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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1807 - 1870

Biography

President, W&L, 1865-1870. C. in C. Confederate armies, 1865. See Douglas Southall Freeman, R. E. Lee, 4 vls., 1934-35.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Douglas Southall Freeman Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0144
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of seven chapters of an original manuscript by Dr. Freeman titled R. E. Lee.

Dates: 1946

Thomas Nelson Page Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0007
Scope and Contents This collection includes four letter: Feb. 20, l904, Page to Samuel Graham (framed) on a social matter, and March 27, 1909, Lord Wolseley to Page in gratitude for being lent Nelson's book and praising Lee; September 30 and October 19, 1878 from Page to J. G. Steel on a business matter. It also includes a visitor's book, 1885-1899; Page's dinner party record from 1913-1919, while he was U. S. Ambassador to Italy. Additionally, it includes revised pages from the first edition of Page's book,...
Dates: Inclusive 1878-1910