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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 443 Collections and/or Records:

Edward A. Pollard to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-02

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 43
Scope and Contents This letter and attached news clippings were written by Edward A. Pollard from Norfolk, Virginia on March 2, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Pollard explains, in reference to a previous correspondence, that he has become aware of an individual who has published his own scholarly work on the Civil War called "The Lost Cause" in the newspaper The New York News and is seeking action. He sent the letter attached with two clippings from papers in which...
Dates: 1866-03-02
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Correspondences

Edward Long Hedden to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-30

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 50
Scope and Contents

This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Edward Long Hedden. Hedden tells Lee he has received the engraving of Washington and gives his thanks.

Dates: 1866-03-30
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Correspondences

Edward Virginius Valentine Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0300
Scope and Contents

This typescript signed letter from Edward Virginius Valentine to Mrs. R. L. Walton on November 28, 1922 concerns the personal contacts he had with Robert E. Lee and sculptures he made, including the recumbent statue of Lee in Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University.

Dates: 1922
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Elizabeth Hull to Robert E. Lee, 1866-04-05

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 52
Scope and Contents

This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Elizabeth (referred to as Lizzie in the letter) Hull. She asks for information about Washington College for her adopted child.

Dates: 1866-04-05
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Correspondences

Ellen Reily to Robert E. Lee, 1866-04-02

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 51
Scope and Contents

This letter to Robert E. Lee comes from Ellen Reily. She asks Lee if he could include her husband in his book on the American Civil War. She includes newspaper clippings, orders, and letters by and about her husband Colonel James Reily.

Dates: 1866-04-02
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Correspondences

Emma Willard to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-15

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

This letter was written by American educator Emma Willard on March 15, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Willard introduces herself and explains that she is a writer of history and has followed Lee's career through the war. She expresses her wish to establish contact with various generals, including Lee, to record their views of experiences for an upcoming school history book on the topic.

Dates: 1866-03-15
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Correspondences

Excuse by Robert E. Lee for W. H. Kinckle, 1869-03-26

 Item
Scope and Contents

Written excuse by Robert E. Lee for William H. Kinckle to go to church on Good Friday and miss his recitation as a result.

Dates: 1869-03-26
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Secure Cabinet Items

Facsimile of Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson, 1866-09-22

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 34
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: 1866-09-22
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / Receipts for Salary

Facsimile Salary Receipt from James K. Edmondson, 1868-02-20

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 34
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: 1868-02-20
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / Receipts for Salary

Facsimile Salary Receipt from James M. Leech, 1870-07-27

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 34
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: 1870-07-27
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / Receipts for Salary

Fanny Bain to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-18

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 48
Scope and Contents

This letter was sent to Robert E. Lee from "Fanny" Bain, a corresponding secretary of the Eunomian Literary Society at the Masonic College at La Grange, KY. The society offers Lee honorary membership if he would send a letter of acceptance and make a contribution to the Literary Gems paper.

Dates: 1866-03-18
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Correspondences

Francis H. Smith to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-12

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 45
Scope and Contents

This letter was written by VMI Superintendent Francis H. Smith on March 12, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Smith writes to inform Lee that a new VMI cadet, William F. Dancey, believes that the damage to VMI has resulted in the institution being unable to perform its purpose. He relays Dancey's desire to instead enroll in Washington College.

Dates: 1866-03-12
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Correspondences

Francis MacDonnell Research Materials Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0291
Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of research materials gathered by Francis MacDonnell in preparation of his article 'Reconstruction in the wake of Vietnam: the pardoning of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis,' which was published in Civil War History, Vol. XL, no.2, 1994. Included are materials from the Gerald Ford Library, government documents, and miscellaneous sources on the pardoning of Robert E. Lee, Vietnam draft evaders, Iva 'Tokyo Rose' Toguri and others...
Dates: Inclusive 1990-1994
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Frank J. Gilliam Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0494
Scope and Contents The items in the collection include articles written by Lula Gilliam Hopkins, photographs taken by Sally Mann, a 1954 copy of a Matthew Brady photograph of Robert E. Lee, several family photographs, a booklet from a dance held in 1914, a letter from Gilliam as W&L Dean of Students to student John Willcoxon (class of 1952) presenting him with an award, and Frank J. Gilliam's (class of 1917) Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity pins. The collection also includes a scrapbook created by Gilliam as...
Dates: Inclusive 1914-1964
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Frank Magruder to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-20

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents

This letter was written by Frank Magruder from Goshen, Kentucky on February 20, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Magruder requests that Lee send to him a circular for Washington College, as his son is interested in attending the school.

Dates: 1866-02-20
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Correspondences

Franklin Lafayette Riley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0060
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence connected with the book Gen. Robert E. Lee After Appomattox edited by Dr. Riley; letters from Riley to his wife while he was with the American Expeditionary Force University in France in 1919; other correspondents include Edward Clifford Gordon, Mary Custis Lee and Jo Lane Stern. Also includes letters to his daughter (Frances Riley, later Frances Denton), her Daughters of the American Revolution card, and photographs and...
Dates: Inclusive 1897-1927
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

From Robert E. Lee to Rathmell Wilson, 1866-07-02

 Item
Scope and Contents

In this letter Lee writes to Rathmell Wilson in Philadelphia that the Washington College Board of Trustees has elected to let him purchase books for the institution.

Dates: 1866-07-02
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Secure Cabinet Items

Funeral Notice, 1868-03-04

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 47
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: 1868-03-04
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / Notice to Students, Cadet Bell Funeral

Furlough Approved for Cadet Franklin E. Hunt by Cadet Adjutant R.E. Lee, 1829-06-16

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 1
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: 1829-06-16
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / Furlough Approved

G. W. Garmany to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-10

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents

This letter was written by George Washignton Garmany from Savannah, Georgia on February 10, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Garmany wrote the letter as a recommendation for John B. Mays, a potential student of Washington College.

Dates: 1866-02-10
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Letters to and about Robert E. Lee / Correspondences

General Orders No. 2 Assigning Lee Command of the Dept of Texas, 1860-02-06

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 19
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: 1860-02-06
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / General Orders No. 2 Assigning Lee Command of the Dept of Texas

General Orders No. 4, 1865-02-22

 Collection — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 22
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: 1865-02-22
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / General Orders No. 4

General Orders No. 9, 1865-04-10

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 31
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: 1865-04-10
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / General Orders No. 9

General Orders No. 9, 1865-04-10

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 33
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: 1865-04-10
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / Non-correspondence by or from Robert E. Lee / General Orders No. 9

General Orders No. 9, 1865-04-10

 Item
Scope and Contents

Robert E. Lee's last order as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. This copy is written and signed by Lee.

Dates: 1865-04-10
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Robert E. Lee Family papers / Secure Cabinet Items

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