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A letter, dated July 22, 1835, from James Lee in Williamsburg, Virginia, to his “dear Daughter,” presumably Virginia Lee, in Norfolk, Virginia. James gives news of family and friends and expresses his love for his daughter. He writes, “Aunt Louisa and Katy are going away tomorrow: they send their love to you and your mother, and bid you both farewell forever.” This news perhaps concerns enslaved individuals hired out by the Lee family.

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A letter, dated August 15, 1838, from George W. Trice, King William County, Virginia, to James Lee, Williamsburg, Virginia. Trice petitions Lee’s help with a legal issue. He needs some additional information to resolve accounts. Trice is clearly frustrated by Lee’s failure to respond to a previous request. He wants to know about the amount due in this case.

Scope and Contents A letter, dated October 15, 1839, from James Lee in Williamsburg, Virginia to Louisa C. Lee in Norfolk, Virginia. James tells Louisa that the letter and bandbox she sent arrived and that their daughter Virginia is very pleased with the frock. He is pleased to hear that she is well and approves of her plan to delay her return home because there is “such an influx of students, every day, to render it unpleasant in traveling, in the Hack, from Jamestown to Williamsburg.” He also fears a “spell...

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An undated letter from James Lee in Williamsburg, Virginia to Emeline Teagle in Norfolk, Virginia. Lee says Louisa Lee, his wife and Teagle’s aunt, has returned safely to Williamsburg but will visit Teagle again soon. Lee reprimands Emeline for going on a long walk and hurting her feet and legs. He asks why she would not write a letter to him.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series includes documents relating to the Estate of Edward Teagle and reveals James Lee’s ongoing management of the Trust Fund for Susan Teagle and her children.The Lee and the Teagle families were related through the mothers of each family, Louisa Bellett Lee and Susan Bellet Teagle, who were sisters. Susan Teagle died in 1827; her husband, James Augustus Teagle died in 1833. At that point, James Lee assumed responsibility for James Teagle’s estate and the trust fund...

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The following seven documents are compositions written by Philip Ludwell Lee at the College of William & Mary in 1835 or soon thereafter. In-line responses and corrections may be in the hand of Adam Empie, President of the College through 1835