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Box 7

 Container

Contains 69 Results:

Mrs. Robert E. Lee (Mary Custis Lee), to "Miss Em" (Miss Emily Mason), "Derwent," Virginia, 1865 September 10

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 10
Identifier: id154559
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Typewritten copy. Incomplete. Refers to Mrs. [Jefferson] Davis living in Augusta, Ga.; says that Mrs. Davis knows nothing of her husband and that the curfew is strict for everyone, white and black.

Dates: 1865 September 10

Robert E. Lee, near Cartersville, Cumberland County, Virginia, to Colonel Richard S. Maury, 1865 September 11

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 10
Identifier: id154560
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Typewritten copy. Refers to Colonel Maury's father's plans in Mexico.

Dates: 1865 September 11

Richard Henry Lee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Patrick Henry, esquire, Governor of Virginia, Williamsburg, Virginia., 1778 October 21

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154563
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Xerox copy. Discusses financial situation concerning payment of Continental troops and others

Dates: 1778 October 21

Francis Lightfoot Lee, Richmond, Virginia, to "dearest", 1780 July 5

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154564
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Xerox copy. Discusses developments in Virginia concerning the arrival of the French fleet; family news.

Dates: 1780 July 5

Charles Carter, Shirley, (Charles City County, Virginia), to Henry Lee, esquire, 1793 May 20

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154565
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Xerox copy. Gives consent for Henry Lee to marry his daughter.

Dates: 1793 May 20

Carter C. Lee, Richmond, Virginia, to "Cousin Nat," Nathaniel Burwell, Staunton, Virginia, 1848 February 1

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154566
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Xerox copy. Much family news; discusses farming and corn crops; wedding of cousin Ann Wickham's son.

Dates: 1848 February 1

Mary Custis Lee, Baltimore, Maryland, to Abbey Louise Peters Cook, Saratoga, New York, 1850 August 22

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154567
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Xerox copy. Her son Custis is in his first year at West Point; give news of various engagements and weddings; inquires about matrimonial prospects; family news. Including Typewritten copy. 1 p.

Dates: 1850 August 22

Alfred Lee, Wilmington, Delaware, to Nathaniel Burwell, 1852 February 10

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154568
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Xerox copy. Discussing pricing of Dr. Butler's book The Life of the Apostle Peter.

Dates: 1852 February 10

William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, Baltimore, Maryland, to "Brother" (George Washington Custis Lee), 1852 February 15

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154569
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Xerox copy. Inquires about his grades; Uncle Smith is to go to sea and take command of the Princeton; talks of going to college; describes a grand ball that took place; family news. Including Typewritten copy. 2 pp.

Dates: 1852 February 15

George Washington Custis Lee, Jackson, Mississippi, to Lt. General. Pemberton [?], 1862 December 26

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154570
Scope and Contents

Xerox copy. Referring another note to Lt. Genl. Pemberton for his appropriate action.

Dates: 1862 December 26

Mary Custis Lee, New York, New York [?], to Abby Louis Peters Cook, Richmond, Virginia [?], circa 1865 January 27

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154571
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Xerox copy. Talks about the "millenary line" of work; a great number of weddings and parties going on. Including Typewritten copy.

Dates: circa 1865 January 27

Mary Custis Lee, "Derwent," Virginia, to Miss Emmily Mason, 1865 September

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154572
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Typewritten copy of L. General Lee accepts Lexington position to teach; grieves over situation the southern people are living through.

Dates: 1865 September

Henry Lee to Mrs. Fendall, 1886 May 6

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154574
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Xerox copy. Expresses appreciation for her "maternal tendency"; talks of being uder a doctor's care.

Dates: 1886 May 6

Charlotte W. Lee, cousin, Arlington, Virginia, to Nathaniel Burwell, Staunton, Virginia, April 30 [?]

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154578
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Xerox copy. Thanks him for the gift of apples; mentions Lucy Carter's, a cousin, wedding; family news.

Dates: April 30 [?]

Mary Custis Lee, lexington, Virginia, to [?], 1873 September 16

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154573
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Xerox copy. Expresses gratitutde for others' consideration and memory of her husband, General Robert E. Lee.

Dates: 1873 September 16

Henry Lee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to R.S. Garnett, Congress, Washington, D.C., 1894 January 21

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154575
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Xerox copy. Discusses writing an article for the papers concerning landowners and tariffs.

Dates: 1894 January 21

[?], Baltimore, Maryland, to George Washington Custis Lee, West Point, New York, circa February 15

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154576
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Typewritten copy. Talks about "fast" Baltimore girls; many people sick with meazles [sic]; family news. Including Xerox copy.

Dates: circa February 15

Mary Custis Lee to C.D. Walker, undated

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154580
Scope and Contents

Enclosing money for her son, George Washington Custis Lee and herself.

Dates: undated

Alfred Lee to Nathaniel Burwell, Jr., undated

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: id154581
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Xerox copy. Thanks for the check and encloses a receipt.

Dates: undated