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Maury, Matthew Fontaine

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1806 - 1873

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Maury, Matthew F.

 File — Box 9, Folder: 192
Scope and Contents From the Series:

George Marshall, Bonnie Martin, John Mathews, Mathew F. Maury, Donald McCraig, Ghost McChesney, Thomas Edward McCorkle, McCormick, Cyrus McCormick, Hugh White McCrum, Charles McCulloch Jr., Hunter McDonald, Catherine Feland McDowell, Charles R. McDowell, Ephraim McDowell, McDowell Family, McElroy, William McElwee, Henry McLaughlen, Alexander G. McNutt, MacMillon.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Robert E. Lee to Matthew Fontaine Maury, 1865-09-08

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

In this letter From Cartersville, Va, Lee writes to Maury that he is disappointed in the government but that he wants to continue trying to make it better. He advises Maury against his ideas about starting a settlement of ex-Confederates and other immigrants. A transcription of this letter is housed with the original.

Dates: 1865-09-08