Box 1
Contains 7 Results:
Robert Saunders at Richmond to his wife Lucy, 1863 April 5
Robert Saunders at Richmond to his wife Lucy, 12 April 1863
Robert Saunders at Richmond to his wife Lucy, 1863 April 14
Robert Saunders at Richmond to his wife Lucy, 1863 April 26
Sending a sample of fabric ($5.50/yd). Sent Lelia a box of Beckwith’s Pills. Jim and Cyrus have been hired at a tobacco factory. Relieved Wilmer is free of their support. Heard accounts of deprivations of Yankees in Gloucester and of people fleeing.
Robert Saunders at Richmond to his wife Lucy, 1863 May 3
Robert Saunders at Richmond to his wife Lucy, 1863 May 31
Suffering with acute diarrhea. Misses Lucy terribly. Spent an evening with General (Richard Stoddart) Ewell. Ewell ’s been promoted to Lieutenant General a day or two after being married to Mrs. Brown. Ewell has gone to join General Lee’s army and take command of Gen Jackson’s old command. Mr. Botts lost his slaves.
Folder 9
This collection consists of 66 letters written by Robert Saunders of Williamsburg, Virginia to his wife Lucy Burwell Saunders (60 letters) and his daughters Lucy Page Saunders (three letters) and Roberta P. Saunders (two2 letters) from 1829-1867. There is also a letter written on May 4, 1847 to Overton Bernard, the father of College of William and Mary student Jesse Talbot Bernard.