 1900-1980
  • Doetsh, Julius Edmund, M.D.
  • Dumble, E. T. (Edwin Theodore), 1852-1927
  • Dumble, James F., 1829-1911
  • Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
  • Early, William W.
  • Eaton, T. T. (Thomas Treadwell), 1845-1907
  • Edmondson, James K., Colonel
  • Edwards, J. S. (James Springfield)
  • Eliason, W. A., Captain
  • Ellert, W., Captain
  • Elliott, Benjamin S., 1830-1884
  • Ellis, Thomas Harding
  • Emanuel, J.
  • Ewell, Richard Stoddert, 1817-1872
  • Farrar, E. F., Mrs.
  • Finnegan, Joseph
  • Folkes, William C., 1845-1890
  • Frantz, A. J.
  • Frazier
  • Freemantle, Arthur James Lyon, Sir, 1835-1901
  • French, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1799-1877
  • Freuman, C. G.
  • Gales, Seaton, 1828-1878
  • Garber, Augustus Machim, ca.1811-d.1890
  • Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
  • Garmany, George Washington
  • Gatwood, Wesley Emmett, Dr., 1845-1924
  • Gibbs, M. A.
  • Gillespie, George L., Jr., Maj.
  • Gillespie, Thomas
  • Glascock, John Raglan
  • Glore, W. Scott
  • Gordon, E. C. (Edward Clifford), 1842 - 1922
  • Gossing, Sam, Captain
  • Gratiot, Julia
  • Graves, W. S.
  • Gray, Granville, Lieutenant
  • Green, Duff, 1791-1875
  • Green, George William
  • Greer, J. L.
  • Guild, Lafayette, 1825-1870
  • Hadden, E. L.
  • Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902
  • Handely, J. M.
  • Hardaway, Mary
  • Harris, Carter James
  • Harrison, John T.
  • Heagan, John
  • Hearne, C. C.
  • Heatley, J. W., b. ca. 1849
  • Heck, J. B.
  • Hedden, Edward Long, 1828-1893
  • Henderson, S. J.
  • Henry, Joseph, b. ca. 1847
  • Heun, J. F.
  • Hewett, J.
  • Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey)
  • Hill, David Edgar, 1819-1873
  • Hobday, George J. (George Jonadab), 1847-ca.1927
  • Hobson, John P. (John Peyton), 1850-1934
  • Hocker, J. L.
  • Holiday, Alexander
  • Hope, William H.
  • Hotchkiss, Jedediah
  • Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899
  • Howarth, J. Speer
  • Hubbard, C. R.
  • Hull, Edward Bordie, Jr., 1839-1921
  • Hull, Lizzie C.
  • Hunter, David, 1802-1886
  • Hunter, William
  • Imboden, John D. (John Daniel)
  • Jackson, Henry Rootes
  • Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863
  • Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall)
  • James, John Hough, 1800-1881
  • Jarvis, George William, 1832-1913
  • Jenifer, Walter Hanson, 1823-1878
  • Jernigan, H. L. (Hampton Lea), Jr., 1848-1882
  • Jervey, L.
  • Joannes, George, Count
  • Johns, J., Bishop
  • Johns, J., Jr.
  • Johnson, Edward, 1816-1873
  • Johnston, B. W.
  • Johnston, Edward
  • Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston)
  • Johnston, William Preston
  • Jones, Caroline Wright
  • Jones, Carter H., Dr. (Carter Helm), 1861-1946
  • Jones, Charles R., b. ca. 1845
  • Jones, Edward B.
  • Jones, J. B. (John Beauchamp), 1810-1866
  • Jones, Sam Beach
  • Jones, Samuel Beach, Rev., 1811-1883
  • Joynes, Edward S.
  • Kemble, Fanny
  • Kemper, Delaware B. "Del", 1833-1899
  • Kilpatrick, Judson, 1836-1881
  • Kinckle, William H.
  • Kinnon, William H.
  • Kirkpatrick, Thomas J. (Jellis), 1829-1897
  • LaFever, John Speck, 1848-1888
  • Lacy, John Alexander, 1850-1923
  • Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893
  • Landes, S. G.
  • Lapsley, John B.
  • Lapsley, John Whitfield, Col.
  • Lawton, Alexander Robert
  • Leavenworth, Abner Johnson, Rev., 1803-1869
  • Lee , George Taylor, 1848-1933
  • Lee, Anne Carter, 1839-1862
  • Lee, Annie Carter
  • Lee, Charles Carter
  • Lee, George Washington Custis
  • Lee, Henry
  • Lee, Henry, 1756-1818
  • Lee, Mary Anna Custis Randolph, 1807-1873
  • Lee, Mary Custis
  • Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1883
  • Lee, Mildred Childe, 1846-1905
  • Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
  • Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)
  • Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward) -- Robert E. Lee
  • Lee, Robert E., Jr.
  • Lee, Sydney Smith
  • Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh
  • Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 1837-1891
  • Leech, J. M.
  • Lees, Catharine Waller, 1815-1888
  • Leslie, Bedford
  • Letcher, John, 1813-1884
  • Levy, Ezekiel Jacob, 1833-1908
  • Lewis, Robert W., Jr., 1839-1920
  • Leyburn, George W.
  • Linton, Mary B. (Mary Baptista), Sister, 1822-1901
  • Long, A. L. (Armistead Lindsay), 1827-1891
  • Longstreet, J.
  • Lovell, Mansfield, 1822-1884
  • Mackay, John
  • Magruder, Frank
  • Magruder, H. B.
  • Magruder, John Bankhead, 1807-1871
  • Marlin, William P.
  • Marshall, Charles
  • Mason, Emily V. (Emily Virginia), 1815-1909
  • Mathers, Samuel S., Lieutenant, b. ca. 1840
  • Matthews, John E.
  • Mayer, Henry F.
  • Maynard, Benjamin G. (Benjamin Green), b. ca. 1848
  • Mays, John B.
  • Mayse, George Anderson, 1826-1903
  • McCabe, James D., 1842-1883
  • McClellan, George Brinton
  • McClellan, R. M.
  • McConnell, Charles Lewis, Judge, 1825-1906
  • McCorkle, Emmett W., Dr., 1855-1938
  • McCown, B. H. (Burr Harrison), 1806-1881
  • McCulloh, R. S. (Richard Sears), 1818-1894
  • McCutchan, Frank, Rev.
  • McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873
  • McGuire, Hunter, M.D.
  • McGuire, W. H.
  • McKinley, Alexander
  • McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897
  • McLean, Wilmer, 1814-1882
  • McNeill, Thomas E.
  • McRae, David
  • Megan, R. L.
  • Middleton, E. C.
  • Middleton, Elijah C.
  • Miley, Michael, 1841-1918
  • Mimms, John
  • Mitchell, J. A.
  • Mitchell, James A.
  • Montgomery, A. J. (Albert Jefer), b. ca. 1844
  • Moore, Horatio Richardson, 1833-1926
  • Moore, J. B., b. ca. 1847
  • Moore, P. T.
  • Moore, W. P.
  • Moses, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), b. ca.1847-1911
  • Mulee, D. S.
  • Munford, Thomas Taylor, 1831-1916
  • Myrick, Elizabeth S. (Dowdell), 1824-1889
  • Myrick, James Dowdell, 1846-1910
  • Neal, W. S.
  • Nelson, Alexander Lockhart, 1827-1910
  • Netterville, Chestley, 1847-1924
  • Nettleton, W. H.
  • Newcomb, R. E., Judge
  • Newcomb, Warren, 1814-1866
  • Newton, C.
  • Norfleet, Thomas S. (Thomas Spruill), 1849-1942
  • O'Brien, Edwin
  • O'Donovan, William Rudolph, 1844-1920
  • Owen, G. L.
  • Park, W. C.
  • Patterson, Robert H.
  • Pendleton, William Nelson
  • Peters (Benson), Caroline Cora
  • Peyton, George Lyttleton, 1829-1909
  • Pierson, Aaron Howell, Jr., 1847-1921
  • Pierson, Aaron Howell, Sr., 1810-1875
  • Polk, James K. (James Knox)
  • Pollard, Edward A.
  • Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
  • Preston, Frank
  • Putnam, Haldibrand Sumner, 1836 - 1863
  • Quarles, William Andrew, 1825-1893
  • Rains, Gabriel James, 1803-1881
  • Ramseur, Stephen Dodson, 1837-1864
  • Randolph, Mary Henry T. (Mary Henry Taylor), 1859-1935
  • Ray, N. S.
  • Reed, William B. (William Bradford), 1806-1876
  • Reily, Ellen Hart, b. ca. 1814
  • Reily, James, 1811-1863
  • Reneau, N. S.
  • Rice, H. A. (Hampton A.), 1840-1884
  • Richardson, C. B.
  • Richardson, Charles B.
  • Richardson, Robert V., 1820-1870
  • Robertson, A. B.
  • Rogers, James P. (James Patterson), 1839-1904
  • Rogers, William A., ca.1820-d.1881
  • Rolfe, W. G. (William Greenleaf), 1826-1909
  • Roman, André Bienvenu, 1795-1866
  • Root, V. M.
  • Rosan, S. D.
  • Rothwell, Richard P. (Richard Pennefather), 1836-1901
  • Rucker, Houston, 1835-1911
  • Sallis, P. G., M.D.
  • Saulsbury, J. Lawrence
  • Schele de Vere, M. (Maximilian), 1820-1898
  • Scott, G. W.
  • Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
  • Scranton, S. S.
  • Shanks, Jesse W.
  • Sheley, Horace
  • Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
  • Signaigo, Augustine John, II, 1861-1943
  • Slaughter, Mary G.
  • Slicer, Henry, 1801-1874
  • Slicer, Thomas Roberts, 1847-1916
  • Smith, Adelbert
  • Smith, Francis H., Colonel (Francis Henney)
  • Smith, James Woods
  • Smith, M. B., Mrs.
  • Smith, M. L. (Martin Luther), 1819-1866
  • Smith, William E.
  • Snow, William Parker
  • Somervell, William T., 1846-1920
  • Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883
  • Stevens, W. H. (Walter H.)
  • Stewart, George J.
  • Stith, Benjamin B.
  • Stone, Charles Pomeroy, 1824-1887
  • Stuart, Caroline
  • Stuart, J.E.B. (James Ewell Brown), 1833-1864
  • Stuart, S. D.
  • Sullivan, John O.
  • Swayne, John F
  • Taylor, John M.
  • Taylor, M.
  • Taylor, Walter H.
  • Temple, J.
  • Thompson, R.
  • Tonge, Samuel D.
  • Totten, Joseph Gilbert, 1788-1864
  • Turner, Edward
  • Turner, George Paul
  • Tyler, Samuel
  • Vannerson, Julian, 1827-
  • Vaughan , James English, 1846-
  • Venable, Charles S. (Charles Scott), 1827-1900
  • Vigus, Algernon Sidney, c.1808-d.1873
  • Waddill, Frank A. (Frank Alexander)
  • Walton, Edward Payson, Reverend, 1829-1900
  • Walworth, Jeannette H., 1837-1918
  • Ward, Mattie
  • Ward, William Norvell, Reverend, 1805-1881
  • Warner, J.
  • Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775
  • Warren, Josiah
  • Wash, W. A.
  • Washington, George, 1732-1799
  • Washington, John Augustine, 1821 - 1861
  • Waters, Charles E.
  • Welch, Charles A. (Charles Alfred), Sr., 1815-1908
  • Welch, Francis C. (Francis Clarke), 1850-1919
  • Wethered, Samuel, 1814-1874
  • White, Robert B., D. D., ca.1817-ca.1882
  • White, William S. (William Spotswood)
  • Willard, Emma
  • Williams, C.
  • Williams, J. B.
  • Williamson, John A. G., 1844-1891
  • Wilson, Rathmell
  • Wilson, Thomas Bellerby
  • Winston, John Reynolds, 1839-1888
  • Wittecher, Louisa
  • Woodson, Meade, 1843-1882
  • Woodward, C. H. , Major
  • Wright, Daniel F.
  • Wynne, Charles H., 1822-1870
  • von Clausenwitz, Lt.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Alabama -- Perry County
  • Arkansas--Ashley County
  • Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.)
  • Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)
  • Delaware -- New Castle
  • England -- Shieldfield
  • England--Liverpool
  • Fairview Plantation
  • Georgia -- Fort Pulaski
  • Georgia--Bainbridge
  • Georgia--West Point
  • Illinois--Mount Carmel
  • Kentucky -- Glasgow
  • Kentucky--Bath County
  • Kentucky--Edmonton
  • Kentucky--Hadensville
  • Kentucky--Sharpsburg
  • Louisiana -- New Orleans
  • Maryland--Baltimore
  • Maryland--Baltimore County--Catonsville--St. Timothy's Hall
  • Maryland--Harford County
  • Massachusetts--Franklin County
  • McLean House (Appomattox County, Va.)
  • Mississippi--Attala County
  • Mississippi--Carroll County
  • Mississippi--Choctaw County
  • Mississippi--Holmes County
  • Mississippi--Leake County
  • Mississippi--Macon
  • Mississippi--Madison County
  • Mississippi--Rankin County
  • Mississippi--Winston County
  • Mississippi--Yazoo County
  • Missouri -- Palmyra
  • Missouri--Rocheport
  • New York (State)--Troy
  • North Carolina -- Warren County
  • North Carolina--Raleigh
  • Ohio -- Chillicothe
  • Pennsylvania--Centre County
  • Pike's Opera House
  • South Carolina -- Charleston
  • South Carolina -- Ridgeville
  • Tennessee--Clarksville
  • Tennessee--Fayetteville
  • Tennessee--Lincoln County
  • Tennessee--Williamson County--College Grove
  • United States -- Confederate States of America
  • United States--Mason-Dixon Line
  • University Chapel (Washington and Lee University)
  • Virginia
  • Virginia -- Augusta County
  • Virginia -- Fincastle
  • Virginia -- Lexington
  • Virginia -- Richmond
  • Virginia -- Roanoke
  • Virginia -- Rockbridge County
  • Virginia -- Salem
  • Virginia -- Staunton
  • Virginia -- Warm Springs
  • Virginia--Arlington
  • Virginia--Ashland--Hickory Hill
  • Virginia--Berryville
  • Virginia--Bladensfield
  • Virginia--Petersburg
  • Virginia--Richmond--Exchange Hotel
  • Virginia--Stratford Hall
  • West Virginia--Charles Town
  • West Virginia--Coal River (River)

Container List

Secure Cabinet Items
English.
  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to William McCloud Bowe
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1863-04-18English.
    Scope and Contents

    Letter from Robert E. Lee to William McCloud Bowe dated April 18, 1863 rejecting a request for furlough from the army. The letter was likely dictated but is signed by Lee.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to Edward Turner
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the secure cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1861-09-14English.
    Scope and Contents

    Letter from Robert E. Lee to Edward Turner about the death of Col. J. A. Washington (John Augustine Washington) at Valley River, dated 14 September 14, 1861

  • Special Order 56, Army of Northern Virginia
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Taylor, Walter H.1864-02-27English.
    Scope and Contents

    In Special Order 56, Army of Northern Virginia, which is dated Feb 27, 1864, Lee decrees the end of Lieutenant Granville Gray's career stating that he is now living in the lunatic asylum in Staunton, Va. The document was written in Staunton. It is signed by Walter H. Taylor.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of John F. Foster in 2006

  • General Orders No. 9
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-04-10English.
    Scope and Contents

    Robert E. Lee's last order as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. This copy is written and signed by Lee.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee accepting presidency of Washington College
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-08-24English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter Robert E. Lee writes to the Board of Trustess of Washington College accepting the presidency of the institution.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to Col. Charles Marshall
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-01-19English.
    Scope and Contents

    This letter contains information about the furniture that Charles Marshall is purchasing for Lee in Baltimore.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Purchase from Stuart Lutz Historic Documents Inc.

  • From Robert E. Lee to Rathmell Wilson
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-07-02English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter Lee writes to Rathmell Wilson in Philadelphia that the Washington College Board of Trustees has elected to let him purchase books for the institution.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of the estate of Mary Margaret Johnson.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to John Lyle Campbell
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1867-09-09English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter written from Sweet Springs Robert E. Lee writies that due to his health he won't be returning to the college right away. He asks all the faculty to help the students prepare for classes. A transcription is housed with this letter.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to Mr. V. M. Root
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1870-01-20
    This item is glued to cardstock.
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter Lee gives a prospective student advice on the choosing which state institution of higher to attend.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to John Lyle Campbell
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1870-08-03
    This item has been silked.
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter Lee writes to Campbell, who had recently been asked to be Superintent of the Rockbridge County Schools, that he does not think accepting this position would greatly impact his duties at Washington College.

  • Robert E. Lee's Oath of Office for Washington College
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-10-02
    This item has been barrowed and encapsulated.
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This document is Robert E. Lee's signed Oath of office as President of Washington College. It is signed William White.

  • Excuse by Robert E. Lee for W. H. Kinckle
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1869-03-26
    This item is glued to a card. A photocopy of the back of the card is housed with the original.
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Written excuse by Robert E. Lee for William H. Kinckle to go to church on Good Friday and miss his recitation as a result.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to Ms. Caroline C. Stuart
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1868-07-04
    This item has been barrowed.
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter Robert E. Lee talks his wife's health and making trips to Hot Springs and Warm Springs. He also mentions his two daughters Agnes and Mildred. He makes mentions of rumors that George Washington Custis Lee recently got engaged.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Purchased from Stuart Lutz Historical Documents Inc.

  • General Orders No. 3
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. 1865-02-06English.
    Scope and Contents

    This order by Adjutant General and Inspector General of the Confederate Army, Samuel Cooper, raises Robert E. Lee to General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederacy.

  • Letter to the Students of Washington College
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1869-03-30English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter Robert E. Lee writes to the students about the effects of their disruptive behavior on the town and asks them to minimize that behavior during the upcoming April Fools Day parade. A transcription of the letter is housed with the original item.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to Walter H. Galt
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. 1869-10-15
    This item is encapsulated with the original envelope.
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter Lee thanks Walter H. Galt, who established Galt Jewelers in Washington, DC, for a color photograph of George Washington Parke Custis.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Purchased from Stuart Lutz Historical Documents Inc.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to Stilson Hutchins
    Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1869-08-06English.
    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Purchased from Stuart Lutz Historical Documents.

    Scope and Contents

    This letter from Robert E. Lee to Stilson Hutchins, founder of the Washington Post, thanks him for copies of the St. Louis Times, which contained an article on Washington College.

  • Letter from a student to Washington College faculty signed by Robert E. Lee
    Physical Location: Item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Waddill, Frank A. (Frank Alexander)1869-12-21
    Item is glued to a piece of board.
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Letter from Frank A. Waddill, Class of 1870, to the faculty requesting permission for five days off from school. Note on the back of the board to which the letter is glued: 'Frank A. Waddill was a classmate (roomate?) of Wilmer H. Shields at Washington College (and then Washington and Lee University)...'

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to Blair Robertson
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter Lee writes to Blair Robertson returning the pet chicken, which was originally a gift from Robertson, to its orginal owner for safe keeping. Lee feels that harm may come to the chicken as the military is moving camp.

  • Leaf from the first Washington College catalogue
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. English.
    Scope and Contents

    Leaf from first Washington College catalogue, which was printed before Lee was official invested as college president in October 1865. He is listed as the President and a Professor of Mental and Moral Science, Lee but never actually taught at the college.

  • Letter from Mary Custis Lee to unknown
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. 1864English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter Mary Custis Lee writes to an unknown correspondentabout her ailments, travel, General Grant's movements through VA, and inflation. The letter was written from Richmond in 1864.

  • Photograph of Robert E. Lee in floppy tie
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet.
    This item is encapsulated
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This photograph is of Robert E. Lee with his floppy tie. The inscription on back says 'for my young friend John Opie from Mary Custis Lee'.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to Miss Louisa Washington
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. 1861English.
    Scope and Contents

    Lee writes to Louisa upon the death of her father, John Augustine Washington, who was killed in battle during the American Civil War.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to Miss Louisa Washington
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. 1862English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter Robert E. Lee writes to Louisa about the last letter ever written by her father John Augustine Washington.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to Miss Louisa Washington
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. UndatedEnglish.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter Robert E. Lee asks Louise when he can see her and invites her to visit his military camp.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to Miss Louisa Washington
    1863
    This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet.
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter Lee writes to Louisa about arrangements for the family to received her father's (John Augustine Washington) personal papers. He notes that John was the last proprietor of Mount Vernon of the family of Washington.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to Miss Louisa Washington
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. 1863English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter Lee writes to Louisa about her cousin Charles Alexander who was taken by the Union military as a prisoner of war. He writes that he has made a request for Alexander's release.

  • Letter from Robert E. Lee to Miss Louisa Washington
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. 1868English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter Lee writes to Louisa about suggestions for what to inscribe on her father's (John Augustine Washington) tombstone.

  • Robert E. Lee's will
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1846-08-01
    This item is barrowed.
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    This document is Robert E. Lee's last will and testament. There is also a note on back of will from November 7, 1870.

Letters from Robert E. Lee
Text box: 1-4B 1833-1870English.
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    Letters from Robert E. Lee
    1833-1862English.
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      Control Folder
      English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Mr. Campbell Esq.
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1834-12-31Note from Robert E. Lee regarding the salaries of clerks in his office.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to John Mackay
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1833-01-23Letter regarding Fanny Kemble and other matters.English.
      General

      A photostat copy of letter. Original possibly located at Georgia Historical Society. Please contact them for conditions governing use.

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      Robert E. Lee to Captain W. A. Eliason
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1837-04-11Letter regarding a contract for the construction of a steam boat and engine.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to "Squire" Cullum
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1837-05-18Writing from Washington D.C., Robert E. Lee writes of social matters.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to F. N. Barbarin Esq.
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1844-05-01Letter to a friend or colleague regarding possible travel plans and Robert E. Lee's search for a new job.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Lieutenant G. T. Beauregard
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1845-02-13Letter acknowledging engineering departnment account receipts. Assume G. T. Beauregard is Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to George Washington Custis Lee
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1845-12-18Transcribes note from William H.F. Lee to Custis Lee, then discusses Christmas presents and inquires about his studies.English.
      General

      A facsimile copy. The location of the original letter is unknown.

    • Mixed Materials [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 8
      Robert E. Lee to Julia Gratiot
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1845-11-27Note regarding Robert E. Lee's inability to attend his niece's wedding and recalls other memories with her.English.
      Scope and Contents

      Includes a letter and a portrait of Julia Gratiot, R.E. Lee's niece and wife of General Charles Gratiot.

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      Robert E. Lee to Col. Joseph G. Totten
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1847-10-01Letter regarding disbursement accounts in Mexico City.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Annie Carter Lee
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1848-02-29Details the transition from winter to spring in Mexico City. Compares the cats in Mexico City to those in his own home.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1850-09-19Letter concerning Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II's appointment at the United States Military Academy.English.
      General

      Only contains a photocopy and transcription of the letter. The original is believed to be located at the Maryland Historical Society. Please refer to them with any questions regarding conditions governing use.

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      Robert E. Lee to Honorable C. M. Conrad
      1851-06-30Recommendation of Sergeant McNally to the United States Military Academy.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 13
      Robert E. Lee to Caroline Cora Peters
      1851-11-20Concerns his upcoming visit to New York.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 14
      Robert E. Lee to Nat Burwell
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1852-01-05Robert E. Lee apologizes for his late arrival.English.
      General

      File consists of a copy of the letter. The location of the original is unknown.

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      Robert E. Lee to Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1852-02-06English.
      General

      Short note concerning "Memoir on the U.S. Artillery" and family matters.

      General

      Facsimile copy. Location of original unknown.

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      Robert E. Lee to Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1852-07-31Robert E. Lee requests help from J.N. Bonaparte with delivery of clothing for his nephew Fitzhugh.English.
      General

      File contains a facsimile of the original letter. Location of the original letter is unknown.

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      Robert E. Lee to Col. Joseph G. Totten
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1852-09-01Robert E. Lee informs Totten that in obedience to instrusctions, he has relieved Captain Brewerton of the superintendency at the United States Military Academy.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 18
      Robert E. Lee to Im Jones
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1852-10-28Robert E. Lee requests to be relieved from duty at the United States Military Academy.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 19
      Robert E. Lee to William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1853-03-03Robert E. Lee writes to his son updating him on family matters and inquiring about his wrist.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1853-03-12Robert E. Lee relates his experience as superintendent at West Point and comments on his superior's son, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II.English.
      General

      This file only includes a photocopy of the letter. Please refer to the Maryland Historical Society with any questions concerning conditions governing use.

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      Robert E. Lee to Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1853-03-19Robert E. Lee writes of possible change of duty for Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II.English.
      General

      The file includes a photocopy of the letter. Original is housed by the Maryland Historical Society. Please refer to them with any questions regarding conditions governing use.

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      Robert E. Lee to Jacob J. Fort Esq.
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1953-03-29Robert E. Lee writes to father of an ill student, detailing his ailment and present condition.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1853-04-11Robert E. Lee discusses possible change of duty for Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 24
      Robert E. Lee to father of a student
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1853-04-14Robert E. Lee discusses the academic performance of a student with his parent.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1853-05-11Robert E. Lee comments on Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II's transfer.English.
      General

      Original copy is housed by the Maryland Historical Society. Please refer to them with any questions regarding conditions governing use.

    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 26
      Robert E. Lee to Unknown Individual
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1854-03-29Robert E. Lee writes a letter of recommendation for Mr. A.A. Bursley.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1854-05-31Robert E. Lee wishes Bonaparte a good trip to France and laments his inability to join them.English.
      General

      The original letter is housed by the Maryland Historical Society. Please contact them with any questions regarding the conditions governing use.

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      Robert E. Lee to Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1854-11-04Robert E. Lee comments on Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II moving to France.English.
      General

      The original document is housed by the Maryland Historical Society. Please contact them with any questions regarding the conditions governing use.

    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 29
      Robert E. Lee to Samuel Cooper
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1854-11-11Robert E. Lee summons Lt. Jas. Thompson to appear before a court martial.English.
      General

      Please note that we do not house the original document and are not aware of the conditions governing use.

    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 30
      Robert E. Lee to Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1854-12-05English.
      General

      The original document is housed by the Maryland Historical Society. Please refer to them with any questions regarding the conditions governing use.

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      Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1855-02-28Robert E. Lee recommends his son's promotion to lieutenant.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 32
      Robert E. Lee to Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1855-02-28Robert E. Lee writes of family and professional matters, including the dismissal of a young cadet for assaulting a fellow student.English.
      General

      The original document is housed at the Maryland Historical Society. Please refer to them with any questions regarding the conditions governing use.

    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 33
      Robert E. Lee to Samuel Cooper
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1855-03-17Robert E. Lee writes a recommendation note for Harry Burgden.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 34
      Robert E. Lee to Samuel Cooper
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1855-05-12Robert E. Lee requests extra funding for recruiting purposes.English.
      General

      We only house a photocopy of the note. The location of the original document is unknown.

    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 35
      Robert E. Lee to Samuel Cooper
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1855-05-18Robert E. Lee comments on status of his men and supplies.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 36
      Robert E. Lee to Mrs. H. W. Barry
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1857Robert E. Lee discusses social and family matters.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 37
      Robert E. Lee to Samuel Cooper
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1857-08-25Robert E. Lee writes a letter of recommendation for John M. Jones.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1858-06-14Robert E. Lee expresses excitement at the prospect of receiving a bust of Jerome N. Bonaparte.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 39
      Robert E. Lee to Irwin McDowell
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1858-07-31Robert E. Lee updates the Major with his new address for the month of August.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to S. Thomas
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1859-01-01Robert E. Lee reports his new address in Arlington, Virginia.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 41
      Robert E. Lee to S. Thomas
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1859-04-01Robert E. Lee reports his new address for August in Arlington, Virginia.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 42
      Robert E. Lee to S. Thomas
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1859-05-01Robert E. Lee informs Col. S. Thomas that his address for the month of May will be in Arlington, Virginia.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 43
      Robert E. Lee to S. Thomas
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1859-06-01Robert E. Lee reports his address for the current month.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 44
      Robert E. Lee to S.. Thomas
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1859-06-16Robert E. Lee thanks the Colonel for patience and permission to extend his leave of absence. He is occupied handling the will of Mr. Custis.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to S. Thomas
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1859-07-01Robert E. Lee informs Thomas that he has received a four month extension for his leave of absence.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Winfield Scott
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1861-04-20Robert E. Lee resigns from the United States Army, attributing it to the necessity of protecting his home state.English.
      General

      We do not house the original letter, only a photocopy. For conditions governing use, please refer to owner of the original piece.

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      Robert E. Lee to Mr. Rutherford
      1861-04-29Someone writes on the behalf of Lee, declining an invitation to dinner.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 48
      Robert E. Lee to Thomas H. Ellis
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1961-07-24Robert E. Lee thanks Ellis for sending him books.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 49
      Robert E. Lee to Unknown Individual
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1861-10-14Robert E. Lee approves a substitute for Private Epps.English.
      General

      File includes two photostatic copies of small segments of text. The location of the original notes is unknown.

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      Robert E. Lee to Richard Caldwell
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1861-12-04Robert E. Lee expresses gratitude for the bedding he and his received from the Soldiers Relief Association.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to W. J. Magrath Esq.
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-02-28Robert E. Lee requests infrastructural and logistical accommodations for the movement of troops stationed along the line of the road and protection of Charleston and Savannah.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Unknown Individual
      1862-03-03Robert E. Lee expresses gratitude for the box of prepared meats sent to him. Relates the importance of "nutritious and palatable"in maintaining some comfort in camp life.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 53
      Robert E. Lee to Charles Carter Lee
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-03-14Robert E. Lee updates his brother on his current professional commitment and expresses insecurity in his ability to fulfill his role properly.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to John H. Forney
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-04-02Robert E. Lee notifies Forney of his promotion to Brigade General and instructs him to report for duty to General Sam Jones.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to A. L. Long
      1862-04-19Robert E. Lee offers Long an appointment to be his secretary upon Senate confirmation and Long's acceptance.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-04-25Robert E. Lee notifies the general that it is too late for him to get a hold of an artist by the time Jackson requested.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to James K. Caskie Esq.
      1862-05-05Robert E. Lee notifies Caskie that he may have an interview with the President later that afternoon.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Richard S. Ewell
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-05-08Robert E. Lee discusses possible troop movements.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 59
      Robert E. Lee to Henry T. Clark
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-05-18Robert E. Lee attempts to rectify a miscommunication between the North Carolina governor and himself.English.
      General

      This file only includes a facsimile of the document mentioned. Please refer to the owner of the original document for conditions governing use.

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      Robert E. Lee to Joseph E. Johnston
      1862-05-19Robert E. Lee informs the general that there are no troops in Richmond that suit his request.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 61
      Robert E. Lee to George Wythe Randolph
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-06-16Robert E. Lee ask Randolph to call his headquarters before riding into town.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to George B. McClellan
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-07-12Robert E. Lee informs McClellan that he has no objection receiving the baggage of his wounded and unwounded officers.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Samuel Basset French
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-08-08Robert E. Lee expresses regret because he has been unable to spend time with the troops.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-08-24Robert E. Lee discusses strategic movements and his ability to feed the troops.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 65
      Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-08-30Robert E. Lee shares a Confedersate victory with Davis.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 66
      Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-09-03Robert E. Lee writes to Jefferson Davis regarding the second Battle of Bull Run.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 67
      Robert E. Lee to John D. Imboden
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)62-10-06Robert E. Lee commends the Colonel for his success at Hanging Rock.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to W. N. Pendleton
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-10-10Robert E. Lee advises which route Pendleton should take.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 69
      Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-11-06Robert E. Lee discusses strategy before the Battle of Fredericksburg.English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 70
      Robert E. Lee to Ambrose Everett Burnside
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1862-12-19Robert E. Lee discusses a private who was captured and will be tried as a spy.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to William Fitzhugh Lee
      1853-02-02English.
    • Text [0000003921] box: 1 folder: 25a
      Robert E. Lee to Margaret Elliot
      1853-07-12English.
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    Letters from Robert E. Lee
    1863-1865English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 71
      Robert E. Lee to Howell Cobb
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1863-01-12Robert E. Lee discusses the feasibility to shifting companies around.English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 72
      Robert E. Lee to John F. Skaggs
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1863-03-29Lee thanks Skaggs for sending a gift.English.
      General

      This file only includes a photostatic copy of the original note. The location of the original document is unknown. Please refer to the owner of the original for conditions governing use.

    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 73
      Robert E. Lee to John D. Imboden
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1863-07-13Robert E. Lee commands Imboden to cross the Potomac and stop the advance of the enemy.English.
      General

      The file only includes a transcript of the note. Please refer to the owner of the original document with questions regarding conditions governing use.

    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 74
      Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1863-08-22Robert E. Lee replies to Davis' declining of his resignation after the Battle of Gettysburg.English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 75
      Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1863-09-03Robert E. Lee informs Davis that the Florida brigade cannot be spared unless an equal force can be sent to take its place.English.
      General

      This file includes a photostatic copy of the original note. Please refer to the owner with any questions regarding conditions governing use.

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      Robert E. Lee to George Washington Custis Lee
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1863-09-30Robert E. Lee requests that his son take his valued watch to get repaired and send it back as soon as possible.English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 77
      Robert E. Lee to Gooch Raily
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1863-11-25Robert E. Lee commends Raily for his commitment to the country, although he cannot advise him to act against the wishes of his parents.English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 78
      Robert E. Lee to Nat Burwell
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1863-12-14Robert E. Lee thanks Burwell for sending apples and wild cat skin.English.
      General

      This file only includes a photocopy of the original letter. Please refer to the owner of the original document with any questions regarding conditions governing use.

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      Robert E. Lee to Gooch Raily
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1863-12-19Robert E. Lee expresses contentment at hearing that Raily will enter the service and serve the Confederacy.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Mary C. Jerdone
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1863-12-29Robert E. Lee thanks Mary for sending him a handkerchief and a note.English.
      General

      The file only includes a copy of the original note. Please refer to the owners of the original document for questions regarding the conditions governing use.

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      Robert E. Lee to Mary C. Jerdone
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1864-01-16Robert E. Lee requests that Jerdone eat something and notifies her that he sent partridges.English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 82
      Robert E. Lee to Richard Stoddert Ewell
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1864-02-18Robert E. Lee asks that Ewell address the many desertions.English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 83
      Robert E. Lee to Charles Carter Lee
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1864-02-20Robert E. Lee discusses the need for crops and bacon to feed the troops and discusses the death of his daughter-in-law Charlotte. Mentions other family matters and personal updates.English.
      General

      This file only includes a photostatic copy of the original letter. Please refer to the owner of the documents with any questions regarding the conditions governing use.

    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 84
      Robert E. Lee to James Longstreet
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1864-03-08Robert E. Lee writes on possible strategy for Tennessee campaign.English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 85
      Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1864-04-15General Lee discusses general strategy, particularly in defense of Richmond, Virginia.English.
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      Robert E. Lee to Armistead L. Long
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1864-04-16General Lee expresses that the artillery of the 2nd Corps should advance to the front.English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 87
      Robert E. Lee to James Longstreet
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1864-04-20General Lee discusses present situtation at various locations.English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 88
      Robert E. Lee to Neilia Cave
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1864-04-21General Lee thanks Cave for sending a gift and updates her on successes at Plymouth, North Carolina.English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 89
      Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1864-04-23Robert E. Lee discusses general strategy with Jefferson Davis.English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 90
      Letter, not by Lee, with accompanying note by Lee
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1864-04-26English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 91
      Robert E. Lee to Blair Robertson
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1864-04-30English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 92
      Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1864-07-07English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 93
      Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1864-08-04English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 94
      Robert E. Lee to Charles Carter Lee
      Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1864-08-12English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 95
      Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis
      1864-08-13English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 96
      Robert E. Lee to Jubal A. Early
      1864-09-17English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 97
      Robert E. Lee to William Nelson Pendleton
      1864-10-21English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 98
      Robert E. Lee to Unknown
      1864-10-21English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 99
      Robert E. Lee to George E. Pickett
      1864-11-01English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 100
      Robert E. Lee to Briscoe Baldwin
      1864-11-18English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 101
      Robert E. Lee to James A. Seddon
      1864-12-24English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 102
      Robert E. Lee to Jubal A. Early
      1865-01-04English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 103
      Robert E. Lee to Mary C. Jerdoe
      1865-01-08English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 104
      Robert E. Lee to Samuel Cooper
      1865-01-10English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 105
      Robert E. Lee to Mrs. B. E. L. Wilfong
      1865-01-16English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 106
      Robert E. Lee to William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
      1865-02-04English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 107
      Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis
      1865-02-09English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 108
      Robert E. Lee to Charles F. Suttle
      1865-02-10English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 109
      Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant
      1865-02-18English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 110
      Robert E. Lee to James Longstreet
      1865-02-22English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 111
      Robert E. Lee to Henry Heth
      1865-04-02English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 112
      Robert E. Lee to William D. Cabell
      1865-05-24English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 113
      Robert E. Lee to Armistead L. Long
      1865-05-24English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 114
      Robert E. Lee to Caroline Cora (Peters) Benson
      1865-07-22English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 115
      Robert E. Lee to William D. Cabell
      1865-07-27English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 116
      Robert E. Lee to R. H. Anderson
      1865-07-31English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 117
      Robert E. Lee to P. G. T. Beauregard
      1865-07-31English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 118
      Robert E. Lee to Walter H. Taylor
      1865-07-31English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 119
      Robert E. Lee to Butler C. Carter Lee
      1865-08-18English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 120
      Robert E. Lee to William D. Cabell
      1865-08-21English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 121
      Robert E. Lee to the Board of Trustees of Washington College
      1865-08-24English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 122
      Robert E. Lee to William Nelson Pendleton
      1865-08-28English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 123
      Robert E. Lee to James H. Caskie
      1865-08-30English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 124
      Robert E. Lee to Fitz Lee
      1865-09-01English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 125
      Robert E. Lee to G. A. White
      1865-09-18English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 126
      Robert E. Lee to Eli Metcalfe (E. M.) Bruce
      1865-09-25English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 127
      Robert E. Lee to P. G. T. Beauregard
      1865-10-03English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 128
      Robert E. Lee to Joseph S. Topham & Co.
      1865-10-06English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 129
      Robert E. Lee to Edward A. Pollard
      1865-10-12English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 130
      Robert E. Lee to Joseph S. Topham
      1865-10-31English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 131
      Robert E. Lee to Alfred Rives
      1865-11-01English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 132
      Robert E. Lee to S. Vinser (?)
      1865-11-02English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 133
      Robert E. Lee to Jubal Early
      1865-11-22English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 134
      Robert E. Lee to Robert Beverly
      1865-11-25English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 135
      Robert E. Lee to Cyrus McCormick
      1865-11-28English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 136
      Robert E. Lee to William M. Shaw
      1865-12-09English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 137
      Robert E. Lee to Henry Howard Gratz
      1865-12-11English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 138
      Robert E. Lee to Anna M. Fitzhugh
      1865-12-14English.
    • Text [0000003974] box: 2 folder: 139
      Robert E. Lee to Mrs. M. B. Brown
      1865-12-28English.
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    Letters from Robert E. Lee
    1866-1868English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 140
      Robert E. Lee to Samuel D. Stuart
      1866-01-01English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 141
      Robert E. Lee to Thomas Miller
      1866-01-01English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 142
      Robert E. Lee to Samuel D. Stuart
      1866-01-06English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 143
      Robert E. Lee to W. I. Hawks
      1866-01-08English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 144
      Robert E. Lee to Maggie M. Sawyer
      1866-01-18English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 145
      Robert E. Lee to George L. Baker
      1866-01-23English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 146
      Robert E. Lee to John W. Brockenbrough
      1866-01-23English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 147
      Robert E. Lee to James B. Dorman
      1866-01-23English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 148
      Robert E. Lee to Churchill Gibson
      1866-01-24English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 149
      Robert E. Lee to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson
      1866-01-25English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 150
      Robert E. Lee to Longstreet, Owens, and Co.
      1866-01-26English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 151
      Robert E. Lee to James S. Ford
      1866-02-25English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 152
      Robert E. Lee to John B. Baldwin
      1866-02-26English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 153
      Robert E. Lee to Reuben Johnston
      1866-03-06English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 154
      Robert E. Lee to Jubal Early
      1866-03-15English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 155
      Robert E. Lee to Samuel D. Stuart
      1866-03-16English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 156
      Robert E. Lee to William J. Folkes
      1866-03-21English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 157
      Robert E. Lee to Edward L. Hedden
      1866-03-23English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 158
      Robert E. Lee to Jennie Congdon
      1866-04-10English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 159
      Robert E. Lee to Alexander Gardiner
      1866-04-25English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 160
      Robert E. Lee to Alexander Gardiner
      1866-05-19English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 161
      Robert E. Lee to James Longstreet
      1866-05-25English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 162
      Robert E. Lee to I. Lucian Jones
      1866-05-28English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 163
      Robert E. Lee to A. R. Hays
      1866-06-04English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 164
      Robert E. Lee to John B. Lapsley
      1866-06-05English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 165
      Robert E. Lee to Osman Latrobe
      1866-06-08English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 166
      Robert E. Lee to John R. Thompson
      1866-06-09English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 167
      Robert E. Lee to James K. Edmondson
      1866-06-29English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 168
      Robert E. Lee to J. W. Lapsley
      1866-06-30English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 169
      Robert E. Lee to Charles S. Venable
      1866-07-06English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 170
      Robert E. Lee to Henry L. Tucker
      1866-07-18English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 171
      Robert E. Lee to James P. Rogers
      1866-07-21English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 172
      Robert E. Lee to Peregrine Wroth
      1866-08-11English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 173
      Robert E. Lee to Tardy, Williams, and Co.
      1866-08-14English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 174
      Robert E. Lee to S. Bassett French
      1866-09-18English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 175
      Robert E. Lee to P. G. Sutphin
      1866-09-18English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 176
      Robert E. Lee to Frederick Gussetti
      1866-09-26English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 177
      Robert E. Lee to James L. Bewley
      1866-09-28English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 178
      Robert E. Lee to I. D. Driesbach
      1866-10-03English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 179
      Robert E. Lee to E. T. Bledsoe
      1866-10-08English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 180
      Robert E. Lee to Joseph Henry
      1866-10-13English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 181
      Robert E. Lee to Jubal Early
      1866-10-15English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 182
      Robert E. Lee to Socrates Maupin
      1866-10-17English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 183
      Robert E. Lee to Charles Marshall
      1866-11-09English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 184
      Robert E. Lee to Washington College Board of Trustees
      1866-11-16English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 185
      Robert E. Lee to James K. Edmondson
      1866-11-19English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 186
      Robert E. Lee to Duncan M. McIntyre
      1866-11-20English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 187
      Robert E. Lee to Students
      1866-11-26English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 188
      Robert E. Lee to Lord Acton
      1866-12-15English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 189
      Robert E. Lee to Educational Association of Virginia
      1866-12-31English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 190
      Robert E. Lee to John B. Minor
      1867-01-17English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 191
      Robert E. Lee to David S. G. Cabell
      1867-02-25English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 192
      Robert E. Lee to Charles Carter Lee
      1867-03-14English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 193
      Robert E. Lee to William B. Reed
      1867-03-21English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 194
      Robert E. Lee to James Chestnut
      1867-05-17English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 195
      Robert E. Lee to John C. Shafer
      1867-06-15English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 196
      Robert E. Lee to John L. Campbell
      1867-09-09English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 197
      Letter extending credit for college fees
      1867-09-23English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 198
      Robert E. Lee to T. F. Carter
      1867-09-26English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 199
      Robert E. Lee to W. W. Austin
      1867-09-30English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 200
      Robert E. Lee to Charles Carter Lee
      1867-10-24English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 201
      Robert E. Lee to Fitz John Porter
      1867-10-31English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 202
      Robert E. Lee to Hugh McCulloch
      1867-11-11English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 203
      Robert E. Lee to William "Billy" Mahone
      1867-11-11English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 204
      Robert E. Lee to James K. Edmondson
      1867-11-15English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 205
      Robert E. Lee to Andrew W. Varner
      1867-11-16English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 206
      Robert E. Lee to Martha Norvell Caskie
      1867-11-22English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 207
      Robert E. Lee to Mrs. S. R. Alexander
      1867-12-18English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 208
      Robert E. Lee to Miers W. Fisher
      1867-12-24English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 209
      Robert E. Lee to Richard Bland Lee, II
      1868-01-06English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 210
      Robert E. Lee to John B. Lafitte
      1868-01-13English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 211
      Robert E. Lee to William McLaughlin
      1868-01-27English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 212
      Robert E. Lee to Richard L. Page
      1868-02-10English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 213
      Robert E. Lee to William Nelson Pendleton
      1868-02-13English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 214
      Robert E. Lee to C. B. Richardson
      1868-02-28English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 215
      Robert E. Lee to Douglas Frazar
      1868-03-02English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 216
      Robert E. Lee to John W. Truslow
      1868-03-07English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 217
      Robert E. Lee to Rodney A. Mercer
      1868-03-26English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 218
      Robert E. Lee to Miss Lella
      1868-04-12English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 219
      Robert E. Lee to Walter Herron Taylor
      1868-04-13English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 220
      Robert E. Lee to William C. Rives
      1868-04-29English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 221
      Robert E. Lee to N. W. Hibbard
      1868-05-14English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 222
      Robert E. Lee to D. R. Osbourne
      1868-05-25English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 223
      Robert E. Lee to R. H. Maury
      1868-06-06English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 224
      Robert E. Lee to William G. Williamson
      1868-06-15English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 225
      Robert E. Lee to Edwin Gray Lee
      1868-06-22English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 226
      Robert E. Lee to Frank Alexander Waddill
      1868-06-25English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 227
      Robert E. Lee to Charles Marshall
      1868-07-02English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 228
      Robert E. Lee to Unknown
      1868-07-02English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 229
      Robert E. Lee to Robert Beverly
      1868-07-02English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 230
      Robert E. Lee to Julia Lee
      1868-07-06English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 231
      Robert E. Lee to E. C. Gordon
      1868-08-03English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 232
      Robert E. Lee to E. C. Gordon
      1868-08-18English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 233
      Robert E. Lee to E. C. Gordon
      1868-09-02English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 234
      Robert E. Lee to John F. Tackett
      1868-11-30English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 235
      Robert E. Lee to W. A. Morgan
      1868-12-03English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 236
      Robert E. Lee to A. Minis
      1868-12-05English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 237
      Robert E. Lee to Charles Carter Lee
      1868-12-22English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 238
      Robert E. Lee to H. I. Furber
      1868-12-23English.
    • Text [0000003975] box: 3 folder: 239
      Robert E. Lee to J. Wilcox Brown
      1868-12-23English.
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    Letters from Robert E. Lee
    1869-1870English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 240
      Robert E. Lee to to William G. Miller
      1869-01-05English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 241
      Robert E. Lee to William P. Hoerton
      1869-01-08English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 242
      Robert E. Lee to William Nelson Pendleton, Col. J. T. L. Preston, and William White
      1869-01-11English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 243
      Robert E. Lee to Charles Carter Lee
      1869-01-15English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 244
      Robert E. Lee to Leon Nicely
      1869-01-19English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 245
      Robert E. Lee to Chester D. Hubbard
      1869-01-22English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 246
      Robert E. Lee to Charles Carter Lee
      1869-02-02English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 247
      Robert E. Lee to Henry I. Furber
      1869-02-08English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 248
      Robert E. Lee to Nat Burwell
      1869-02-15English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 249
      Robert E. Lee to Hamilton S. Neale
      1869-02-23English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 250
      Robert E. Lee to Washington College Student Body
      1869-03-30English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 251
      Robert E. Lee to Mrs. F. S. Cater
      1869-04-02English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 252
      Robert E. Lee to Frank Barnett
      1869-05-10English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 253
      Robert E. Lee to S. G. Robinson
      1869-06-26English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 254
      Robert E. Lee to Lucius Desha
      1869-06-26English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 255
      Robert E. Lee to S. Lee
      1869-06-26English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 256
      Robert E. Lee to D. A. Deaderick
      1869-06-26English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 257
      Robert E. Lee to Williw Wilson Hobson
      1869-06-26English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 268
      Robert E. Lee to Joseph G. Steele
      1869-06-29English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 259
      Robert E. Lee to the Firm of Mason, Fenwick, and Lawrence
      1869-07-06English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 260
      Robert E. Lee to Charles Carter Lee
      1869-07-08English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 261
      Robert E. Lee to William Henry Ruffner
      1869-07-22English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 262
      Robert E. Lee to Dr. McConaughy
      1869-08-05English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 263
      Robert E. Lee to J. M. Leech
      1869-08-10English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 264
      Robert E. Lee to Charles Carter Lee
      1869-08-18English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 265
      Robert E. Lee to Mr. Woodward
      1869-08-29English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 266
      Robert E. Lee to Daniel Ruggles
      1869-09-03English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 267
      Robert E. Lee to Washington College Faculty and Staff
      1869-09-24English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 268
      Robert E. Lee to John Barron, Jr.
      1869-11-18English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 269
      Robert E. Lee to A. C. Niven
      1869-11-24English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 270
      Robert E. Lee to William Henry Ruffner
      1869-11-30English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 271
      Robert E. Lee to Thomas H. Ellis
      1869-12-30English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 272
      Robert E. Lee to Miss Len Campbell
      1870-01-10English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 273
      Robert E. Lee to Augustus Robin
      1870-01-18English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 274
      Robert E. Lee to John W. Beckwith
      1870-01-20English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 275
      Robert E. Lee to Sidney Root
      1870-01-21English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 276
      Robert E. Lee to Nahum Capen
      1870-01-21English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 277
      Robert E. Lee to Fitz John Porter
      1870-02-05English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 278
      Robert E. Lee to Emily Hay
      1870-02-15English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 279
      Robert E. Lee to Fitz John Porter
      1870-02-18English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 280
      Robert E. Lee to Joseph Henry
      1870-03-11English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 281
      Robert E. Lee to William Preston Johnston
      1870-03-15English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 282
      Robert E. Lee to Ann L. Jones
      1870-03-16English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 283
      Robert E. Lee to W. L. Marshall
      1870-04-08English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 284
      Robert E. Lee to Charles Carter Lee
      1870-04-18English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 285
      Robert E. Lee to William Preston Johnston
      1870-04-21English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 286
      Robert E. Lee to Angus Neal Gordon
      1870-06-04English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 287
      Robert E. Lee to Cassius Francis Lee
      1870-06-06English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 288
      Robert E. Lee to Unnamed Parent
      1870-06-27English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 289
      Robert E. Lee to T. A. Bartlette
      1870-06-28English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 290
      Robert E. Lee to John Laws
      1870-06-28English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 291
      Robert E. Lee to John L. Campbell
      1870-06-28English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 292
      Robert E. Lee to Fanny Butler
      1870-06-28English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 293
      Copy of newspaper column featuring Letter to W. H. Barrow
      1870-06-28English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 294
      Robert E. Lee to H. A. Tayloe
      1870-06-28English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 295
      Robert E. Lee to Washington Chaney
      1870-06-28English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 296
      Robert E. Lee to Joseph G. Steele
      1870-06-28English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 297
      Robert E. Lee to Miss A. H. Nichols
      1870-08-06English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 298
      Robert E. Lee to George T. Denison
      1870-08-06English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 299
      Robert E. Lee to John Lyle Campbell
      1870-08-23English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 300
      Robert E. Lee to Maggie Smith
      1870-09-09English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 301
      Robert E. Lee to Albert Pike
      1870-09-09English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 302
      Robert E. Lee to William Nelson Pendleton
      1870-09-12English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 303
      Robert E. Lee to Fitzhugh Lee
      1870-09-19English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 304
      Robert E. Lee to Ann L. Jones
      1870-09-23English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 305
      Robert E. Lee to Samuel H. Tagart
      1870-09-28English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 307
      Lennig Collection I and II
      1842 - 1867English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 308
      Lennig Collection II
      1859 - 1870English.
    • Text [0000003976] box: 4 folder: 306
      Robert E. Lee to Sally Spottswood Crute
      N. D.English.
  • Text box: 4A
    Penn Letterbook (LB-1)
    English.
  • Text box: 4B
    Copied Letterbooks
    English.
Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee
Text box: 5-6 English.
  • Text [0000003979] box: 5
    Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee
    English.
    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 1
      Furlough Approved
      1829-06-16English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 1
        Furlough Approved for Cadet Franklin E. Hunt by Cadet Adjutant R.E. Lee
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)United States Military Academy1829-06-16English.
        General

        This furlough request approval from West Point Military Acedemy is addressed to cadet Franklin E. Hunt. It details the nature of the furlough request, the dates of its extent, and the location of teh request. It is signed by R.E. Lee who was serving as Cadet Adjutant at the time. The second page of the document details the current standing of cadet Hunt's debt with the school as well as his payment from the United States government.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 2
      Receipt for Services for St. Louis Harbor
      1838-03-31English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 2
        Receipt for Services for St. Louis Harbor
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1838-03-31English.
        General

        The receipt made on behalf of a $2.25 purchase from Philip Hefs for materials for the harbor of St. Louis, MO and the Mississippi River on March 31, 1838. It is certified by R.E. Lee, who was supervising engineer for navigation on the Mississippi River in St. Louis, MO at the time. Lee Served 26 years in the US Army Corps of Engineers starting in 1837.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 3
      Receipt for Articles for Improvement of Mississippi River
      1838-04-30English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 3
        Receipt for Articles for Improvement of Mississippi River
        1838-04-30English.
        General

        The receipt made for a $12.42 taxation on Titus Hale for access the Mississippi River on April 30, 1838. It is certified by R.E. Lee, who was supervising engineer for navigation on the Mississippi River in St. Louis, MO at the time. Lee Served 26 years in the US Army Corps of Engineers starting in 1837.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 4
      Receipt of Articles for St. Louis Harbor
      1838-05-31English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 4
        Receipt of Articles for St. Louis Harbor
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1838-05-31English.
        General

        The receipt made for a $81.63 and $39.38 taxation on B. Brown for access the harbor of St. Louis, MO and the Mississippi River in May of 1838. The charges are for anchored boats and the access of stone drills. It is certified by R.E. Lee, who was supervising engineer for navigation on the Mississippi River in St. Louis, MO at the time. Lee Served 26 years in the US Army Corps of Engineers starting in 1837.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 5
      Receipt for Articles for Improvement of Mississippi River
      1838-06-12English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 5
        Receipt for Articles for Improvement of Mississippi River
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1838-06-12English.
        General

        The receipt made for a $47.50 purchase from J. Swan of the steamboat "St. Louis" for materials for the improvement the Mississippi River on June 12, 1838. The purchase is for 10 bales of oakum stored aboard, as well as a "dragage" fee. It is certified by R.E. Lee, who was supervising engineer for navigation on the Mississippi River in St. Louis, MO at the time. Lee Served 26 years in the US Army Corps of Engineers starting in 1837.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 6
      Receipt for Articles for St. Louis Harbor
      1838-07-21English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 6
        Receipt for Articles for St. Louis Harbor
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1838-07-21English.
        General

        The receipt made for a $3.50 taxation on Leander A. Williams for access the Mississippi River on July 21, 1838. The tax is levied on 500 bricks stored aboard to be used to construct a chimney for a blacksmith shop. It is certified by R.E. Lee, who was supervising engineer for navigation on the Mississippi River in St. Louis, MO at the time. Lee Served 26 years in the US Army Corps of Engineers starting in 1837.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 7
      Personal Check
      1939-06-11English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 7
        Personal Check
        1939-06-11English.
        General

        This is a personal check made out to Robert E. Lee for $25 on June 11, 1839. The check is from the Bank of the State of Missouri based in St. Louis, MO.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 8
      Receipt of Articles for Improvement of the Mississippi River
      1839-08-14English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 8
        Receipt of Articles for Improvement of the Mississippi River
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1839-04-14English.
        General

        The receipt made for a $44.66 taxation on E. A. Tracy for access the Mississippi River on August 14, 1839. The tax is levied on 2 sacks of coffee stored aboard. It is certified by R.E. Lee, who was supervising engineer for navigation on the Mississippi River in St. Louis, MO at the time. Lee Served 26 years in the US Army Corps of Engineers starting in 1837.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 9
      Receipt for Articles for Fort Hudson, NY
      1841-06-30English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 9
        Receipt for Articles for Fort Hudson, NY
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1841-06-30English.
        General

        This is a receipt for assorted materials to be used in the construction of Fort Hudson in New York. The material was received by Captain R. E. Lee on behalf of the US Corps of Engineers for the sum of $25.34. The material included pick axes, water pails, and various construction materials. The materials were purchased from James C. Curch.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 10
      Personal Check
      1841-09-30English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 10
        Personal Check
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1841-09-30English.
        General

        This is a personal check made out by Robert E. Lee to Henry Weaver for the sum of $12.37. It comes from the New York Bank of Commerce and is dated September 30, 1841. The subject line reads as for Fort LaFayette.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 11
      Ledger Page, Fort Lafayette, NY
      1843-07-07English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 11
        Ledger Page, Fort Lafayette, NY
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1843-07-07English.
        General

        This contains a ledger page used by Robert E. Lee as agent for Fort Lafayette. He used the ledger to record the acquisition and dispensation of debts and funds for the fort, and by extension the US government. The stated balance due to the government was $604.96 on July 7, 1843. These records were taken while Lee was serving in the US Army Corps of Engineers.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 12
      Ledger Page, Battery Hudson, NY
      1844-07-11English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 12
        Ledger Page, Battery Hudson, NY
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1844-07-11English.
        General

        This contains a ledger page used by Robert E. Lee as agent for Battery Hudson. He used the ledger to record the acquisition and dispensation of debts and funds for the fort, and by extension the US government. The stated balance due to the government was $648.77 on June 30, 1844. These records were taken while Lee was serving in the US Army Corps of Engineers.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 13
      Will
      1846-08-31English.
      Scope and Contents

      Included in this folder are two copies of Robert E. Lee's will. One copy is a photograph of the original will. The other copy is a published transcription and facsimile of the will, created by Washington and Lee University in 1928.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 13
        Will
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1846-08-31English.
        General

        Various copies of the same will written by Robert E. Lee in 1846. In it he details the distribution of his estate after his death. He leaves the entirity of it to his wife, Mary Custis Lee, and subsequently his children after her death. It also includes a Schedule of Property primarily consisting of stocks and shares own in assorted establishments such as the Bank of Virginia, James River and Kanawka Company, and the National Theatre. These are all assigned corresponding monetary values, totalling in an estate of $38,750.00. It also details land division amongst his childre.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 14
      Permission to See Dentist, US Military Academy
      1853-04-15English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 14
        Permission to See Dentist, US Military Academy
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1853-04-15English.
        General

        This is a written persmission for Cadet Samuels at West Point Military Academy to leave the academy to go to the hospital and seek out help from a dentist on April 15, 1853 by Robert E. Lee.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 15
      Ledger Page, US Military Academy
      1854-05-03English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 15
        Ledger Page, US Military Academy
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1854-05-03English.
        General

        This ledger page is from the treasury of the US Militart Academy at West Point. It details various articles acquired by the academy and their corresponding price and quantities. It is initialed by Robert E. Lee for approval, as he was serving as Superintendent of the academy at the time. The lower half of the page includes, in red ink, details highlighting the relevance of the initials. These details were likely added years later.

        The reverse side of the page consists of a table of expenses used for the academy.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 16
      List of Bonds and Stocks
      1855English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 16
        List of Bonds and Stocks
        1855English.
        General

        This document contains a complete list of all bonds, shares, and stocks in the ownership of Robert E. Lee. Each stock or bond lists the date of its purchase and date of maturity where applicable. It also details the monetary value of the stocks.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 17
      Lee's Commission as Lt. Col. US Army
      1855-03-03English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 17
        Lee's Commission as Lt. Col. US Army
        United States. Army1855-03-03English.
        General

        This is the official commission by the United States Army extended to Robert E. Lee making him a lieutenant colonel. The document is signed by President Franklin Pierce. This is a photographic copy of the original commission.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 18
      Quarterly Account, US Military Academy
      1855-03-31English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 18
        Quarterly Account, US Military Academy
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1855-03-31English.
        General

        This is a quarterly report for the United States Military Academy compiled and apporved by superintendent Robert E. Lee on March 31, 1855. The report details the expenses for the academy for its fiscal quarter. The report lists major details of expense and their individual costs. The total expenses listed for the quarter total $29,036.10.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 19
      General Orders No. 2 Assigning Lee Command of the Dept of Texas
      1860-02-06English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 19
        General Orders No. 2 Assigning Lee Command of the Dept of Texas
        1860-02-06English.
        General

        This document is a general orders issued by the United States Army Headquarters in New York, NY on February 6, 1860. The orders state that Brevet Colonel Robert E. Lee of the 2nd Cavalry has been given command of teh Department of Texas in order to repar the headquarters of the department and assume command. The orders were given by Lieutenant General H. L. Scott, acting Assistant Adjutant Genearal.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 20
      General Orders No. 59
      1863-05-07English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 20
        General Orders no. 59
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1863-05-07English.
        General

        This document is a set of general orders issued by General Robert E. Lee to the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia on May 7, 1863. The orders consist of praises for the army's recent victories in battle, as well as time off for the coming Sunday for worship. It goes on to relay a letter from Confederate President Jefferson Davis to the army congratulating them on their victories.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 21
      General Orders, No. 103
      1863-12-07English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 21
        General Orders, No. 103
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1863-12-07English.
        General

        This document is a set of general orders addressing the Confederat Army of Northern Virginia penned by Robert E. Lee on December 7, 1863. The contents primarily highlight the bravery of the Confederate Army members as well as their perceived religious duty. Lee describes what he believes to believes to be a holy duty of the Confederate officers and expresses deep belief in the presence of God with them.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 22
      General Orders No. 4
      1865-02-22English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 22
        General Orders No. 4
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-02-22English.
        General

        This document is a set of general orders issued by Robert E. Lee to the Confederate Army on February 22, 1865. These orders are a set of new standards to observe in the face of waning supplies and troops. The orders set out that vacant positions are to be filled as soon as possible upon their opening with troops from the rear. Lee goes on to explain new punishment and more stringent rules over any disobedience or evasion of duty.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 23
      General Orders No. 9 Facsimiles
      1865-04-10English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 23
        General Orders No. 9 Facsimiles
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-04-10English.
        General

        This document is a copy of General Orders No. 9 issued by Robert E. Lee to the Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865 following the Confederate surrender to General Grant. In it he details the pride and approval of the vigor with which his troops fought, as well as briefly relaying the surrender to Union forces in delicate language to avoid a defeated tone. He ends it by bidding farewell to his troops as the Army of Northern Virginia is dissolved.

        This copy is a published facsimile.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 24
      General Orders No. 9 Bouldin Copy
      1865-04-10English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 24
        General Orders No. 9 Bouldin Copy
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-04-10English.
        General

        This document is a copy of General Orders No. 9 issued by Robert E. Lee to the Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865 following the Confederate surrender to General Grant. In it he details the pride and approval of the vigor with which his troops fought, as well as briefly relaying the surrender to Union forces in delicate language to avoid a defeated tone. He ends it by bidding farewell to his troops as the Army of Northern Virginia is dissolved.

        The copy is a soldier's copy, accompanied by scanned facsimiles.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 25
      General Orders No. 9 Bouldin Copy
      1865-04-10English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 25
        General Orders No. 9 Bouldin Copy
        1865-04-10English.
        General

        This document is a copy of General Orders No. 9 issued by Robert E. Lee to the Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865 following the Confederate surrender to General Grant. In it he details the pride and approval of the vigor with which his troops fought, as well as briefly relaying the surrender to Union forces in delicate language to avoid a defeated tone. He ends it by bidding farewell to his troops as the Army of Northern Virginia is dissolved.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 26
      General Orders No. 9 Fields' Summary
      1865-04-10English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 26
        General Orders No. 9 Fields' Summary
        1865-04-10English.
        General

        This document is a copy of General Orders No. 9 issued by Robert E. Lee to the Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865 following the Confederate surrender to General Grant. In it he details the pride and approval of the vigor with which his troops fought, as well as briefly relaying the surrender to Union forces in delicate language to avoid a defeated tone. He ends it by bidding farewell to his troops as the Army of Northern Virginia is dissolved.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 27
      General Orders No. 9 Huntter Copy
      1865-04-10English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 27
        General Orders No. 9 Huntter Copy
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-04-10English.
        General

        This document is a copy of General Orders No. 9 issued by Robert E. Lee to the Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865 following the Confederate surrender to General Grant. In it he details the pride and approval of the vigor with which his troops fought, as well as briefly relaying the surrender to Union forces in delicate language to avoid a defeated tone. He ends it by bidding farewell to his troops as the Army of Northern Virginia is dissolved.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 28
      General Orders No. 9 Owen Copy
      1865-04-10English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 28
        General Orders No. 9 Owen Copy
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-04-10English.
        General

        This document is a copy of General Orders No. 9 issued by Robert E. Lee to the Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865 following the Confederate surrender to General Grant. In it he details the pride and approval of the vigor with which his troops fought, as well as briefly relaying the surrender to Union forces in delicate language to avoid a defeated tone. He ends it by bidding farewell to his troops as the Army of Northern Virginia is dissolved.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 29
      General Orders No. 9 Washington and Lee Copy
      1865-04-10English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 29
        General Orders No. 9 Washington and Lee Copy
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-04-10English.
        General

        This document is a copy of General Orders No. 9 issued by Robert E. Lee to the Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865 following the Confederate surrender to General Grant. In it he details the pride and approval of the vigor with which his troops fought, as well as briefly relaying the surrender to Union forces in delicate language to avoid a defeated tone. He ends it by bidding farewell to his troops as the Army of Northern Virginia is dissolved.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 30
      General Orders No. 9 Washington and Lee Copy
      1865-04-10English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 30
        General Orders No. 9 Washington and Lee Copy
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-04-10English.
        General

        This document is a copy of General Orders No. 9 issued by Robert E. Lee to the Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865 following the Confederate surrender to General Grant. In it he details the pride and approval of the vigor with which his troops fought, as well as briefly relaying the surrender to Union forces in delicate language to avoid a defeated tone. He ends it by bidding farewell to his troops as the Army of Northern Virginia is dissolved.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 31
      General Orders No. 9
      1865-04-10English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 31
        General Orders No. 9
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-04-10English.
        General

        This document is a copy of General Orders No. 9 issued by Robert E. Lee to the Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865 following the Confederate surrender to General Grant. In it he details the pride and approval of the vigor with which his troops fought, as well as briefly relaying the surrender to Union forces in delicate language to avoid a defeated tone. He ends it by bidding farewell to his troops as the Army of Northern Virginia is dissolved.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 32
      General Orders No. 9 Unidentified Copies
      1865-04-10English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 32
        General Orders No. 9 Unidentified Copies
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-04-10English.
        General

        This document is a copy of General Orders No. 9 issued by Robert E. Lee to the Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865 following the Confederate surrender to General Grant. In it he details the pride and approval of the vigor with which his troops fought, as well as briefly relaying the surrender to Union forces in delicate language to avoid a defeated tone. He ends it by bidding farewell to his troops as the Army of Northern Virginia is dissolved.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 32a
      General Orders No. 9 Unidentified Copy
      1865-04-10English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 32a
        General Orders No. 9 Unidentified Copy
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-04-10English.
        General

        This document is a copy of General Orders No. 9 issued by Robert E. Lee to the Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865 following the Confederate surrender to General Grant. In it he details the pride and approval of the vigor with which his troops fought, as well as briefly relaying the surrender to Union forces in delicate language to avoid a defeated tone. He ends it by bidding farewell to his troops as the Army of Northern Virginia is dissolved.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 33
      General Orders No. 9
      1865-04-10English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 33
        General Orders No. 9
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-04-10English.
        General

        This document is a copy of General Orders No. 9 issued by Robert E. Lee to the Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865 following the Confederate surrender to General Grant. In it he details the pride and approval of the vigor with which his troops fought, as well as briefly relaying the surrender to Union forces in delicate language to avoid a defeated tone. He ends it by bidding farewell to his troops as the Army of Northern Virginia is dissolved.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 33a
      Confederate Notes Carried by Robert E. Lee at Appomattox
      1865-04-10English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 33a
        Confederate Notes Carried by Robert E. Lee at Appomattox
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Confederate States of America1865-04-10English.
        General

        These are two $20 bank notes from the Confederate States of America. These were carried by Robert E. Lee when signing the surrender at Appomattox to General Grant on April 10, 1865.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
      Receipts for Salary
      1865-1870English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1865-10-14English.
        General
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1865-11-15English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $169. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866-01-25English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $286. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866-02-13English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $360. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866-07-09English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $253.20. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866-07-11English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $750. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866-09-22English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $750. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Facsimile of Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866-09-22English.
        General

        This receipt facsimile is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $750. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $1500. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $100. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866-10-04English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $300. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

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        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1867-02-09English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $150. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1867-07-08English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $463.86. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1867-04-08English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $1500. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1868-02-20English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $750. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Facsimile Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1868-02-20English.
        General

        This facsimile of a receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $750. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1868-06-01English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $750. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1868-06-01English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $250. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson
        Edmondson, James K., Colonel1868English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $750. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James K. Edmondson.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James M. Leech
        Leech, J. M.1869-07-02English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $408.95. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James M. Leech.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Salary Receipt from James M. Leech
        Leech, J. M.1870-07-27English.
        General

        This receipt is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $1500. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James M. Leech.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 34
        Facsimile Salary Receipt from James M. Leech
        Leech, J. M.1870-07-27English.
        General

        This receipt facsimile is for the salary of Robert E. Lee for his services at Washington College for $1500. It was created by Washington College Treasurer, James M. Leech.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 36
      Memorandum Book: Directory of Addresses
      1866English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 36
        Memorandum Book: Directory of Addresses
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866English.
        General

        This memorandum book contains several notes written by Robert E. Lee during his tenure at Washington College, as well as a set of names and addresses of those he had corresponded with. The memos range from financial management of college resources to Lee's personal thoughts on the role of education in the fabric of society. The list of names and corresponding addresses appears to be composed of various people Lee remained in contact with, some of which being professors and others being former Confederate officers.

        The written memos are written beginning on one side of the memo book while the names and addresses begin on the reverse side.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 36a
      Lee's Newspaper Clipping Describing Death of Stonewall Jackson
      1866English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 36a
        Lee's Newspaper Clipping Describing Death of Stonewall Jackson
        McGuire, Hunter, M.D.1866English.
        General

        This newspaper article is a clipping from an 1866 newspaper publishing the account of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's death during the American Civil War. The clipping was cut out and stored by Robert E. Lee during his tenure at Washington College. The original account comes from Jackson's former Medical Director Hunter McGuire who published it via the Medical College of Virginia.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 37
      Old Newspaper Presented to Library
      1866-09English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 37
        Old Newspaper Presented to Library
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-09English.
        General

        This note details the donation by Lee of a newspaper from 1800 to the library of Washington College.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 38
      Grade Report of W.C. Conner
      1866-10-31English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 38
        Grade Report of W.C. Conner
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-10-31English.
        General

        This grade report from Washington College is signed by college president Robert E. Lee. The report is for the grades for college student W. C. Cooper for the term of October 31, 1866. The classes Cooper received grades for were Latin and Mathematics.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 39
      President's Reports, Typed Copies
      1866-1869English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 39
        President's Report
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-06English.
        General

        This annual report is compiled by Robert E. Lee as president of Washington College to the members of the Board of Trustees for the college. It details the population of preparatory student body and their statistics based upon state of origin, as well as their overall course performance. It goes on to evaluate the college's course offerings, facilities, and staff.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 39
        President's Report
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1867-06-19English.
        General

        This annual report is compiled by Robert E. Lee as president of Washington College to the members of the Board of Trustees for the college for 1867. It details the population of total student body and their statistics based upon state of origin, as well as their overall course performance. It goes on to evaluate the college's course offerings, facilities, and staff.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 39
        President's Report
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1868-06-16English.
        General

        This annual report is compiled by Robert E. Lee as president of Washington College to the members of the Board of Trustees for the college for 1868. It details the population of total student body and their statistics based upon state of origin, as well as their overall course performance. It goes on to evaluate the college's course offerings, facilities, and staff.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 39
        President's Report Copy 1
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1869-06-22English.
        General

        This copy of an annual report is compiled by Robert E. Lee as president of Washington College to the members of the Board of Trustees for the college for 1869. It details the population of total student body and their statistics based upon state of origin, as well as their overall course performance. It goes on to evaluate the college's course offerings, facilities, and staff.

      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 39
        President's Report Copy 2
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1869-06-22English.
        General

        This copy of an annual report is compiled by Robert E. Lee as president of Washington College to the members of the Board of Trustees for the college for 1869. It details the population of total student body and their statistics based upon state of origin, as well as their overall course performance. It goes on to evaluate the college's course offerings, facilities, and staff. This copy includes an additional note of names who whom copies of the report are to be sent.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 40
      Payments Authorized
      1866-1870English.
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        Payment Authorized to A. Alexander
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866-11-19English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 40
        Payment Authorized to S. Gilliam
        Polk, James K. (James Knox)Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-06-08English.
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        Payment Authorized
        Polk, James K. (James Knox)Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-10-17English.
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        Payment Authorized to Washington Society
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866-10-23English.
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        Payment Authorized to William Edin
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866-12-05English.
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        Payment Authorized to B. Mulligan
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866-12-06English.
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        Payment Authorized to Natural Bridge
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866-12-10English.
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        Payment Authorized to William Lough
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Edmondson, James K., Colonel1867-08-06English.
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        Payment Authorized to
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Edmondson, James K., Colonel1867-01-28English.
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        Payment Authorized
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Edmondson, James K., Colonel1867-02-21English.
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        Refund Authorized to G. R. C. Cinnamond
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Edmondson, James K., Colonel1867-02-21English.
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        Payment Authorized to William E. Smith
        Edmondson, James K., ColonelLee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1867-03-15English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 40
        Payment Authorized to E. J. Heart
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Edmondson, James K., Colonel1867-04-07English.
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        Payment Authorized to E. J. Heart
        Edmondson, James K., ColonelLee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1867-06-21English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 40
        Payment Authorized to Henry S. Platt
        1867-10-24English.
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        Payment Authorized to E. L. Taylor
        Edmondson, James K., ColonelLee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1867-03-07English.
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        Payment Authorized to Henry W. Young
        Edmondson, James K., ColonelLee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1867-09-25English.
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        Payment Authorized
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Edmondson, James K., Colonel1868-02-08English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 40
        Payment Authorized
        Edmondson, James K., ColonelLee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1868-04-17English.
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        Payment Authorized to G. W. Varner
        Edmondson, James K., ColonelLee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1868-10-13English.
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        Payment Authorized to J. G. Worsham
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Edmondson, James K., Colonel1868English.
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        Payments Authorized
        Edmondson, James K., ColonelLee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-11-15English.
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        Payment Authorized
        Edmondson, James K., ColonelLee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-03-15English.
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        Payment Authorized
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Edmondson, James K., Colonel1866-03English.
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        Payment Authorized to Branding House
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Edmondson, James K., Colonel1868-09-29English.
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        Paymens Authorized
        Edmondson, James K., ColonelLee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1870English.
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        Donation Envelope
        undatedEnglish.
    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
      Student Notices, Checks, Receipts
      1866-1870English.
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        Check to Robert E. Lee from J. M. Leech
        Leech, J. M.Washington College (Lexington, Va.)Bank of Lexington (Lexington, Va.)1870-06-30English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
        Tuition Change Notice
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1867English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
        Withdrawal Notice for N. J. Kittrell
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1867English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
        Withdrawal Notice for C. C. Hearne
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1867-10-22English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
        Withdrawal Notice for John Swayne
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1869-03-16English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
        Refund Receipt for E. B.
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1868-10-30English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
        Check to Robert E. Lee from J. M. Leech
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)Leech, J. M.Washington College (Lexington, Va.)Bank of Lexington (Lexington, Va.)1870-01-27English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
        Withdrawal Notice for Joseph Sidle
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1867-03-01English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
        Leave of Absence Notice for J. W. Allison
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1869-02-22English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
        Donation Envelope for J.W. Allison Notice
        undatedEnglish.
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        Withdrawal Notice for John C. J. Clay
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-03-12English.
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        Withdrawal Notice for J. G. Castleman
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1867-10-16English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
        Lodging Notice for G. L. Owen
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-10-23English.
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        Tuition Receipt and Correction for James M. Grey
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-09-18English.
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        Tuition Receipt and Correction for J. A. Mitchell
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-09-14English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
        Withdrawal Notice for F. W. Armstrong
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-10-23English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
        List of Materials Needed
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-1870English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
        Subscription Receipt to West and South
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-01-18English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 41
        Mailing Envelope
        undatedEnglish.
    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 42
      Contract for Wood in Lee's Handwriting
      1867-05-13English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 42
        Contract for Wood
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1887-05-13English.
        General

        In this letter of commission, Robert E. Lee during his tenure as president of Washington College lays out a contract for the supplying of wood to the college.

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      Memoirs of War in Southern Department and Sketch of Life of "Light Horse Harry"
      1867-11-21English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 43
        Memoirs of War in Southern Department and Sketch of Life of "Light-Horse Harry" Lee
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1867-02-21English.
        General

        This is a manuscript of a the proposed biography of Robert E. Lee's father, Henry Lee III. The memoir documents various aspects of his life and his experiences. The memoir is hand written, but in an unknown hand. The content was likely dictated in some form by Robert E. Lee.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 44
      Memo Concerning Professor F. Preston's Death
      1869-11-23English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 44
        Memorandum Book
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1869-11-23English.
        General

        This memo book begins with a memo from Robert E. Lee regarding the death of Washington College professor Frank Preston. It details his accomplishments, position, and plans for the memorial service. Frank Preston was a Greek professor from 1866-1869 with his death.

        The remainder of the memo book contains small notes in an unknown hand, along with several cut and removed pages. The notes appear to be pertaining to class material.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 45
      Grade Report of W.S. Graves
      1868-02-08English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 45
        Grade Report of W. S. Graves
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1868-02-08English.
        General

        This grade report contains the grades for Washington College student W. S. Graves for the session ending February 8, 1868. The report is filled out and signed by Robert E. Lee as president of the college. The classes includeded are Latin, Greek, German, and Mathematics. Graves recieved "distinguished" status in all courses.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 46
      Agreement with Richardson and Co. on Biography of Father
      1868-02-22English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 46
        Agreement with Richardson and Co. on Biography of Father
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1868-02-22English.
        General

        This contract lays out the terms and conditions for Richardson & Co. of New York, NY to write, edit, and publish a biography on the life and experiences of Robert E. Lee's father, Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III. The contract is written and signed by Robert E. Lee.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 47
      Notice to Students, Cadet Bell Funeral
      1868-03-04English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 47
        Funeral Notice
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1868-03-04English.
        General

        This notice was written by Robert E. Lee as president of Washington College. It is a public notice which was posted on March 4, 1868 canceling classes for the day and extending an invitation to "Cadet Bell's" funeral. Bell was a VMI cadet who had recently died.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 48
      Contract with Jedadiah Hotchkiss
      1868-06-29English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 48
        Contract with Jedadiah Hotchkiss
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1868-06-29English.
        Scope and Contents

        This contract details the agreement between the Washington College Survey Board and the renowned topographical surveyor Jedadiah Hotchkiss. It is a contract for Hotchkiss to perform various surveys on behalf of the Board of Survey to expand the college's map resources. The five year contract stipulates assorted restrictions on Hotchkiss's rights to the maps. It is signed by R.E. Lee on behalf of the Board of Survey.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 49
      Paper Advocating Extension of Valley Railroad
      1869-04English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 49
        Paper Advocating Extension of Valley Railroad
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1869-04English.
        General

        In this paper, Robert E. Lee provides several reasons for the extension of the valley's railroad.

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      Lee Giving Permission for Frank McCutchan to be absent from College
      1869-12-23English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 50
        Lee Giving Permission for Frank McCutchan to be absent from College
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1869-12-23English.
        General

        This letter is from Robert E. Lee excusing Frank McCutchan from college from December 24th to December 29th.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 51
      Notice to Students on Christmas Holiday
      1869-12-24English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 51
        Notice to Students on Christmas Holiday
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1869-12-24English.
        General

        This notice written by Robert E. Lee was delivered for the Christmas holiday, stating that classes were suspended from December 25-27 in observance of Christmas. The notice goes on to wish that all students would observe and worship the holiday accordingly.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 52
      Observatory
      1870-01-15English.
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        Observatory Funding
        Edmondson, James K., ColonelLee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1870-01-05English.
        General

        This is a proposal and sign-up list for donations for the creation of an astronomical observatory at Washington College. The donors include Robert E. Lee, James K. Edmondson, S. J. Campbell, James J. White, L. D. H. Ross, A. M. Glasgow, and William McLaughlin. Each donor made a pledge of $1000.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 53
      Southern Boundary Line of Virginia
      1870-02-24English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 53
        Southern Boundary Line of Virginia
        Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1870-02-24English.
        General

        This printed report compiled by Robert E. Lee and the Washington College Board of Survey is addressing Gilbert C. Walker, the governor of Virginia. In the report, Lee explains the Survey Board's actions in surveying the southern borderline of Virginia for the first time in nearly 100 years. He goes on to explain the revelation of errors in the original survey and recommends that corrections be made accordingly.

    • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 54
      Restoration of US Citizenship
      1975-01-14English.
      • Text [0000003979] box: 5 folder: 54
        Restoration of US Citizenship
        1975-01-14English.
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    Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee
    English.
Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
Text box: 7-12A 1837-1870English.
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    Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
    1837-07-01-1866-01-31English.
    • Text [0000003981] box: 7 folder: 1
      Control Folder
      English.
    • Text [0000003981] box: 7 folder: 2
      Correspondences
      1837-1864English.
      • Text [0000003981] box: 7 folder: 2
        Haldimand S. Putnam to John L. Putnam
        1853-10-22English.
        Scope and Contents

        West Point cadet Putnam writes to his father regarding his his first semester at the academy. He mentions a number of officers including West Point Superintendent Robert E. Lee.

    • Text [0000003981] box: 7 folder: 3
      Correspondences
      1865-04-09English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-04-14English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-06-20-1865-07-28English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-08-02-1865-08-17English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-10-13-1865-10-17English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-10-18-1865-10-23English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-10-24-1865-10-28English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-10-29-1865-10-31English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-11-01-1865-11-5English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-11-07-1865-11-10English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-11-11-1865-11-14English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-11-15-1865-11-21English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-11-22-1865-11-27English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-11-28-1865-11-30English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-12-01-1865-12-04English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-12-05-1865-12-09English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-12-10-1865-12-17English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-12-18-1865-12-23English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-12-25-1865-12-27English.
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      Correspondences
      1865-12-29-1865-12-30English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-01-01-1866-01-07English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-01-08-1866-01-09English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-01-10-1866-01-11English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-01-12-1866-01-17English.
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    Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
    1866-02-01-1866-05-31English.
    • Text box: 7A folder: 36
      Correspondences
      1866-02-01-1866-02-03English.
      • Text box: 7A folder: 36
        William Archer Cocke to Robert E. Lee
        Cocke, William Archer, Judge1866-02-01English.
        General

        William Archer Cocke wrote to Robert E. Lee February 1, 1866 from Monticello, Florida. He expresses the wishes of several youths in the Florida region to study at Washington College under Lee's leadership and requests a number of circulars on the college be sent to his address.

      • Text box: 7A folder: 36
        Laura G. Ogle to Robert E. Lee
        1866-02-01English.
        General

        Laura G. Ogle wrote to Robert E. Lee from New Castle, Delaware on February 1, 1866. In the letter, she expressed her great admiration for Lee and her desire to emulate his example, despite societal pressures on her as a woman. She explains that her lifelong goal had become to meet and speak with Lee at some point. However, she explains that she has become and "invalid" and will remain so for her life, thus restricting herself to remaining in New Castle for the remainder of her life. She ends the letter with a request for a locke of Lee's hair.

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        Ralph Lete to Robert E. Lee
        1866-02-01English.
        Scope and Contents

        Ralph Lete wrote to Robert E. Lee on February 1, 1866 from Ironton, Ohio. He wrote to express his admiration for Lee, as well as to request a course catalog of Washington College for his son to potentially attend the school.

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        Jones Bros. & Co. to Robert E. Lee
        Jones Bros. & Co. Subscription Book Publishers1866-02-02English.
        Scope and Contents

        In this letter, Jones Bros. & Co. Subscription Book Publishers of Philadelphia, PA wrote a business letter to Robert E. Lee on February 2, 1866. In the letter, the company attempts to solicit their services to publish Lee's current writings on his Civil War Campaigns.

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        J. Temple to Robert E. Lee
        Temple, J.1866-02-02English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by J. Temple of Richmond, Virginia to Robert E. Lee on February 2, 1866. In the letter, Temple requests that Lee send him a number of circulars on Washington College for those in the area of Richmond who are interested in attending.

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        J. B. Williams to Robert E. Lee
        Williams, J. B.1866-02-02English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by J. B. Williams of Enfield, North Carolina to Robert E. Lee. He wrote to request a set of course catalogs for Washington College, and explains that he is recommending the school to his students.

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        W. W. Anderson to Robert E. Lee
        Anderson, W. W.1866-02-02English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by W. W. Anderson of Bethany, West Virginia on February 2, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Anderson explains his dissatisfaction with the state of Bethany College. He requests that Lee, upon evaluation, accept himself and a dozen other Bethany College students into Washington College.

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        Robert H. Patterson to Robert E. Lee
        Patterson, Robert H.1866-02-03English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Robert H. Patterson of Abingdon, Virginia on February 3, 1866. Patterson wrote to request Lee send to him a catalog of Washington College as well as the Law School.

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        Joseph Finnegan to Robert E. Lee
        Finnegan, Joseph1866-02-03English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Joseph Finnegan of Fenandina, Florida on February 3, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Finnegan explains to Lee that his friend, Captain Taylor, had recently passed away. He goes on to explain that Captain Taylor's two son's were currently attending Washington College. Finnegan continues to explain that the sons of Taylor are likely undisciplined due to their lack of quality education in their formative years. He requests that Lee offer them additional guidance in their situation.

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        William Parker Snow to Robert E. Lee
        Snow, William Parker1866-02-03English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Captain William Parker Snow of Nyack, New York on February 3, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Snow explains his intense admiration for Lee and his leadership. He explains that he is in the process of authoring a monograph on the subject of southern generals during the Civil War. He goes on to express his patriotism for the United States in its current form and his admiration of Lee's willingness to fight for what he believed in.

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        C. B. Richardson to Robert E. Lee
        Richardson, C. B.1866-02-03English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by C. B. Richardson of New York, NY on February 3, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Richardson expresses his company's interest in Lee's experiences, and mentions an included copy of a book on the "Army of the Potomac" for Lee to examine. Richardson also requests a photograph of General Pendleton be sent with Lee's response.

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        M. Taylor to Robert E. Lee
        Taylor, M.1866-02-03English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by M. Taylor on February 3, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Taylor explains to Lee that a catalog previously requested of Lee did not arrive with its accompanying letter. Taylor goes on to explain that he sent his sons to Washington College without first knowing the requirements due to the missing catalog.

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      Correspondences
      1866-02-04-1866-02-06English.
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        H. B. Magruder to Robert E. Lee
        Magruder, H. B.1866-02-04English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by H. B. Magruder of Greensboro, Alabama on February 4, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The letter is written on behalf of the Southern University's branch of the Clariosophic Society to Lee, extending to him honorary membership based upon the merit of his actions during the Civil War.

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        Virginia Railroad Company to Robert E. Lee
        Virginia Central Railroad Company1866-02-04English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written on behalf of the Virginia Railroad Company in Richmond, Virginia on February 4, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The letter was written to Lee to inform him of a bill advocating the railroad's repair and to continue his support of the reconstruction of Virginia's infrastructure. The letter includes the bill itself, a printed prospectus, and assorted newspaper clippings referencing the project.

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        R. L. Dabney to Robert E. Lee
        Dabney, R. L.1866-02-05English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by R. L. Dabney to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Dabney relayed that Lee's previous letter had been delivered to him safely. He goes on to thank Lee for his advice and describes ways in which he applied it.

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        George J. Stewart to Robert E. Lee
        Stewart, George J. 1866-02-05English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by George J. Stewart of Madison Station, Virginia on February 5, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Stewart explains that he intends to apply to and attend Washington College for the coming semester. He also explains that he very much desired to attend the school where Lee was president, which led to a mistaken application to Virginia Military Institute where he initially believed Lee was president.

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        Sam Beach Jones to Robert E. Lee
        Jones, Sam Beach1866-02-05English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Sam Beach Jones of Bridgeton, New Jersey on February 5, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Jones relays that he his sending in tandem a copy of General Patterson's publication, which he would like Lee to look over and potentially give his permission to use Lee's name within.

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        Charles Marshall to Robert E. Lee
        Marshall, Charles1866-02-05English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Charles Marshall on February 5, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Marshall relays to Lee that his previous letter had been received, and that he is heeding Lee's advice as best he can.

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        Rathmell Wilson to Robert E. Lee
        Wilson, Rathmell1866-02-06English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Rathwell Wilson in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania on February 6, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Wilson explains that he has recently inherited of a scientific library of books from his late brother, Thomas B. Wilson. He expresses his desire to donate a large portion it to various southern institutions of higher learning. He goes on to express his desire for Washington College to be one of the institutions to benefit from his donation. Included in the letter is a list of various monographs which Wilson sent to Washington College. Each title includes the number of volumes which were donated.

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        C. H. Woodward to Robert E. Lee
        Woodward, C. H. , Major1866-02-06English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Major C. H. Woodward of Rockbridge Baths, Virginia on February 6, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Woodward requests a loan from Lee, which he promises to repay in short order.

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        J. W. Francis to Robert E. Lee
        1866-02-06English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by J. W. Francis on February 6, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Francis explains to Lee that he has in his possession two documents that were taken from Lee's Arlington house during the Civil War by the army stationed on the Potomac. The documents mentioned include a deed dated 1632 and a work on the "Anti-Christian Conspiracy." Francis expresses his desire to return these items to Lee's possession at his earliest convenience.

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      Correspondences
      1866-02-08-1866-02-13English.
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        Samuel H. Anderson to Robert E. Lee
        Anderson, Samuel H.1866-02-08English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Samuel H. Anderson from Georgetown College in Washington, DC on February 8, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Anderson explains in the letter that the Philodemic Society of Georgetown College had elected to make Lee an honorary member.

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        Lancaster & Co. to Robert E. Lee
        Lancaster & Co.1866-02-09English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by a representative of Lancaster & Co from Richmond, Virginia on February 9, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The company is informing Lee of a check from the treasurer of Ohio made out to Lee for $105 accrued in interest on bonds.

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        Letter of Recommendation for John B. Mays to Robert E. Lee
        Lawton, Alexander RobertJackson, Henry RootesAnderson, Edward Clifford1866-02-08-1866-02-10English.
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        G. W. Garmany to Robert E. Lee
        Garmany, George Washington1866-02-10English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by George Washignton Garmany from Savannah, Georgia on February 10, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Garmany wrote the letter as a recommendation for John B. Mays, a potential student of Washington College.

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        Charles O. DeLahoussaye to Robert E. Lee
        DeLahoussaye, Charles O.1866-02-10English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Charles O. DeLahoussaye in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 10, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, DeLahoussaye writes requesting that Lee send a catalog for Virginia Military Institute, as he desires to send his nephew to atttend school. DeLahoussaye potentially erroneously ascertained that Lee was the president of VMI.

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        M. A. Gibbs to Robert E. Lee
        Gibbs, M. A.1866-02-10English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by M. A. Gibbs from Vicksburg, Mississippi on February 10, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. He requests in the letter that Lee admit his son into Washington College.

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        Sam Tyler to Robert E. Lee
        Tyler, Samuel1866-02-12English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Sam Tyler from Frederick City, Maryland on February 12, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Tyler informs Lee that Prof. Baer intends to have a collection of minerals identified and labeled within several months for the use of Washington College.

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        L. Davis to Robert E. Lee
        Davis, L.1866-02-12English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by L. Davis from Prospect Hill, Georgia on February 12, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Davis relays to Lee that he had heard a speech on history recounting the evacuation of Richmond by Jefferson Davis, and transcribed a section he believed would be of interest to Lee, which is also included with the letter.

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        W. M. Black to Robert E. Lee
        Black, W. M.1866-02-13English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by W. M. Black from Lynchburg, Virginia on February 13, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Black explains to Lee that a package has been recovered at his Southern Express Company office that contains cash addressed to Lee. He requests that Lee respond with instructions on what to do with the package.

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      Correspondences
      1866-02-14-1866-02-17English.
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        John R. Glascock to Robert E. Lee
        Glascock, John Raglan1866-02-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by John Raglan Glascock from the University of Virginia on February 14, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Glascock requests that a catalog or circular for Washington College be forwarded to him at the request of a friend from California interested in attending.

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        J. B. Heck to Robert E. Lee
        Heck, J. B.1866-02-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by J. B. Heck on February 14, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The letter acts as a bill and statement of service to Washington College. Heck states the materials needed and the requested services for building shelving for the Washington College Library.

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        J. P. Branch to Robert E. Lee
        Branch, J. P.1866-02-15English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by J. P. Branch from Augusta, Georgia on February 15, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Branch expresses his admiration for Lee and requests an autograph be sent to him.

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        L. Jervey to Robert E. Lee
        Jervey, L.1866-02-15English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by L. Jervey from Charleston, South Carolina on February 15, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Jervey informed Lee of a bulk of cotton in his possession that he wishes to give to Lee. He goes on to praise him for his character and actions during the war.

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        A. B. Robertson to Robert E. Lee
        Robertson, A. B.1866-02-15English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by A. B. Robertson from New Wartrace, Tennessee on February 15, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Robertson requests Lee to send him a circular on Washington College. He goes on to explain his motivations in doing so.

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        E. F. Farrar and Annie De Moss to Robert E. Lee
        Farrar, E. F., Mrs.De Moss, Annie1866-02-15English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Mrs. E. F. Farrar and Annie De Moss from Vicksburg, Mississippi on February 15, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The two women write that their letter includes a check for $536 intended for Stonewall Jackson's widow and child, and request that Lee forward it at his convenience. The letter continues and expresses the pain that is felt by them in defeat after the war's end, and describe the nature with which life continues in the south. They express their admiration for both Jackson and Lee, and describe the reverence with which their names are held in their households.

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        A. S. Buford to Robert E. Lee
        Buford, A. S.1866-02-16English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by A. S. Buford from Richmond, Virginia on February 16, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Buford writes from Richmond as president of the Richmond & Danville Rail Road, and presents to Lee tickets for use on the railroad. He concludes by requesting an autograph from Lee.

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        William P. Marlin
        Marlin, William P.1866-02-16English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by William P. Marlin on February 16, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Marlin writes to request that Lee send to his address a circular for Washington College for his son, a prospective student.

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        Burke, Herbert & Co. to Robert E. Lee
        Burke, Herbert & Co.1866-02-17English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Burk, Herbert & Co. from Alexandria, Virginia on February 17, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The company is writing to inform Lee that $25 have been added to the account of Sydney Smith Lee.

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        J. Warner to Robert E. Lee
        Warner, J.1866-02-17English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by J. Warner from Washington, D.C. on February 17, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Warner writes to Lee to inform that he had come across an individual in Philadelphia in possession of a scrapbook of material relating to the Washington family. Warner requests that Lee relay any knowledge which could be used to return the scrapbook to its rightful owner.

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        George, Count Joannes to Robert E. Lee
        Joannes, George, Count1866-02-17English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by George, Count Joannes from New York City on February 17, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, he expresses his admiration of Lee and his displeasure with the established concepts of Reconstruction and of the "radical cloud" rising from Congress. He makes mention of his public letters which have been published in the New York News. He goes on to say that when he next visits Virginia that he will donate to Washington College a portion of his profits.

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      Correspondences
      1866-02-18-1866-02-21English.
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        N. B. Feagin to Robert E. Lee
        1866-02-18English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by N. B. Feagin from Midway, Alabama on February 18, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Fiegan requests Lee send to him a Washington College circular due to his interest in attending.

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        M. S. Clarke to Robert E. Lee
        Clarke, M. S.1866-02-19English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by M. S. Clarke from Louisville, Kentucky on February 19, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Clarke requsts a set of catalogs for himself and several other young men in his area, as they are interesting in attending Washington College.

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        Henry B. Dawson to Robert E. Lee
        Dawson, Henry B.1866-02-18English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Henry B. Dawson from Morrisania, New York on February 18, 1866. In the letter, Dawson expresses his interest in Lee's efforts to publish his father's memoirs. Dawson offers his assistance as an historian, and includes a segment of The Historical Magazine highlighting his past historical work.

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        C. R. Hubbard to Robert E. Lee
        Hubbard, C. R.1866-02-20English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by C. R. Hubbard from Montgomery, Alabama on February 20, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Hubbard asks Lee to send to him a catalogue of classes at Washington College, as well to write back any information that would ensure his admission to the college.

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        Frank Magruder to Robert E. Lee
        Magruder, Frank1866-02-20English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Frank Magruder from Goshen, Kentucky on February 20, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Magruder requests that Lee send to him a circular for Washington College, as his son is interested in attending the school.

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        D. S. Mulee to Robert E. Lee
        Mulee, D. S.1866-02-20English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by D. S. Mulee from Fort Pulaski, Georgia on February 20, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Mulee writes from the fort prison, vouching for the character of his friend, John M. Taylor's, sons who had been sent to attend school at Washington College.

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        Charles E. Waters to Robert E. Lee
        Waters, Charles E.1866-02-21English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Charles E. Waters from Baltimore, Maryland on February 21, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Waters describes how the ladies of Baltimore are organizing a fair to raise funds for the relief of southerners affected bt the Civil War. He requests, at the suggestion of his wife, that Lee send a set of his autographs to be sold at the fair to raise money for their cause.

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        Robert E. Lee Jr. to Robert E. Lee
        Lee, Robert E., Jr.1866-02-19English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter is written by Robert E. Lee Jr. on February 19, 1866 to his father, Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Robert E. Lee Jr. expresses to his father that he was happy to hear from him and his mother recently. He goes on to ask advice from his father regarding the mill he now operates. He explains the situation of some mechanical problems witht he mill and dam, and asks his father to provide advice on the course of action to take and how to apply the repairs effectively.

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        J. Lawrence Saulsbury to Robert E. Lee
        Saulsbury, J. Lawrence1866-02-20English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was writen by J. Lawrence Saulsbury from Richmond, Virginia on February 20, 1866. Saulsbury begins the letter by expressing his admiration for Lee and his wish to meet him in person. He then transitions into encouraging Lee to allow the company he represents, Blakeney & Co., to supply Washington College's students with sets of gold pens at the cost of $1 each.

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      Correspondences
      1866-02-22-1866-02-26English.
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        W. P. Moore to Robert E. Lee
        Moore, W. P.Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1866-02-22English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by W. P. Moore from Palmyra, Missouri on February 22, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Moore requests a response from Lee on the question of to whom he needed to seek the copyright of Lee's historical exploits during the war while in Missouri.

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        Laura G. Ogle to Robert E. Lee
        1866-02-23English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Laura G. Ogle from New Castle, Delaware on February 23, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The letter is a follow up to a previous response given by Lee. Ogle expresses her gratitude for Lee's fulfillment of her reqeust of a signed photograph.

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        Maj. George L. Gillespie, Jr. to Robert E. Lee
        Gillespie, George L., Jr., Maj.1866-02-24English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by former CSA Staff member of General Stevenson, Major George L. Gillespie from Chatanooga, Tennessee on February 24, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Gillespie writes the letter as an introduction to two relatives of his attending Washington College, Robert N. and Thomas J. Gillespie. He vouches for their quality of character and hopes Lee will provide them with a role model.

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        Philologic Society to Robert E. Lee
        Sheley, HoracePhilologic Society1866-02-24English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Horace Sheley on behalf of the Philologic Society of Westminster College on February 24, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The letter extends an invitation for Lee to become and honorary member of the Philologic Society.

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        William H. Botts to Robert E. Lee
        Botts, Willam H.Leslie & Botts, Attorneys at Law1866-02-26English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by William H. Botts from Glasgow, Kentucky on February 26, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Botts writes to introduce Buford Leslie to Lee and vouch for his character while he attends Washignton College.

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        William Brazelton to Robert E. Lee
        Brazelton, William1866-02-25English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by William Brazelton from New Market, Tennessee on February 25, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Brazelton writes as a way to introduce J. M. Gillespie from Rhea County who attended Washington College. He also explains some events of his life, as well as the nature of young southern men.

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        Butler, Perrigo, and Way to Robert E. Lee
        Butler, Perrigo and Way1866-02-26English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written on behalf of the company of art-dealers Butler, Perrigo, and Way from Baltimore, Maryland on February 26, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The dealers express their thanks to Lee for sending them a series of autographs they had previously requested. They inform Lee that the autographs are to be framed and sold by their dealership.

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        D. Creel to Robert E. Lee
        1866-02-24English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by D. Creel from Chillicothe, Ohio on February 24, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The letter begins by praising Lee and making several biblical comparisons to Lee. Creel continues and begins to refer to his relation to Stonewall Jackson by marriage, and begins to recount events of Jackson's life as he viewed them up until his death during the Civil War. Creel also describes events of his own life, including raids by northern militias on his home.

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        Jones Bros. & Co. to Robert E. Lee
        Jones Bros. & Co. Subscription Book Publishers1866-02-26English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written on behalf of Jones Bros. & Co. from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 26, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The company writes to follow up on Lee's rejection of the previous offer for the company to publish his personal works. The follow up resolves with an open offer should Lee change his mind.

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      Correspondences
      1866-02-27-1866-02-28English.
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        Demosthenian Society to Robert E. Lee
        Demosthenian Society1866-02-27English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written on behalf of the Demosthenian Society from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia on February 27, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The Demosthenian Society writes to inform Lee that he has been made an honorary member based upon his reputation and actions.

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        J. Johns to Robert E. Lee
        Johns, J., Bishop1866-02-27English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Bishop J. Johns on February 27, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Johns writes from Theological Seminary to inform Lee of the death of "Bishop Meade."

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        Demosthenian Society of Roanoke to Robert E. Lee
        Demosthenian Society1866-02-28English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written on behalf of the Demosthenian Society of Roanoke College from Salem, Virginia on February 28, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The society writes to inform Lee that he has been elected to be an honorary member of the society.

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        Cordes Sisters to Robert E. Lee
        Cordes, TheodoraCordes, AmeliaByrnes, MaryCordes, Theodore, CaptainCordes FamilyWittecher, Louisa1866-02-27English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by the Cordes Sisters and their personal friend Mary Byrnes from Ridgevill, South Carolina on February 27, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The letter was sent in care of the sisters' father, Captain Theodore Cordes from Charleston, South Carolina. The letter is a follow up to a previous request of the sisters that went unanswered from December of 1865. The sisters requested some small memento from Lee, as they had great respect for him.

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        Maria G. Slaughter to Robert E. Lee
        Slaughter, Mary G.1866-02-27English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Mary G. Slaughter on February 27, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Slaughter writes to introduce Stark Arnold to Lee as the nephew of Stonewall Jackson. She vouches for his integrity and explains his situation of desiring an education without direct means. She requests that Lee assist him in gaining an education.

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        George W. Leyburn to Robert E. Lee
        Leyburn, George W.Leyburn family1866-02-27English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by G. W. Leyburn from Big Lick, Virginia on February 27, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Leyburn makes reference to a previous conversation he and Lee had regarding the nature of education. He expands on this topic and asks a series of questions regarding education in the South and requests a written response to the questions. He explains that he wishes to have Lee's stance while Leyburn acts to acquire subscriptions for Washington College's endowment.

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      Correspondences
      1866-03-01-1866-03-03English.
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        M. B. Smith to Robert E. Lee
        Smith, M. B., Mrs.1866-03-01English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Mrs. M. B. Smith from Port Royal, Virginia on March 1, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Smith informs Lee that she wishes for her son to attend Washington College. She requests Lee for a school catalogue.

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        J. M. Handely to Robert E. Lee
        Handely, J. M.1866-03-01English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by J. M. Handely on March 1, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Handely requests a copy of Lee's ongoing work on the history of the "Great Rebellion."

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        Edward A. Pollard to Robert E. Lee
        Pollard, Edward A.1866-03-02English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter and attached news clippings were written by Edward A. Pollard from Norfolk, Virginia on March 2, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Pollard explains, in reference to a previous correspondence, that he has become aware of an individual who has published his own scholarly work on the Civil War called "The Lost Cause" in the newspaper The New York News and is seeking action. He sent the letter attached with two clippings from papers in which Pollard directly addresses the culprit and publicly denounces his actions of infringement.

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        Great Southern & Western Accident & Life Insurance Co. to Robert E. Lee
        Great Southern & Western Accident & Life Insurance Co.1866-03-02English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written on behalf of the Great Southern & Western Accident & Life Insurace Company of New Orleans, Louisiana on March 2, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The company writes to inform Lee that he has been elected one of five members of the Non-Resident Board of stockholders.

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        W. S. Neal to Robert E. Lee
        Neal, W. S.1866-03-03English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by W. S. Neal on behalf of the Jefferson Davis Society of the Stonewall Institute from Perry County, Alabama on March 3, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The letter explains the society's purpose and goals, while praising southern ideals. It then invites and requests Lee to become a member of the society.

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        J. Longstreet to Robert E. Lee
        Longstreet, J.1866-03-03English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by J. Longstreet from New Orleans, Louisiana on March 3, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Longstreet writes to Lee informing him that he has inserted Lee's name as a one of the non-resident board of directors for the Great Southern and Western Life and Accident Insurance Company. He gives description of the company and its then-current assets. Included with the letter is a typed transcript.

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        J. Johns Jr. Robert E. Lee
        Johns, J., Jr.1866-03-03English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by J. Johns Jr. from Richmond, Virginia on March 3, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Johns writes to Lee that his letter accompanies another letter from Dr. Julius Doetsh. He explains that, upon his advice, Doetsh wishes to make a translation of Lee's work. He then vouches for Doetsh's credentials and character.

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        Dr. Julius Edmund Doetsh to Robert E. Lee
        Doetsh, Julius Edmund, M.D.1866-03-03English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Dr. Julius Edmund Doetsh from Richmond, Virginia on March 3, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Doetsh introduces himself to Lee and makes an offer to translate Lee's in-progress memoirs into German for European publication. He explains that interest in Europe is high for such a publication, and explains the potential avenues for publication which he can take advantage of.

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      Correspondences
      1866-03-04-1866-03-08English.
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        W. H. McGuire to Robert E. Lee
        McGuire, W. H.1866-03-04English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by W. H. McGuire from Washington, DC on March 4, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In her letter, McGuire relays to Lee her thanks for his assistance and relaying of the news of her husband's death.

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        Thomas H. Ellis to Robert E. Lee
        Ellis, Thomas HardingJames River and Kanawha Company (Richmond, Va.)1866-03-06English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Thomas H. Ellis from Richmond, Virginia on March 6, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Ellis writes to inform Lee that the company's general assembly has voted to move forward with granting a French company an amended charter with contents that had been requested by the French company. He goes on to express his unease at working with the French, given bad relations and lack of resources following the Civil War. He then requests Lee write to him his opinions on the topics of the canal project, as well as peace relations abroad.

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        J. Speer Howarth to Robert E. Lee
        Howarth, J. Speer1866-03-06English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by J. Speer Howarth from Delaware County, Pennsylvania on March 6, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Howarth requests information on Washington College pertaining to its student population and the general atmosphere of the college.

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        J. Emanuel to Robert E. Lee
        Emanuel, J.1866-03-07English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by J. Emanuel on March 7, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Emanuel expresses interest in sending his son to Washington College and requests information on admission.

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        George M. Branner to Robert E. Lee
        Branner, George M.1866-03-07English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by George Michael Branner from Knoxville, Tennessee on March 7, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Branner writes the letter as an introduction to his son Hardy Bryan Branner and his friend Rudolph Bryan. He vouches for their character, and explains that all funds for their education are accommodated.

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        E. C. Middleton to Robert E. Lee
        Middleton, E. C.1866-03-07English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by E. C. Middleton from Washington, DC on March 7, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Middleton introduces his agent, E. F. Lutz of Baltimore. Middleton then explains that his previous request of an oil painting of Lee had been rejected due to a lack of one existing. Middleton explains that Lutz will take notes of Lee's complexion and then, using a recent photograph by Mathew Brady, create an oil painting which he wishes Lee to sign.

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        J. W. Lapsley to Robert E. Lee
        Lapsley, John Whitfield, Col.1866-03-07English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by John W. Lapsley from Shelby County, Alabama on March 7, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. He writes to Lee introducing his son, John B. Lapsley who is attending Washington College. He goes into deep detail about his son's mannerisms and behavior, expressing hope that Lee's leadership will help to mold him appropriately.

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        Benjamin B. Stith to Robert E. Lee
        Stith, Benjamin B.1866-03-07English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Benjamin B. Stith from Bewleyville, Kentucky on March 7, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Stith writes that he wishes to send his son to a military academy, believing Lee to be the president of VMI. He asks Lee to send him information and his favor in accepting his son into the school.

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        Thomas E. McNeill to Robert E. Lee
        McNeill, Thomas E.1866-03-08English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Thomas E. McNeill from Lynchburg, Virginia on March 8, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. McNeill writes to share with Lee the mission of the newly-formed Virginia Mining and Manufacturing Bureau. He asks Lee for his support and includes an attached circular pertaining to the organization.

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      Correspondences
      1866-03-09-1866-03-12English.
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        W. W. Early to Robert E. Lee
        Early, William W.1866-03-09English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by William W. Early from Hyattsville, Maryland on March 9, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Early requests from Lee a catalogue of classes for Washington College.

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        N. S. Ray to Robert E. Lee
        Ray, N. S.1866-03-09English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by N. S. Ray from Lebanon, Kentucky on March 9, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Ray asks in the letter for a catalogue of studies, as well as general information for Washington College. Ray explains that his son wishes to transfer from Centre College in Kentucky to Washington College.

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        William Hunter to Robert E. Lee
        Hunter, William1866-03-09English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by William Hunter from Savannah, Georgia on March 9, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Hunter writes to Lee informing him that his three sons wish to attend Washington College. He describes the natures of his sons as well as their academic potential.

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        John Brown Baldwin to Robert E. Lee
        1866-03-10English.
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        E. L. Hadden to Robert E. Lee
        Hadden, E. L.1866-03-10English.
        Scope and Contents

        Ths letter was written by E. L. Hadden from New York City on March 10, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Hadden writes to Lee informing him that he is returning to Lee a series of items recovered from the occupation of Arlington House at the onset of the Civil War.

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        J. L. Hocker to Robert E. Lee
        Hocker, J. L.Periclean Society1866-03-10English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by J. L. Hocker on behalf of the Periclean Society of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky on March 10, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The letter is written to inform Lee that he has been elected as an honorary member of the society.

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        C. Newton to Robert E. Lee
        Newton, C.1866-03-10English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by C. Newton from Louisiana State Seminary (later Louisiana State University) on March 10, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The letter is written to inform Lee that a society has been formed at the school named the Lee Society, and that Lee has been elected an honorary member.

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        Francis H. Smith to Robert E. Lee
        Smith, Francis H., Colonel (Francis Henney)1866-03-12English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by VMI Superintendent Francis H. Smith on March 12, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Smith writes to inform Lee that a new VMI cadet, William F. Dancey, believes that the damage to VMI has resulted in the institution being unable to perform its purpose. He relays Dancey's desire to instead enroll in Washington College.

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        Sam Barnett to Robert E. Lee
        Barnett, Sam1866-03-12English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Sam Barnett from Washington, Georgia on March 12, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Barnett writes to Lee informing him that his ward, William H. Barnett, wishes to attended Washington College.

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        Rathmell Wilson to Robert E. Lee
        Wilson, Rathmell1866-03-12English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Rathmell Wilson from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 12, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Wilson writes the letter as a follow up to his previous correspondence with Lee regarding the donation of Thomas B. Wilson's library to Washington College. Wilson inquires whether the boxes of books arrived as planned. He also indicates that he wishes to donate further books in his possession to Washington College on the stipulation that the donated books be cared for, retain Thomas Wilson's book plate, and be called "the Wilson contribution to the Library of Washington College." Wilson additionally indicates that he has included a copy of Thomas Wilson's memoir in the donation.

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      Correspondences
      1866-03-13-1866-03-14English.
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        Lt. von Clausewitz to Robert E. Lee
        von Clausenwitz, Lt.1866-03-13English.
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        J. Marshall Dent to Robert E. Lee
        Dent, John Marshall1866-03-13English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by J. Marshall Dent from Maryland Agricultural College on March 13, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Dent explains to Lee that the classes at Maryland Agricultural College are to be suspended by March 25. He requests information on Washington College and inquires of the possibility of enrolling late in the term.

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        C. G. Freuman to Robert E. Lee
        Freuman, C. G.1866-03-13English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by C. G. Freuman from Eminence, Kentucky on March 13, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Freuman requests that Lee send him a catalog for the "military institute" which Lee is head of, mistakenly assuming Lee is the head of Virginia Military Institute also in Lexington, VA.

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        William H. Kinnon to Robert E. Lee
        Kinnon, William H.1866-03-13English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by William H. Kinnon from Tangipaho Station, Lousiana on March 13, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Kinnon writes to request information on costs of attendance for the sons of his five sisters.

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        C. B. Richardson to Robert E. Lee
        Richardson, C. B.1866-03-13English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by C. B. Richardson from New York City on March 13, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Richardson thanks Lee for his previous correspondence and expresses interest in sending Lee a series of documents and books to assist him.

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        S. D. Stuart to Robert E. Lee
        Stuart, S. D.1866-03-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by S. D. Stuart from Baltimore, Maryland on March 14, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Stuart writes on behalf of Mrs. James Robb, asking for a likeness of Lee, whom she greatly admires.

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        George William Green to Robert E. Lee
        Green, George William1866-03-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by George William Green from Shieldfield , Newcastle on Tyne, England.

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      Correspondences
      1866-03-15English.
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        W. Scott Glore to Robert E. Lee
        Glore, W. ScottEnglish.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by W. Scott Glore from Louisville, Kentucky on March 15, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Glore offers to pay for $1000 of the publication costs of Lee's in-progress written histories of his campaigns during the Civil War.

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        P. T. Moore to Robert E. Lee
        Moore, P. T.1866-03-15English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by P. T. Moore from Richmond, Virginia on March 15, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Moore explains that his friend from the British Parliament has requested an autographed photograph. Moore also explains that his other friend, Dr. Thomas Antisell, inquires about a potential agriculture or geology position at Washington College.

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        Emma Willard to Robert E. Lee
        Willard, Emma1866-03-15English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by American educator Emma Willard on March 15, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Willard introduces herself and explains that she is a writer of history and has followed Lee's career through the war. She expresses her wish to establish contact with various generals, including Lee, to record their views of experiences for an upcoming school history book on the topic.

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        American Publishing Company to Robert E. Lee
        American Publishing CompanyBurr, J. B.Scranton, S. S.1866-03-15English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by S. S. Scranton and J. B. Burr from the American Publishing Company from Hartford, Connecticut on March 15, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. They write to inquire on Lee's status in writing his history of the war, and continue to express interest in negotiating a publishing contract.

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        J. A. G. Williamson to Robert E. Lee
        Williamson, John A. G., 1844-18911866-03-15
        Scope and Contents

        This letter informs Robert E. Lee of his honorary membership to the Jackson Society, a literary society at the College of William and Mary. This was written by J. A. G. Williamson, the secretary of the society. The reverse shows that Robert E. Lee answered the letter on March 23rd, 1866.

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        Meade Woodson to Robert E. Lee
        Woodson, Meade, 1843-18821866-03-15English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Meade Woodson of Fincastle, Botetourt County, VA. Woodson writes to Lee on behalf of a Ms. Hamilton who is considering sending her two sons to the institution. She wonders if there will military training at Washington College and if there's boarding for students available with Christian professors.

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      Correspondences
      1866-03-16-1866-03-19English.
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        William C. Folkes to Robert E. Lee
        Folkes, William C., 1845-18901866-03-17
        Scope and Contents

        This is a letter from William C. Folkes to Robert E. Lee. He has sent a list of Battle Reports from the Confederate States of America (CSA). Along with the letter is a yellow piece of paper listing the battles recognized by the CSA.

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        Fanny Bain to Robert E. Lee
        Bain, Fanny1866-03-18
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was sent to Robert E. Lee from "Fanny" Bain, a corresponding secretary of the Eunomian Literary Society. The society offers Lee honorary membership if he would send a letter of acceptance and make a contribution to the Literary Gems paper.

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        Thomas T. Munford to Robert E. Lee
        Munford, Thomas Taylor, 1831-19161866-03-18English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Thomas Munford for Robert E. Lee. HAving learned that R. E. Lee is planning to write a war memoir, Munford writes to Lee to correct information within the offical Confederate report of the cavalry battle at Aldie, Virginia in 1863.

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      Correspondences
      1866-03-20-1866-03-22English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-03-26-1866-03-31English.
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        Abner Johnson Leavenworth to Robert E. Lee
        Leavenworth, Abner Johnson, Rev., 1803-18691866-03-27English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Reverend Abner Johnson Leavenworth, writing as secretary of the Teachers' Association of Virginia. He asks Lee to address the organization's anniversary meeting in July 1866 about acceptance and education of Virginia's formerly enslaved people. Lee noted on the reverse of the Letter that he declined the invitation to speak.

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        Charles W. Cole to Robert E. Lee
        Cole, Charles W., 1842-19231866-03-28English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Charles W. Cole. Originally this letter was given to Lee with two books, "Rollin's Belles Lettres" and "The Letters of Cicero" that came from his home in Arlington. This letter is an explanation for how Cole obtained them and why he is giving them back.

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        John W. Fiwell
        1866-03-28English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from John W. Fiwell. Fiwell asks for a circular of Washington College. Fiwell also mentions he is a wounded soldier from Company A of the Fourth Virginia Cavalry.

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        R. G. Williams to Robert E. Lee
        1866-03-31English.
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        Edward Long Hedden to Robert E. Lee
        Hedden, Edward Long, 1828-18931866-03-30English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Edward Long Hedden. Hedden tells Lee he has received the engraving of Washington and gives his thanks.

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        S. J. Henderson to Robert E. Lee
        Henderson, S. J.1866-03-27English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from S. J. Henderson. Henderson and Judge Charles Lewis McConnell have heard Lee plans to write a book on the American Civil War. Henderson and McConnell ask to have publishing agency in Kentucky for Lee's book.

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        Sargent, Wilson & Hinkle to Robert E. Lee
        Sargent, Wilson & Hinkle1866-03-31English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from the book publisher Sargent, Wilson and Hinkle. This letter asks Lee for his approval of McGuffey Eclectic Readers books on the American Civil War.

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      Correspondences
      1866-04-02English.
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        Wilmer McLean to Robert E. Lee
        1866-04-02English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Wilmer McLean. McLean asks Lee if he would come back to Appamatox to have a photograph of him taken in the room where he surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant a year before.

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        Ellen Reily to Robert E. Lee
        Reily, Ellen Hart, b. ca. 18141866-04-02English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from Ellen Reily. She asks Lee if he could include her husband in his book on the American Civil War. She includes newspaper clippings, orders, and letters by and about her husband Colonel James Reily.

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      Correspondences
      1866-04-03-1866-04-08English.
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        Elizabeth Hull to Robert E. Lee
        1866-04-05English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Elizabeth (referred to as Lizzie in the letter) Hull. She asks for information about Washington College for her adopted child.

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      Correspondences
      1866-04-09-1866-04-10English.
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        Algernon Sidney Vigus to Robert E. Lee
        Vigus, Algernon Sidney, c.1808-d.18731866-04-09English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Algernon Sidney Vigus. Vigus has acquired Lee family letters that were taken from his home in Arlington, VA. He would like to give them back and asks how he would like them presented. One of the letters, to a Custis family member from London in 1728, is mentioned specifically. Vigus wishes to keep the letter if not important to Lee. Lee received all of the letters and mailed back the one from 1728.

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        H. McLeavy to Robert E. Lee
        1866-04-09
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from H. McLeavy. McLeavy, a third-year of Soule University, wishes to attend Washington College for his fourth year. He also states that he served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and some of the classes he has taken.

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        Hezekiah George David Brown to Robert E. Lee
        Brown, Hezekiah George David (H. G. D.), 1824-18771866-04-09
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        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Hezekiah George David (H. G. D.) Brown. Brown wishes to send his son to Washington College. He states that his son served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and was paroled in Alabama.

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        Charles Wesley Andrews to Robert E. Lee
        Andrews, C. W. (Charles Wesley), 1807-18751866-04-09
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Charles Wesley Andrews. Andrews contacts Lee for a few different reasons. The first is a life update that his wife, Sarah, died in 1863. He then asks for two photographs of Lee with his autograph, one of them for his daughter. Andrews also enclosed a pamphlet that he recently published. Finally he asks for Lee to tell his wife Mary that her cousin Anny's husband has made $90.00 in the past year.

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        Thomas L. Brown to Robert E. Lee
        1866-04-09
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from Thomas L. Brown. This letter accompanied a report by Brown of the Coal River Navigation Company which he hopes will take interest in minerals found in Virginia.

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        Benjamin S. Elliott to Robert E. Lee
        Elliott, Benjamin S., 1830-18841866-04-10English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Benjamin S. Elliott. Elliott wishes to give Lee a Colt of the horse Patrick Henry. Included with this letter is a Carte de visite of Patrick Henry.

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        Rev. Robert S. Clark to Robert E. Lee
        Clark, Robert S., Rev.1866-04-10English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Reverend Robert S. Clark. Clark asks for the rights to publish Lee's history of the American Civil War in different counties of Mississippi.

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        William H. Hope to Robert E. Lee
        Hope, William H.1866-04-10English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from William H. Hope. Hope, a land lawyer in Virginia, wishes to represent Lee in gaining his Arlington estate back. He includes a newspaper clipping that union bodies will be dug from battlefields of the American Civil War and placed in Arlington.

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        Charles B. Richardson to Robert E. Lee
        Richardson, Charles B.1866-04-10English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from Charles B. Richardson. Richardson plans to donate $1,000 in books to the library of Washington College. He also says he will publish Lee's father's memoir once the family portraits arrive for engraving.

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        Alexander Gardner to Robert E. Lee
        1866-04-10English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from Alexander Gardner. A portion of Gardner's Carte de visite photographs did not arrive to Lee. To make up for this, Gardner is sending photographs that are on hand at the studio with his imprint. He also plans to make and mount one-hundred photographs without his imprint.

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      Correspondences
      1866-04-11-1866-04-14English.
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        Lemuel Parker Conner to Robert E. Lee
        Conner, Lemuel Parker, 1827-18911866-04-11English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from Lemuel Parker Conner. Conner is giving this letter to Robert E. Lee through his nephew William C. Conner, introducing him to Lee.

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        John O. Sullivan to Robert E. Lee
        Sullivan, John O.1866-04-11English.
        Scope and Contents

        John O. Sullivan asks Lee for catalogues of Washington College for some of his students who wish to attend.

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        S. P. Cunningham to Robert E. Lee
        Cunningham, S. P.1866-04-12English.
        Scope and Contents

        S. P. Cunningham wants to obtain Washington College catalogues for Fairview Academy students wanting to attend.

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        Warren Newcomb to Robert E. Lee
        Newcomb, Warren, 1814-18661866-04-12English.
        Scope and Contents

        Newcomb, after making a donation to Washington College, clarifies that he was born in Massachussetts, not in the south and requests a photograph of Lee.

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        William Andrew Quarles to Robert E. Lee
        Quarles, William Andrew, 1825-18931866-04-12English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from William Andrew Quarles. Quarles wishes to send his son to Washington College and asks for a catalog. He notes that his son is in Canada but made his way to Lieutenant in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

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        Edward Payson Walton to Robert E. Lee
        Walton, Edward Payson, Reverend, 1829-19001866-04-13English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Edward Payson Walton. Walton has been informed by Carter James Harris, professor of latin at Washington College, that Lee has taken offense to rumours published by Walton. Walton writes to Lee as an apology for any misunderstandings.

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        James Kerr Caskie to Robert E. Lee
        Caskie, James Kerr, 1818-18681866-04-13English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from James Kerr Caskie. Caskie thanks Lee for his favors sent on the 7th and the 10th of Aprill 1866. Caskie is glad to hear that the vase and chair that he has sent are cherished. Caskie also tells Lee that his sister Agnes will be visiting Lexington, accompanied by Lee's son William Henry Fitzhugh Lee. On the other side of this letter is a balance of items bought. Caskie notes that he received 2 dozen photographs of Lee from Julian Vannerson but Vannerson would not accept money.

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        Martin Luther Smith to Robert E. Lee
        Smith, M. L. (Martin Luther), 1819-18661866-04-13English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Martin Luther Smith. Smith writes to Lee after hearing that Washington College will be setting up a program for engineering. He asks if this school will be separate or a department and what books will be used.

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        E. H. Campbell to Robert E. Lee
        Campbell, E. H.1866-04-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from E. H. Campbell, cordial secretary for the Charles Town Christian Association. Campbell informs Lee that he has been made an honorary member.

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        Clara Banks to Robert E. Lee
        Banks, Clara1866-04-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from Clara Banks of Liverpool, England. She writes to him asking for his autograph. Above the letter is her monogram which takes influence from illuminated manuscript lettering.

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        Daniel Moreau Barringer to Robert E. Lee
        1866-04-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from Daniel Moreau Barringer. Barringer wishes to send his son Lewin to Washington College and is asking for a catalogue. He writes from Baltimore but instructs Lee that he lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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      Correspondences
      1866-04-16-1866-04-23English.
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        J. L. Greer to Robert E. Lee
        Greer, J. L.1866-04-16English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from J. L. Greer who wishes to send his brother to Washington College for his junior year. He asks for a catalogue so his brother can properly prepare.

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        Oden Bowie to Robert E. Lee
        Bowie, Oden, 1826-18941866-04-17English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from Oden Bowie, Governor of Maryland. He asks Lee to send a catalogue for an aquaintance that wants to send someone to Washington College.

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        James Woods Smith to Robert E. Lee
        Smith, James Woods1866-04-17English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee is from James Woods Smith. Smith plans to attend Washington College and asks for a catalogue and additional information to attend.

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        S. D. Rosan to Robert E. Lee
        Rosan, S. D.1866-04-17English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from S. D. Rosan. Rosan wishes to attend Washington College and asks for Lee to send a circular of the school.

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        Elizabeth S. Myrick to Robert E. Lee
        Myrick, Elizabeth S. (Dowdell), 1824-18891866-04-18English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from Elizabeth S. Myrick (writing as Mrs. S. P. Myrick). Elizabeth wishes to send her son, James, to Washington College and asks for a circular and requirements to attend. She explains that her son left school at fifteen to serve in the Civil War and fears his age and limited schooling before the war may hinder his opportunity to the school.

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        Henry A. Barling to Robert E. Lee
        Barling, Henry A.1866-04-20English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from Henry A. Barling. Barling wishes for his nephew to attend Washington College and asks for a circular. He says his nephew has grown up in Georgia until late in the war and is currently attending school in Troy, New York. He also says that while his nephew is only fifteen he is very advanced in his studies.

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        John Reynolds Winston to Robert E. Lee
        Winston, John Reynolds, 1839-18881866-04-20English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from John Reynolds Winston. Winston asks if Lee is writing a history of the American Civil War and urges him to do so.

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        John E. Matthews to Robert E. Lee
        Matthews, John E.1866-04-21English.
        Scope and Contents

        Matthews explains that he left school during the Civil War to serve in the Confederate Army. To make up for loss time he wishes to attend Washington College. Matthews asks Lee for a circular and requirements to attend.

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        Henry F. Mayer to Robert E. Lee
        Mayer, Henry F.1866-04-21English.
        Scope and Contents

        Mayer requests information on Washington College as he wishes to send his son to the school.

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        James A. Mitchell to Robert E. Lee
        Mitchell, James A.1866-04-23English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from James A. Mitchell. Mitchell is interested in attending Washington College and would like catalogues sent for him and other potential students in Edmonton, Kentucky.

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      Correspondences
      1866-04-24-1866-04-30English.
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        John Hough James to Robert E. Lee
        James, John Hough, 1800-18811866-04-24English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from John Hough James. James informs Lee that if he wishes to keep receiving the Urbana Union newspaper, he can resend the envelope this letter was enclosed in. If Lee does not wish to keep receiving this paper, he should send it back with a cross next to his name.

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        George Lyttleton Peyton to Robert E. Lee
        Peyton, George Lyttleton, 1829-19091866-04-23English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from George Lyttleton Peyton. Peyton offers for Lee to come stay at the hotel.

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        S. S. Louisa to Robert E. Lee
        Cochrane, S. S. Louisa, 1820-18971866-04-26English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from S. S. Louisa Cochrane. Cochrane hopes to send her son William G. "Gilly" Cochrane to Washington College and requests a catalogue or circular.

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        Dominick James Dillon to Robert E. Lee
        Dillon, Dominick James, 1825-19081866-04-27English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter is addressed to Robert E. Lee from Dominick James Dillon.Dillon wishes to send his son to Washington College and is awaiting a catalogue.

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        Benjamin S. Elliott to Robert E. Lee
        Elliott, Benjamin S., 1830-18841866-04-27English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from Benjamin S. Elliott. Elliott informs Lee that he favor he asked for on the 24th of April, 1866 has been fulfilled. Although Lee did not accept Elliott's offer for Patrick Henry's colt, Elliott is negotating for a two-year-old colt to be given to Lee. This letter also contains its original envelope.

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        Unsigned note to Lee dated April 28th, 1866
        1866-04-28English.
        Scope and Contents

        This note came with a package addressed to Robert E. Lee. The note explains a forwarded package meant for Lee from Algernon Sidney Vigus. The package contained books Vigus removed from the Lee family's "Arlington House" during the American Civil War.

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        Walter Hanson Jenifer to Robert E. Lee
        Jenifer, Walter Hanson, 1823-18781866-04-28English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written by Walter Hanson Jenifer to Robert E. Lee. Jenifer writes that he has decided to retire from cavalry service and is now part of a business. He offers his services to Lee if he ever needs them. Included with this letter is an advertisement for Jenifer's business, "Jenifer and Brother".

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        Chestley Netterville to Robert E. Lee
        Netterville, Chestley, 1847-19241866-04-29English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter is written by Chestley Netterville to Robert E. Lee. Netterville wishes to attend Washington College in the fall of 1866 and would like a catalogue.

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        John C. Breckinridge to Robert E. Lee
        1866-04-29English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by John Cabell Breckinridge is to Robert E. Lee. Breckinridge asks for Lee to keep an eye and advise three brothers, William, James, and Edward Carson, attending Washington College. He also has heard that Lee is planning to write about the American Civil War campaigns in Virginia but that he has little written material to share.

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        S. G. Landes to Robert E. Lee
        Landes, S. G.1866-04-30English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by S. G. Landes is addressed to Robert E. Lee. He asks Lee to sign an autograph on a blank page included with this letter. He writes this letter from Mt. Carmel, Illinois although he notes that he grew up in the Rockbridge and Augusta counties of Virginia.

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        Strobridge & Co. to Robert E. Lee
        Strobridge Lithographing Company1866-04-30English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by the Strobridge Lithography Company is addressed to Robert E. Lee. The letter references lithographs of Robert E. Lee. The company apologizes for a delay in delivery of one example explaining that fire had destroyed its Cincinnati studio, including that Lee lithograph portrait. They share that a third lithograph is in process as well as a portrait of Stonewall Jackson.

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      Correspondences
      1866-05-01-1866-05-04English.
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        F. Bullwinkle to Robert E. Lee
        Bullwinkle, F.1866-05-01English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by F. Bullwinkle is for Robert E. Lee. Bullwinkle wishes to get a mathematical education from Washington College and would like a catalogue.

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        Stonewall Literary Society to Robert E. Lee
        1866-05-01English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by members of the Stonewall Literary Society is for Robert E. Lee. The society writes to Lee that they have decided to make him an honorary member for his actions at the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia during the American Civil War.

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        Richard Pennefather Rothwell
        1866-05-02English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Richard Pennefather Rothwell is to Robert E. Lee. Rothwell has heard that Washington College is increasing its staff and offers his services as a professor. He offers to be a professor of mining, metallurgy, mineralogy, or geology.

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        Robert V. Richardson to Robert E. Lee
        Richardson, Robert V., 1820-18701866-05-02English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Robert Vinkler Richardson is for Robert E. Lee. Richardson is trying to establish foreign investment in the southern American cotton industry. This letter is written on a circular sent out to different cotton planters, with this one having a hand-written letter for Lee.

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        Thomas Roberts Slicer to Robert E. Lee
        Slicer, Thomas Roberts, 1847-19161866-05-02English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Thomas Roberts Slicer is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Slicer, the son of Lee's friend Henry Slicer, inquires about a position to teach elocution at Washington College.

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        Daniel F. Wright to Robert E. Lee
        Wright, Daniel F.1866-05-02English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Daniel F. Wright is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Wright asks for a circular of Washington College to give a potential student he knows. He also mentions that he was a surgeon in Archer's Brigade during the American Civil War.

      • James Cleland to Robert E. Lee
        1866-05-04English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by James Cleland is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Cleland, a plumber and gas-fitter in Lynchburg, offers his services to Washington College to install a gas system. Included with this letter is a pamphlet from the Automatic Gas Company of Baltimore advertising their product.

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        J. C. Parks to Robert E. Lee
        1866-05-04English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by J. C. Parks is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Parks asks Lee if he and "Mr. Frazier" may be the publishers of Lee's American Civil War history in the southern states. Their conditions are that they would liberally compensate Lee and that half of the profits be given to widows and orphans of fallen Confederate soldiers. They list Casper Bell, John Bullock Clark, and John Heagan as references.

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        Warren S. Barlow to Robert E. Lee
        Barlow, Warren S.1866-05-04English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Warren S. Barlow is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Barlow writes that Lee's portrait by Elijah C. Middleton has been finished. He will send it by express to "Mr. Lutz" for Lee to receive.

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      Correspondences
      1866-05-05-1866-05-09English.
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        Simon Bolivar Buckner to Robert E. Lee
        Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-19141866-05-05English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Simon Bolivar Buckner is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Buckner introduces a student of Washington College he knows, J. Esten Cooke. Buckner also tells Lee that he is currently in New Orleans working as an editor for a paper.

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        Charles B. Richardson to Robert E. Lee
        Richardson, Charles B.1866-05-05English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Charles B. Richardson is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Enclosed with this letter was a map of the Potomac Army that Lee requested, as well as John Beauchamp Jones' "A Rebel War Clerk's Diary" for ideas. Along with this package, Richardson updates Lee on the publishing of Henry Lee III's memoirs. Richardson also tells Lee that he is going through some financial setbacks but that it shouldn't hinder his business.

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        Ancrum B. Burr to Robert E. Lee
        Burr, Ancrum B.1866-05-06English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Ancrum B. Burr is addressed to Robert E. Lee. She wishes for her son, Edward Johnston, to attend Washington College and would like a circular. Burr also says that Edward's father may have graduated from the United States Military Academy around the same time as Lee, but that he died in the Mexican-American War.

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        John Mimms and Edwin O'Brien to Robert E. Lee
        Mimms, JohnO'Brien, Edwin1866-05-06English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by John Mimms and Edwin O'Brien is addressed to Robert E. Lee. They say that several students in their town wish to attend Washington College and would like a catalogue.

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        Richmond Light Infantry Blues to Robert E. Lee
        Levy, Ezekiel Jacob, 1833-1908Jarvis, George William, 1832-1913DePriest, Emmett E., 1842-19031866-05-07English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by members of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues is addressed to Robert E. Lee. The militia group is celebrating its seventy-third anniversary on May 10, 1866 and is inviting Lee to celebrate.

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        Houston Rucker to Robert E. Lee
        Rucker, Houston, 1835-19111866-05-08English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Houston Rucker is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Rucker writes that he would like a circular and information on Washington College to send a friend's son.

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        Seaton Gales to Robert E. Lee
        Gales, Seaton, 1828-18781866-05-08English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Seaton Gales is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Gales, an editor of the Raleigh Sentinel (N.C.) newspaper, offers to help identify a publisher for Lee's proposed book on the American Civil War. Gales included a copy of the Raleigh Sentinel with the letter. At the end of the letter Gales notes that he was an Assistant Adjutant General under General Stephen Dodson Ramseur

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        George Dawes Appleton to Robert E. Lee
        Appleton, George Dawes, 1818-18901866-05-08English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by George Dawes Appleton is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Dawes writes that he wants to admit his son to Washington College and would like information about attending.

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        John T. Adkisson to Robert E. Lee
        Adkisson, John T., 1841-18801866-05-08English.
        Scope and Contents

        Adkisson, who had attended Dolbear Commercial College in New Orleans, La., inquires about continuing his education at Washington College and offers a plan for how he may be able to afford it. He notes that he served in a Texas Brigade during the American Civil War.

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        James F. Dumble to Robert E. Lee
        Dumble, James F., 1829-19111866-05-09English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by James F. Dumble is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Dumble wants to send his son, around fifteen years of age, to Washington College and would like to know the terms of entering. He also asks if his son can board with a family.

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      Correspondences
      1866-05-10-1866-05-14English.
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        Reverend William Norvell Ward to Robert E. Lee
        Ward, William Norvell, Reverend, 1805-18811866-05-10English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Reverend William Norvell Ward is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Ward wants to know if Lee would like a photographic copy of a painting by Mattie Ward, his daughter. The subject of this painting is Stratford Hall, Lee's birthplace.

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        J. F. Heun to Robert E. Lee
        Heun, J. F.1866-05-11English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by J. F. Heun is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Heun asks Lee for an autographed wartime document.

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        W. H. Nettleton to Robert E. Lee
        Nettleton, W. H.1866-05-11English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by W. H. Nettleton is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Nettleton, an Englishman having traveled the county over the past year, writes that he would like a hand-written line or two from Lee as a souvenir of this trip.

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        Josiah Warren to Robert E. Lee
        Warren, Josiah1866-05-12English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Josiah Warren is addressed to Robert E. Lee. This letter accompanied a book Warren wanted Lee to read.

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        Horatio Richardson Moore to Robert E. Lee
        Moore, Horatio Richardson, 1833-19261866-05-12English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Horatio Richardson Moore is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Moore asks if it would be okay for some acquaintances in New Orleans to use Lee's name in their company.

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        William T. Somervell to Robert E. Lee
        Somervell, William T., 1846-19201866-05-12English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by William T. Somervell is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Somervell wishes to attend Washington College and asks for a circular, terms, and regulations for applying.

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        Mansfield Lovell to Robert E. Lee
        Lovell, Mansfield, 1822-18841866-05-13English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Mansfield Lovell is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Having heard that Lee is writing a history of the American Civil War, Lovell offers a list of documents from Confederate officers in his possession for Lee to borrow from. Mansfield notes his documents of evidence taken by the Joint Congressional Committee on the affairs of the Confederate Naval Department, and correspondence between the Confederate States of America War Department and General Lafayette McLaws concerning the fate of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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        Robert Lewis Dabney to Robert E. Lee
        Dabney, Robert Lewis, 1820-18981866-05-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Robert Lewis Dabney is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Dabney writes that an advertisement of his Stonewall Jackson biography gives credit of Lee's review and revisions to the publisher instead. He explains to Lee that the publisher decided to do this, not him.

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        Lizzie C. Hull to Robert E. Lee
        Hull, Lizzie C.1866-05-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Lizzie C. Hull is addressed to Robert E. Lee. She acknowledges the receipt that her son cannot attend Washington College and wishes the best for Lee.

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        Jeannette Ritchie Hadermann Walworth to Robert E. Lee
        Walworth, Jeannette H., 1837-19181866-05-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Jeannette Ritchie Hadermann Walworth is addressed to Robert E. Lee. She asks for a piece of Lee's hair for her nephew who is also named Lee in honor of him.

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      Correspondences
      1866-05-15-1866-05-17English.
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        Jubal Anderson Early to Robert E. Lee
        Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-18941866-05-15English.
        Scope and Contents

        Jubal Early recounts his participation in battles of the American Civil War and describes his experience living in Mexico since the Confederate surrender and his planned move to Canada.

        The original envelope is included with this letter.

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        Aaron Howell Pierson Sr. to Robert E. Lee
        Pierson, Aaron Howell, Sr., 1810-18751866-05-15English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Aaron Howell Pierson Sr. is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Pierson wishes to send his son to Washington College but does not know the requirements. Pierson worries that because of his son's service in the American Civil War, he may be too far behind his studies to attend.

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        James Dabney McCabe to Robert E. Lee
        McCabe, James D., 1842-18831866-05-15English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by James Dabney McCabe is addressed to Robert E. Lee. McCabe asks if he can write a narration of Lee's actions during the American Civil War. He notes that as an ex-cadet of Virginia Military Institue, he published "A Life of Lieut. Gen. T. J. Jackson" during the war.

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        R. Thompson to Robert E. Lee
        Thompson, R.1866-05-15English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by R. Thompson is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Thompson offers to publish a British edition of Lee's planned book on the American Civil War. Lee never wrote the book.

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        Sam Beach Jones to Robert E. Lee
        Jones, Samuel Beach, Rev., 1811-18831866-05-15English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by the Reverend Samuel Beach Jones is addressed to Robert E. Lee, updating him on events. Jones has found the whereabouts of a painting taken from Lee's Arlington house. Jones also found another painting of a winter scene but doesn't know for sure that it belonged to Lee. Along with these paintings, Jones has come across a book that supposedly comes from Lee's library but is marked as belonging to Charles A. Atkinson. Along with these matters, Jones says that he is taking a trip to Europe and offers to collect money for Washington College.

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        John Speck LeFevre to Robert E. Lee
        LaFever, John Speck, 1848-18881866-05-16English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by John Speck LaFever is addressed to Robert E. Lee. LaFever asks for information to attend Washington College.

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        Dr. Wesley Emmett Gatwood to Robert E. Lee
        Gatwood, Wesley Emmett, Dr., 1845-19241866-05-17English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Dr. Wesley Emmett Gatewood is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Gatewood would like information on attending Washington College and a piece of clothing Lee wore during the American Civil War.

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        Augustus Machim Garber to Robert E. Lee
        Garber, Augustus Machim, ca.1811-d.18901866-05-17English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by Augustus Machim Garber is addressed to Robert E. Lee. He writes that he has sent catalogues of Washington College to his uncle. However, his uncle would like information on fees and payment to the school. Garber also mentions sculptor William Rudolph O'Donovan and shares that the scultpor, with approval from Lee, will continue workingon a bust of Stonwall Jackson.

        Originally included with this letter was a photograph of O'Donovan's bust of Stonewall Jackson.

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        C. Williams to Robert E. Lee
        Williams, C.1866-05-17English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter by C. Williams is addressed to Robert E. Lee on behalf of the Great Southern and Western Life and Accident Insurance Company announcing a forthcoming shareholders meeting.

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      Correspondences
      1866-05-18-1866-05-23English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-05-24-1866-05-26English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-05-27-1866-05-31English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-06-01English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-06-02-1866-06-04English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-06-05-1866-06-10English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-06-11-1866-06-12English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-06-13-1866-06-15English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-06-16-1866-06-20English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-06-21English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-06-22English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-06-23-1866-06-26English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-06-27-1866-06-30English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-07-02-1866-07-04English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-07-05-1866-07-06English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-07-07-1866-07-09English.
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      Sister Mary B. Linton to Robert E. Lee
      Linton, Mary B. (Mary Baptista), Sister, 1822-19011866-07-10English.
      Scope and Contents

      Sister Mary Baptista Linton asks Robert E. Lee to speak at Mount de Chental Visitation Academy. Because of the event, the academy sent materials to Washington and Lee University archives. This includes a booklet from the one-hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the school with a quote from Robert E. Lee on the front. Along with this are materials from the Georgetown Academy of the Visitation on Sister Baptista, a scan of Lee's letter to Sister Baptista, and a section of Mount de Chental's centennial booklet on its southern fund.

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      Correspondences
      1866-07-10English.
      Scope and Contents

      This folder contains two original letters from Mercer University faculty, and photographic reproductions made in 1944 from negatives taken by Michael Miley

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      Correspondences
      1866-07-11-1866-07-13English.
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      Correspondences
      1866-07-14-1866-07-15English.
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        Frederick A. P. Barnard to Robert E. Lee
        Barnard, Frederick A. P. (Frederick Augustus Porter), 1809-18891866-07-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        Frederick A. P. Barnard sends Robert E. Lee a recommendation for Robert B. White, D. D. to be chair of mental and moral philosophy at Washington College. This letter is sent to Lee in two parts: an introduction and the recommendation itself.

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        Charles P. Stone to Robert E. Lee
        Stone, Charles Pomeroy, 1824-18871866-07-17English.
        Scope and Contents

        Chas. P. Stone offers coal from Dover Mines, a coal mining comapny in Goochland, Virginia for Washington College.

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        Lafayette Guild to Robert E. Lee
        Guild, Lafayette, 1825-18701866-07-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        Lafayette Guild introduces Robert E. Lee to William G. Cochrane, a new Washington College student. He also says that he has been keeping in touch with Walter H. Stevens in Mexico.

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        Burr Harrison McCown to Robert E. Lee
        McCown, B. H. (Burr Harrison), 1806-18811866-07-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        Burr Harrison McCown asks Robert E. Lee for two catalogues of Washington College. One for him, and one for Joseph Henry in Leavenworth, Kansas.

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        J. B. Moore to Robert E. Lee
        Moore, J. B., b. ca. 18471866-07-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        J. B. Moore asks Robert E. Lee for a catalogue of Washington College.

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        J. Hewett to Robert E. Lee
        Hewett, J.1866-07-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        J. Hewett offers to hire Robert E. Lee as superintendent of Natchez Institute.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 80
        Aaron Howell Pierson Sr. to Robert E. Lee
        Pierson, Aaron Howell, Sr., 1810-18751866-07-14English.
        Scope and Contents

        Aaron Howell Pierson Sr. tells Robert E. Lee he has received his letter in the mail and his son, Aaron Howell Pierson Jr., needs to attend preparatory school.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 80
        James Patterson Rogers to Robert E. Lee
        Rogers, James P. (James Patterson), 1839-19041866-07-15English.
        Scope and Contents

        James Patterson Rogers contacts Robert E. Lee, representing Lieutenant Samuel S. Mathers. Lieutenant Mathers wishes to return a letter by George Washington addressed to the board of trustees of Washington College. Mathers gained this letter during Hunter's Raid in the American Civil War.

    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 81
      Correspondences
      1866-07-16-1866-07-20English.
      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 81
        W. C. Park to Robert E. Lee
        Park, W. C.1866-07-16English.
        Scope and Contents

        W. C. Park asks Robert E. Lee if Professor Maximilian Schele de Vere is teaching at Washington College.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 81
        Andrew Jackson Moses Jr. to Robert E. Lee
        Moses, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), b. ca.1847-19111866-07-16English.
        Scope and Contents

        Andrew Jackson Moses asks Robert E. Lee about attending Washington College.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 81
        J. Ditzler to Robert E. Lee
        Ditzler, J.1866-07-17English.
        Scope and Contents

        J. Ditzler asks Robert E. Lee how he can contact Professor Albert Taylor Bledsoe. He also offers to lecture at Washington College and send Lee a copy of his history book.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 81
        Caroline Wright Jones to Robert E. Lee
        Jones, Caroline Wright1866-07-17English.
        Scope and Contents

        Mrs. Joseph Jones (Caroline Wright) invites Robert E. Lee to Warren County on August 8th for the unveiling of a memorial for his daughter Anne Carter Lee.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 81
        William Greenleaf Rolfe to Robert E. Lee
        Rolfe, W. G. (William Greenleaf), 1826-19091866-07-17English.
        Scope and Contents

        William Greenleaf Rolfe asks Robert E. Lee for information on Washington College and Virginia Military Institute for potential students in Ashley County, Arkansas.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 81
        Mary Hardaway to Robert E. Lee
        Hardaway, Mary1866-07-18English.
        Scope and Contents

        Mary Hardaway asks Robert E. Lee for a catalogue of Washington College.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 81
        George J. Hobday to Robert E. Lee
        Hobday, George J. (George Jonadab), 1847-ca.19271866-07-18English.
        Scope and Contents

        George J. Hobday asks Robert E. Lee for a catalogue of Washington College.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 81
        William A. Rogers to Robert E. Lee
        Rogers, William A., ca.1820-d.18811866-07-18English.
        Scope and Contents

        William A. Rogers asks Robert E. Lee if students of Washington College may begin after the official start date of academic terms. He also asks for the address of Charles R. Jones.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 81
        Mary C. Allen to Robert E. Lee
        Allen, Mary C.1866-07-18English.
        Scope and Contents

        Mary C. Allen asks Robert E. Lee about sending her sons to Washington College.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 81
        Albert Jefer Montgomery to Robert E. Lee
        Montgomery, A. J. (Albert Jefer), b. ca. 18441866-07-18English.
        Scope and Contents

        Albert Jefer Montgomery asks about attending Washington College. He notes that he is a veteran of the Confederate States Army.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 81
        Delaware B. Kemper to Robert E. Lee
        Kemper, Delaware B. "Del", 1833-18991866-07-19English.
        Scope and Contents

        Delaware B. Kemper shares that he is applying for professorship at Hampden-Sydney College and they have asked for his military references. He asks President Lee if he can give a reference.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 81
        W. A. Wash to Robert E. Lee
        Wash, W. A.1866-07-20English.
        Scope and Contents

        W. A. Wash asks Robert E. Lee for a catalogue of Washington College.

    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 82
      Correspondences
      1866-07-21-1866-07-23English.
      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 82
        Duff Green to Robert E. Lee
        Green, Duff, 1791-18751866-07-21English.
        Scope and Contents

        Duff Green writes to Robert E. Lee that he plans to send his grandson, Benjamin Green Maynard, to Washington College.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 82
        Wade Hampton to Robert E. Lee
        Hampton, Wade, 1818-19021866-07-21English.
        Scope and Contents

        Wade Hampton informs Robert E. Lee that he has gathered data from his old officers for Lee's paper on the American Civil War.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 82
        J. W. Heatley to Robert E. Lee
        Heatley, J. W., b. ca. 18491866-07-22English.
        Scope and Contents

        J. W. Heatley asks Robert E. Lee for a catalogue of Washington College.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 82
        Walter O. Bullock to Robert E. Lee
        Bullock, Waller O. (Waller Overton), 1842-19031866-07-23English.
        Scope and Contents

        Waller O. Bullock asks Robert E. Lee for a catalogue of Washington College.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 82
        A. J. Frantz to Robert E. Lee
        Frantz, A. J.1866-07-23English.
        Scope and Contents

        A. J. Frantz sends Robert E. Lee an advertisement for advertising space in the Brandon Republican newspaper Rankin County, Mississippi.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 82
        Thomas Treadwell Eaton to Robert E. Lee
        Eaton, T. T. (Thomas Treadwell), 1845-19071866-07-23English.
        Scope and Contents

        Thomas Treadwell Eaton asks Robert E. Lee if he can attend the Washington College Fall term in 1866. He also asks if he can secure places for friends Adelbert Smith and William H. Washington.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 82
        John T. Harrison to Robert E. Lee
        Harrison, John T.1866-07-23English.
        Scope and Contents

        John T. Harrison informs Robert E. Lee that he is behind in the Latin and Greek requirements for Washington College admission and asks about preparatory schools.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 82
        George Anderson Mayse to Robert E. Lee
        Mayse, George Anderson, 1826-19031866-07-23English.
        Scope and Contents

        George Anderson Mayse invites Robert E. Lee to Warm Springs, VA for the summer season.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 82
        Alexander McKinley to Robert E. Lee
        McKinley, Alexander1866-07-23English.
        Scope and Contents

        Alexander McKinley asks Robert E. Lee about entering his son into Washington College.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 82
        R. M. McClellan to Robert E. Lee
        McClellan, R. M.1866-07-23English.
        Scope and Contents

        R. M. McClellan introduces Washington College student David L. Anderson to President Lee. He explains that Anderson is behind in Greek and suggests that he be enrolled in that class.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 82
        Samuel Wethered to Robert E. Lee
        Wethered, Samuel, 1814-18741866-07English.
        Scope and Contents

        This letter was written sometime in July 1866. Lee responded on July 23rd, 1866. Samuel Wethered inquires about sending his son to Washington College.

    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 83
      Correspondences
      1866-07-24-1866-07-25English.
      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 83
        James Springfield Edwards to Robert E. Lee
        Edwards, J. S. (James Springfield)1866-07-24English.
        Scope and Contents

        James Springfield Edwards asks for a catalogue of Washington College.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 83
        John Edward Burson to Robert E. Lee
        Burson, John Edward1866-07-24English.
        Scope and Contents

        John Edward Burson requests a catalogue of Washington College. He also asks about boarding and the potential for other students from his community accompanying him to school in Lexington.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 83
        Richard Sears McCulloh to Robert E. Lee
        McCulloh, R. S. (Richard Sears), 1818-18941866-07-24English.
        Scope and Contents

        Professor Richard Sears McCulloh, writing from New York City and having consulted with architects, sends a basic floor plan, specifications, and cost estimates for the contruction of a chapel at Washington College.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 83
        Benjamin Franklin French to Robert E. Lee
        French, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1799-18771866-07-24English.
        Scope and Contents

        Benjamin Franklin French offers resources for Lee's planned book on the history of the American Civil War.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 83
        Gabriel James Rains to Robert E. Lee
        Rains, Gabriel James, 1803-18811866-07-24English.
        Scope and Contents

        Gabriel James Rains wishes to leave Summerville Institute to teach at Virginia Military Institute (V.M.I.). Rains mistakenly suggests that Lee is presiding over V.M.I. rather than Washington College.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 83
        Jesse W. Shanks
        Shanks, Jesse W.1866-07-24English.
        Scope and Contents

        Jesse Shanks inquires about sending his brother to Washington College.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 83
        William A. Brown to Robert E. Lee
        Brown, W. A. (William A.), b. ca. 18491866-07-25English.
        Scope and Contents

        William A. Brown asks Robert E. Lee for a catalogue of Washington College.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 83
        R. M. McClellan to Robert E. Lee
        McClellan, R. M.1866-07-25English.
        Scope and Contents

        R. M. McClellan introduces admitted Washignton College student William W. Collins to Robert E. Lee and suggests that Collins shoudl enrroll in a preparatory Greek course.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 83
        W. R. Abbott to Robert E. Lee
        Abbott, W. R.1866-07-25English.
        Scope and Contents

        W. R. Abbott announces Robert E. Lee's election to the Educational Asssociation of Virginia.

    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 84
      Correspondences
      1866-07-26-1866-07-27English.
      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 84
        H. A. (Hampton A) Rice to Robert E. Lee
        Rice, H. A. (Hampton A.), 1840-18841866-07-27English.
        Scope and Contents

        H. A. (Hampton A.) Rice asks for a catalogue or a list of expenses for attending Washington College for potential students in Macon. On the back of this letter Rice asks for a catalog to be sent to H. L. (Hampton Lea) Jarnagin Jr.

      • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 84
        Charles A. (Charles Alfred) Welch to Robert E. Lee
        Welch, Charles A. (Charles Alfred), Sr., 1815-19081866-07-27English.
        Scope and Contents

        Charles A. (Charles Alfred) Welch asks when his son, Francis Welch, should come to Washington College for examination. Welch also asks if there are uniform or clothing regulations that his son must follow.

        Welch asks that Lee addresses his response to Sohier and Welch of Boston Massachussetts.

    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 85
      Correspondences
      1866-07-28-1866-07-30English.
    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 86
      Correspondences
      1866-07-31English.
    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 87
      Correspondences
      1866-08-01-1866-08-03English.
    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 88
      Correspondences
      1866-08-06English.
    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 89
      Correspondences
      1866-08-07-1866-08-08English.
    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 90
      Correspondences
      1866-08-09-1866-08-10English.
    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 91
      Correspondences
      1866-08-11-1866-08-14English.
    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 92
      Correspondences
      1866-08-15-1866-08-18English.
    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 93
      Correspondences
      1866-08-20English.
    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 94
      Correspondences
      1866-08-21-1866-08-23English.
    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 95
      Correspondences
      1866-08-25-1866-08-27English.
    • Text [0000003982] box: 8 folder: 96
      Correspondences
      1866-08-28-1866-08-31English.
  • Text box: 8A folder: 97-120
    Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
    English.
  • Text [0000003983] box: 9 folder: 121-155
    Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
    English.
  • Text box: 9A folder: 156-179
    Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
    English.
  • Text [0000003984] box: 10 folder: 180-207
    Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
    English.
  • Text box: 10A folder: 208-229
    Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
    English.
  • Text [0000003985] box: 11 folder: 230-254
    Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
    English.
  • Text box: 11A folder: 255-284
    Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
    English.
  • Text [0000003986] box: 12 folder: 285-305
    Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
    English.
  • Text box: 12A folder: 306-321
    Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
    English.
Reminiscences and Obituaries for Robert E. Lee
Text [0000003987] box: 13 English.
  • Text [0000004068] box: 13 folder: 0
    Control Folder
    English.
  • Text box: 13 folder: 1
    Notebook - William Allan's "Memoranda of a Conversation with Robert E. Lee"
    Gordon, E. C. (Edward Clifford), 1842 - 1922Allan, William, 1837-18891868-02-16-1870-02-191886-11English.
    Scope and Contents

    Between February 1868 and February 1870 Washington College professor and former Confederate Ordinance officer, William Allan, had five conversations with college president Robert E. Lee which he manually recorded in this memo book which he titled "Conversations with Gen. R. E. Lee". Soon after each conversation, Allan described retreating to his office to record the highlights. In 1886, former Washington College Clerk of faculty and Librarian, Edward Clifford "E.C." Gordon shared with Allan, by mail, a similar manuscript reminiscence of a discussion he had with Lee in 1868 on the Sharpsburg/Antietam campaign, specifically the story of Lee's "Lost Dispatch". Allan transcribed Gordon's reminiscence into his memo book – with a background note. (Gordon's original reminiscence was then purportedly returned to him.) The memo book is accompanied by an informative 1886 letter from Gordon to Allan on the Lee conversations. There are also two letters regarding the gift of the memoranda book to Washington and Lee University in 1946 by Mrs. Louisa P. Allan, William Allan's daughter – in – law. Subjects of the conversations include Lee's objectives and strategy at different points during the American Civil War; Lee's decision to resign from the United States Army on April 20, 1861 including his conversations with U.S. Army General Winfield Scott; and commentary, at times critical, of Federal and Confederate generals and leaders including George McClellan, D.H. Hill, James Longstreet, Jefferson Davis, Richard Ewell, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, Joseph Johnston, J.E.B. Stuart, and John-Fitz Porter. Civil War battles mentioned or discussed include Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gaines Mill and the Seven Days Battles, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the fall of the defenses at Petersburg, Va.

  • Text [0000004076] box: 13 folder: 3
    Magazine - "The Land We Love"
    Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey)Campbell, J. L. (John Lyle)1868-02English.
    Scope and Contents

    Robert E. Lee's copy of D.H. Hill's post Civil War magazine "The Land We Love," which published an article pertaining to the story of Lee's "Lost Dispatch" - an order by General Robert E. Lee directing movements of his Army of Northern Virginia during the Maryland Campaign of 1862. It was lost by an unidentified Confederate courier and found by Union soldiers and subsequently forwarded to Union General George B. McClellan. The contents of the dispatch influenced the battles of South Mountain and Antietam.

  • Text [0000004069] box: 13 folder: 4
    Correspondences
    1886-11-181946-09-27English.
    Scope and Contents

    Letter from E.C.(Edward Clifford)Gordon, former Washington College Clerk of Faculty, to Col. William Allan of th eMcDonough institute in Baltimore, Md. and former mathematics professor at Washington College between 1866 and 1873 regarding an accompanying memo book in which Gordon documented a long conversation he had with Robert E. Lee on February 16, 1868. A main theme of the letter is the content from the memo book regarding the story of Lee's "Lost Dispatch" during his Maryland Campaign of 1862. The second letter accompanied the memo book when it was given by Louisa P. Allan, Col. William Allan's daughter - in - law, to Washington and Lee University President Francis Pendleton Gaines in 1946.

  • Text [0000004070] box: 13 folder: 5
    Reminiscences - Authors: B-J
    Bond, ChristianaBailey, William Whitman, 1843 - 1914Campbell, Henry DonaldHobson, John P. (John Peyton), 1850-1934Chester, Samuel H.Cooke, Giles B.Johnston, William PrestonDixon, Frank McClung, 1900-1980Denison, George T. (George Taylor), 1839-1925Jones, Carter H., Dr. (Carter Helm), 1861-1946Joynes, Edward S.1900-1960English.
    Scope and Contents

    Reminiscences of Robert E. Lee including manuscripts, typescripts, newspaper clippings, and published materials by subjects with surnames begininng with letters B through J. See agents list for authors.

  • Text [0000004071] box: 13 folder: 6
    Reminiscences - Authors: K-Z
    McCorkle, Emmett W., Dr., 1855-1938Norfleet, Thomas S. (Thomas Spruill), 1849-1942Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893Lee , George Taylor, 1848-1933Lacy, John Alexander, 1850-1923Signaigo, Augustine John, II, 1861-19431865-1960English.
    Scope and Contents

    Reminiscences of Robert E. Lee including manuscripts, typescripts, newspaper clippings, and published materials by subjects with surnames begininng with letters K through Z. See agents list for authors.

  • Text [0000004072] box: 13 folder: e
    Reminiscences: Story of Finding Lee's Coffin
    no dateEnglish.
  • Text [0000004073] box: 13 folder: f
    Lee's Hair
    English.
  • Text [0000004118] box: 13 folder: j
    Papers fom Lee's desk and sideboard
    no dateEnglish.
  • Text [0000004078] box: 13 folder: k
    Funeral obsequies and will of Robert E. Lee
    no dateEnglish.
  • Text [0000004079] box: 13 folder: l
    Flowers from Lee's casket
    no dateEnglish.
  • Text [0000004080] box: 13 folder: m
    Printed Obituaries
    no dateEnglish.
  • Text [0000004081] box: 13 folder: n
    Centennial Observance of Lee's Death
    no dateEnglish.
Letters from Robert E. Lee Family Members
Text box: 14A-14B folder: 1-97 English.
Scope and Contents

The core of this series is comprised of letters written by members of Robert E. Lee's immediate family, though it includes letters from some more distant relatives and descendants.

  • Text [0000003989] box: 14A folder: 1-54
    Letters from Lee Family
    English.
  • Text [0000003990] box: 14B folder: 55-97
    Letters from Lee Family
    English.
Lee Family Printed Material
Text [0000003991] box: 15 English.
Scrapbooks about Robert E. Lee
Text box: 16 1870-1920English.
Scope and Contents

Two oversize scrapbooks commemorating the life of Robert E. Lee. Both scrapbooks contain voluminous amounts of newspaper clippings, some pamphlets and published materials, manuscript and typescript documents, and printed Lee imagery. The compiler of each scrapbook is unknown.

Student information Cards
Text box: 17 1865-1873English.
Scope and Contents

Typescript notecards created during the 1940s with information on students who attended Washington College's undergraduate and law school during Robert E. Lee's presidency. Details included were, for the most part, limited to hometown (town, state) and current location at the time that the original information was gathered. This information was copied in the 1940s likely from some original list, perhaps from the Washington and Lee University alumni catalog of 1888.

Robert E. Lee Memorbilia
Text box: 18-19 English.
  • Text box: 19
    Lee Memorabilia
    English.
    • Text box: 19 folder: 0
      Control Folder
      English.
    • Text [0000004025] box: 19A folder: 1
      Amnesty Resolutions
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004027] box: 19A folder: 3
      "A Book for Gen.Lee" by G. B. Johnston
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004028] box: 19A folder: 4
      Civil War
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004029] box: 19A folder: 5
      Civil War and Reconstruction
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004030] box: 19A folder: 6
      Commemorations and Addresses
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004031] box: 19A folder: 7
      Lee Family
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004032] box: 19A folder: 8
      Friends of Lee
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004034] box: 19A folder: 9
      Lee Homes
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004020] box: 19A folder: 10
      Lee Chapel
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004037] box: 19A folder: 11
      LEE-ANNA, A Catalogue of the Collection of R. E. Lee
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004040] box: 19A folder: 12
      Miscellaneous Magazines
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004041] box: 19A folder: 13
      Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
      no dateEnglish.
  • Text [0000003996] box: 19B
    Lee Memorabilia
    English.
    • Text [0000004050] box: 19B folder: 14
      Plays
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004053] box: 19B folder: 15
      Poems
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004059] box: 19B folder: 16
      Portraits
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004061] box: 19B folder: 17
      Sheet Music
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004063] box: 19B folder: 18
      Southern Historical Society
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004064] box: 19B folder: 19
      Speeches
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004065] box: 19B folder: 20
      Traveller
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004066] box: 19B folder: 21
      Washington College
      no dateEnglish.
    • Text [0000004067] box: 19B folder: 22
      Section of Lee statue crate
      no dateEnglish.
Letters and Information about the Robert E. Lee Papers
Text box: 20A-21 English.
  • Text box: 20A
    Letters and Information about the Robert E. Lee Papers
    English.
  • Text [0000003998] box: 20B
    Letters and Information about the Robert E. Lee Papers
    English.
  • Text [0000003999] box: 20C
    Letters and Information about the Robert E. Lee Papers
    English.
  • Text [0000004002] box: 21
    Letters and Information about the Robert E. Lee Papers
    English.
Commemorative Pamphlets on Robert E. Lee
Text box: 22-26 English.
  • Text [0000004003] box: 22
    Lee Pamphlets
    English.
  • Text [0000004004] box: 23
    Lee Pamphlets
    English.
  • Text [0000004005] box: 24
    Lee Pamphlets
    English.
  • Text [0000004006] box: 25
    Lee Pamphlets
    English.
  • Text [0000004007] box: 26
    Lee Pamphlets
    English.
Robert E. Lee Photographs and Prints
Graphic Materials box: 27-27A English.
  • Graphic Materials [0000004008] box: 27
    Robert E. Lee Photographs and Prints
    English.
  • Graphic Materials box: 27A
    Robert E. Lee Photographs and Prints
    English.