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

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1807-01-19 - 1870-10-12

Biography

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

Gender

  • Male

Occupations

Places

Languages Used

  • English

Found in 444 Collections and/or Records:

Special Order 56, Army of Northern Virginia, 1864-02-27

 Item
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.

Dates: 1864-02-27

Stonewall Literary Society to Robert E. Lee, 1866-05-01

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 57
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 during the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1866-05-01

Subscription Receipt to West and South, 1866-01-18

 File — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 41
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1866-01-18

Summer Bulletin, 1904 - 1923

 File
Scope and Contents

This serial was published by the university six times per year. New Series, Vol. 6, no. 3, from 1907 is the Lee Centennial Number. The February 15, 1909 issue is titled Cyrus McCormick Centennial Edition.

Dates: 1904 - 1923

Sydney Dyer McCormick Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0151
Scope and Contents

This collection contains responses from McCormick's classmates and others to his proposal for a volume of reminiscences concerning Robert E. Lee's presidency of Washington College. Correspondents include William W. Carson and Fitzhugh Lee.

Dates: 1891 - 1930

Thomas E. McNeill to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-08

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 44
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.

Dates: 1866-03-08

Thomas H. Ellis to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-06

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 44
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...
Dates: 1866-03-06

Thomas L. Brown to Robert E. Lee, 1866-04-09

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 53
Scope and Contents

This letter accompanied a report by Brown of the Coal River Navigation Company which he hopes will take interest in minerals found in Virginia.

Dates: 1866-04-09

Thomas McAdory Owen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0093
Scope and Contents

This collection includes letters to and from Owen in connection with his efforts to compile a Robert E. Lee bibliography, several Lee family letters, pictorial representations of the Lees, speeches, and clippings.

Dates: 1864-1920; Majority of material found within 1912-1920

Thomas Nelson Page papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0007
Scope and Contents This collection includes four letters: Feb. 20, l904, Page to Samuel Graham 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 1878-1919

Thomas T. Munford to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-18

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 48
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.

Dates: 1866-03-18

Tuition Change Notice, 1867

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 41
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1867

Tuition Receipt and Correction for J. A. Mitchell, 1866-09-14

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 41
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1866-09-14

Tuition Receipt and Correction for James M. Grey, 1866-09-18

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 41
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1866-09-18

Typescript Reminiscence, "Boyhood Impressions and Recollections of Robert E. Lee" by J.W. Ewing

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0635
Content Description

A short paper written by J.W. Ewing (Washington and Lee Class of 1870) about his time at the University while Robert E. Lee was President immediately following the American Civil War. In addition to the document, there is a cover letter from Robert N. Farrar to Robert H. Ledbetter as a means of introduction.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1865 - 1870

Virginia Railroad Company to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-04

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 37
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.

Dates: 1866-02-04

W. H. McGuire to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-04

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 44
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.

Dates: 1866-03-04

W. H. Nettleton to Robert E. Lee, 1866-05-11

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 59
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.

Dates: 1866-05-11

W. M. Black to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-13

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 38
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.

Dates: 1866-02-13

W. P. Moore to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-22

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 41
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.

Dates: 1866-02-22

W. S. Neal to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-03

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 43
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.

Dates: 1866-03-03

W. Scott Glore to Robert E. Lee, 1866-01-13

 Item — Box 7: [Barcode: 0000003981], Folder: 30

W. Scott Glore to Robert E. Lee

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 47
Scope and Contents

This letter was written by W. Scott Glore from Louisville, Kentucky to Robert E. Lee. Glore offers to pay for $1000 of the publication costs of Lee's proposed book on his campaigns during the American Civil War.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1866-03-15

W. W. Anderson to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-02

 File — Box 7A, Folder: 36
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.

Dates: 1866-02-02

W. W. Early to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-09

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 45
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.

Dates: 1866-03-09