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Eugene Cole Powell, 1840-1920, 1935

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An address, delivered on the occasion of the presentation of a portrait of Dr. Powell to Dinwiddie County, Va., by his grandson, Dr.Richard Powell Carter, class of 1959.

Dates: 1935

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

Jubal Anderson Early to Robert E. Lee, 1866-05-15

Item — Box 7A, Folder: 60

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Jubal Early recounts his participation in battles of the American Civil War and describes his experience living in Mexico since the Confederate surrender and his planned move to Canada.

The original envelope is included with this letter.

Dates: 1866-05-15

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

Lee: The Background of a Great Decision. August 1865, 1934

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An address by President Gaines to the officers and directors of The Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation.

Dates: 1934

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

Notebook - William Allan's "Memoranda of a Conversation with Robert E. Lee", 1868-02-16 - 1870-02-19, 1886-11

File — Box 13, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents Between February 1868 and February 1870 Washington College professor and former Confederate Ordinance officer, William Allan, had five conversations with college president Robert E. Lee which he manually recorded in this memo book which he titled “Conversations with Gen. R. E. Lee”. Soon after each conversation, Allan described retreating to his office to record the highlights. In 1886, former Washington College Clerk of faculty and Librarian, Edward Clifford "E.C." Gordon shared with...

Dates: 1868-02-16 - 1870-02-19; 1886-11

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

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

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

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

Item — Box 7A, Folder: 48

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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

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

William Andrew Quarles to Robert E. Lee, 1866-04-12

Item — Box 7A, Folder: 54

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William Andrew Quarles wishes to send his son to Washington College and asks for a catalog. He notes that his son in Canada and was formerly a lieutenant in the Confederate Army.

Dates: 1866-04-12

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

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Eugene Cole Powell, 1840-1920, 1935

Jubal Anderson Early to Robert E. Lee, 1866-05-15

Lee: The Background of a Great Decision. August 1865, 1934

Notebook - William Allan's "Memoranda of a Conversation with Robert E. Lee", 1868-02-16 - 1870-02-19, 1886-11

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

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

William Andrew Quarles to Robert E. Lee, 1866-04-12

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