Box 7
Contains 10 Results:
Correspondences, 1865-10-02 - 1865-10-06
Washington College Information Request from William Reiley Jr, 1865-10-02
Upon Robert E. Lee assuming the position of president of Washington College, the college received a great deal of attention from southerners and northerners alike. Prospective students of the college or their parents would write to Robert E. Lee in order to request a Washington College catalogue, admission to the school or more information.
Washington College Catalogue Request to Custis Lee from Maj. G. A. Swarzman on behalf of John O. Reid, 1865-10-02
Upon Robert E. Lee assuming the position of president of Washington College, the college received a great deal of attention from southerners and northerners alike. Prospective students of the college or their parents would write to Robert E. Lee in order to request a Washington College catalogue, admission to the school or more information. With a note from J. G. Coldwell.
C.B. Richardson to Robert E. Lee, 1865-10-03
Washington College Catalogue Request from D. Hansbrough to John W. Brockenbrough, 1865-10-04
Washington College Catalogue request from A. A. McKethan to Robert E. Lee, 1865-10-04
Upon Robert E. Lee assuming the position of president of Washington College, the college received a great deal of attention from southerners and northerners alike. Prospective students of the college or their parents would write to Robert E. Lee in order to request a Washington College catalogue, admission to the school or more information.
Joseph L. Topham to Robert E. Lee, 1865-10-04
Joseph L. Topham represented a northern publishing company wishing to purchase copyright privileges for Robert E. Lee's history of the war. Topham seeks an interview with Lee to discuss terms. In a previous letter to Lee on the same subject, Topham wrote that he represented "the largest book publishing house in America" and offered Lee $50,000 to write a manuscript.
W.H. MacFarland to Robert E. Lee, 1865-10-06
W.H. MacFarland wrote to Lee to tell him of a letter from Reverdy Johnson stating that it is not likely that Lee will be tried. Reverdy Johnson was a statesman and jurist from Maryland. He gained fame as a defense attorney, defending notables such as Sanford of the Dred Scott case, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter at his court-martial, and Mary Surratt, alleged conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. MacFarland was a Virginia politician.
Washington College Circular Request from Alexander Walker to Robert E. Lee, 1865-10-08
Upon Robert E. Lee assuming the position of president of Washington College, the college received a great deal of attention from southerners and northerners alike. Prospective students of the college or their parents would write to Robert E. Lee in order to request a Washington College catalogue, admission to the school or more information.