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Check to Robert E. Lee from J. M. Leech, 1870-06-30

 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: 1870-06-30
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Check to Robert E. Lee from J. M. Leech, 1870-01-27

 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: 1870-01-27
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Civil War History (Copies)

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000007669], Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

This folder contains copied materials relating to the American Civil War, specifially the Confederate States of America and information about its army.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1832 - 1990
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Clara Banks to Robert E. Lee, 1866-04-14

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 54
Scope and Contents

Clara Banks of Liverpool, England writes to Robert E. Lee requesting asking an autograph.

Dates: 1866-04-14
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Confederate Notes Carried by Robert E. Lee at Appomattox, 1865-04-10

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 33a
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

Contract for Wood, 1887-05-13

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 42
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: 1887-05-13
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Contract with Jedadiah Hotchkiss, 1868-06-29

 Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 0000003979], Folder: 48
Scope and Contents

This contract details the agreement between the Washington College Survey Board and the renowned topographical surveyor Jedadiah Hotchkiss. It is a contract for Hotchkiss to perform various surveys on behalf of the Board of Survey to expand the college's map resources. The five year contract stipulates assorted restrictions on Hotchkiss's rights to the maps. It is signed by R.E. Lee on behalf of the Board of Survey.

Dates: 1868-06-29
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Cordes Sisters to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-27

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents

This letter was written by the Cordes Sisters and their personal friend Mary Byrnes from Ridgevill, South Carolina on February 27, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The letter was sent in care of the sisters' father, Captain Theodore Cordes from Charleston, South Carolina. The letter is a follow up to a previous request of the sisters that went unanswered from December of 1865. The sisters requested some small memento from Lee, as they had great respect for him.

Dates: 1866-02-27
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Correspondences, 1866-02-08-1866-02-13

 File — Box 7A, Folder: 38
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: 1866-02-08-1866-02-13
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Correspondences, 1866-02-14-1866-02-17

 File — Box 7A, Folder: 39
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: 1866-02-14-1866-02-17
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

D. Creel to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-24

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 41
Scope and Contents

This letter was written by D. Creel from Chillicothe, Ohio on February 24, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The letter begins by praising Lee and making several biblical comparisons to Lee. Creel continues and begins to refer to his relation to Stonewall Jackson by marriage, and begins to recount events of Jackson's life as he viewed them up until his death during the Civil War. Creel also describes events of his own life, including raids by northern militias on his home.

Dates: 1866-02-24
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

D. S. Mulee to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-20

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

This letter was written by D. S. Mulee from Fort Pulaski, Georgia on February 20, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Mulee writes from the fort prison, vouching for the character of his friend, John M. Taylor's, sons who had been sent to attend school at Washington College.

Dates: 1866-02-20
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Demosthenian Society of Roanoke to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-28

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents

This letter was written on behalf of the Demosthenian Society of Roanoke College from Salem, Virginia on February 28, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The society writes to inform Lee that he has been elected to be an honorary member of the society.

Dates: 1866-02-28
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Demosthenian Society to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-27

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents

This letter was written on behalf of the Demosthenian Society from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia on February 27, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The Demosthenian Society writes to inform Lee that he has been made an honorary member based upon his reputation and actions.

Dates: 1866-02-27
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Dr. Julius Edmund Doetsh to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-03

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 43
Scope and Contents

This letter was written by Dr. Julius Edmund Doetsh from Richmond, Virginia on March 3, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Doetsh introduces himself to Lee and makes an offer to translate Lee's in-progress memoirs into German for European publication. He explains that interest in Europe is high for such a publication, and explains the potential avenues for publication which he can take advantage of.

Dates: 1866-03-03
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

E. C. Middleton to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-07

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents

This letter was written by E. C. Middleton from Washington, DC on March 7, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. In the letter, Middleton introduces his agent, E. F. Lutz of Baltimore. Middleton then explains that his previous request of an oil painting of Lee had been rejected due to a lack of one existing. Middleton explains that Lutz will take notes of Lee's complexion and then, using a recent photograph by Mathew Brady, create an oil painting which he wishes Lee to sign.

Dates: 1866-03-07
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

E. F. Farrar and Annie De Moss to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-15

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents This letter was written by Mrs. E. F. Farrar and Annie De Moss from Vicksburg, Mississippi on February 15, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The two women write that their letter includes a check for $536 intended for Stonewall Jackson's widow and child, and request that Lee forward it at his convenience. The letter continues and expresses the pain that is felt by them in defeat after the war's end, and describe the nature with which life continues in the south. They express their admiration for both...
Dates: 1866-02-15
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

E. L. Hadden to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-10

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

Ths letter was written by E. L. Hadden from New York City on March 10, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Hadden writes to Lee informing him that he is returning to Lee a series of items recovered from the occupation of Arlington House at the onset of the Civil War.

Dates: 1866-03-10
Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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