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
- Stratford Hall (Va.) (Place of Birth)
- Lexington (Va.) (Place of Death)
- Virginia (Other)
Languages Used
- English
Found in 402 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
General Orders No. 9 Bouldin Copy, 1865-04-10
Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 24
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
General Orders No. 9 Facsimiles, 1865-04-10
Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 23
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
General Orders No. 9 Huntter Copy, 1865-04-10
Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 27
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
General Orders No. 9 Owen Copy, 1865-04-10
Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 28
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
General Orders No. 9 Unidentified Copies, 1865-04-10
Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 32
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
General Orders No. 9 Unidentified Copy, 1865-04-10
Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 32a
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
General Orders No. 9 Washington and Lee Copy, 1865-04-10
File — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 29
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
General Orders No. 9 Washington and Lee Copy, 1865-04-10
Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 30
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
General Orders no. 59, 1863-05-07
Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 20
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:
1863-05-07
General Orders, No. 103, 1863-12-07
Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 21
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:
1863-12-07
George, Count Joannes to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-17
Item — Box 7A, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents
This letter was written by George, Count Joannes from New York City on February 17, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, he expresses his admiration of Lee and his displeasure with the established concepts of Reconstruction and of the "radical cloud" rising from Congress. He makes mention of his public letters which have been published in the New York News. He goes on to say that when he next visits Virginia that he will donate to Washington College a portion of his profits.
Dates:
1866-02-17