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The University of Virginia Washington Literary Society committee wrote to Lee to inform of his election as an honorary member of the society. The note is signed by four committee members - Legh. R. Watts, Marius Jones, E.C. Minor, and D.S. Peirce.

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M.H. Campbell inquired about Lee’s book on the Civil War. Campbell wished to travel and sell it. He offered a piece of advice concerning “yankee” publishers.

Abstract Samuel Beach Jones was a Presbyterian Reverend from Bridgeton, New Jersey. According to “Bridgeton, New Jersey: City on the Cohansey” Jones was a much loved pastor. However, at the outbreak of the Civil War members of his congregation and others suspected him of being a Southern sympathizer, forcing him to resign. With this letter Jones shared a newspaper clipping published in the New York Daily News, but originally from the London Telegraph. He thought Lee would enjoy it. The clipping is...

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...

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In this letter Charles Carter Lee discusses a photograph of their father, Henry “Light-horse Harry” Lee. The brothers were pursuing an appropriate photo of their father for a new edition of Henry Lee’s memoirs. At the end, Charles Carter writes “I hear that students are flocking up to Washington College which I am glad of, for it makes me hope that under your auspices the bequest of its great and good founder will be a source of great benefit to our dear old state.”

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Rencher, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Dialectic Society, wrote to Lee to inform him of their intention to create a museum of the Confederacy and its cause. Rencher asks Lee to donate an item to the museum. An appeal from the society is included.

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Gregg’s son purchased a ring and breast pin off of a Union soldier during the war. They have reason to believe that the jewelry belonged to Lee or a family member and Gregg hopes to return it.

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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.

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John D. Imboden, Washington College alumnus, member of the Virginia General Assembly House of Delegates, and Confederate General during the Civil War, wrote to Robert E. Lee asking him to write a reference letter for Colonel T. M. R. Talcott. Imboden served as a member of the board for the National Express and Transportation Company, where Talcott was being considered for the position of cashier.

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Lane applied for a job with the National Express Company and wrote to Robert E. Lee to ask that he write a letter of recommendation on his behalf.

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H. Edwin Tremain, who served as a Brevet Colonel for the Union Army, wrote to Robert E. Lee to inquire which Army of Northern Virginia cavalry units participated “in operations against General Sheridan at Appomattox Court House.”

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W.H.F. Lee sought to lease his property, White House Plantation, to a Scotsman. He had written earlier to his father to ask his permission and again wrote to him explaining the details of the transaction.

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The Lynchburg Calliopean Literary Society elected Lee as an honorary member. R.S. Rudd wrote Lee to inform him of this.

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...

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Mrs. Robert P. Dodge wrote to Lee to recommend Professor W. L. Roe for a position as a French Teacher at Washington College. Dodge wrote that Roe was very kind to the Confederate POWs at Elmira Prison.

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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. Levy, a Confederate veteran that served with the Army of Northern Virginia, wrote on behalf of his brother.

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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. Stith wrote on behalf of his son and claimed that he “is the last link of the lineal descendants of William Stith the Historian of Virginia.”

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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.

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Howison, who served as W.H.F. Lee’s attorney, wrote to Robert E. Lee to inform him that thanks to his assent W.H.F. Lee would be leasing White House Plantation.

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The Ciceronean Society of Roanoke College elected Robert E. Lee as an honorary member. McCauley wrote to inform him of this.

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Potts wrote to Lee offering to send him his copies of “Operations of the Army of Northern Va from June 1862; to Dec 13: of same year.” Potts hoped they would help Lee as he compiled his memoir.

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Charles M. Stieff was a German immigrant who came to the Baltimore in 1842. He began a business importing German pianos for sale in Baltimore and eventually began building his own high quality pianos. His two sons eventually joined the business. Stieff’s company donated a piano to help furnish Robert E. Lee’s new home. In this letter, Charles M. Stieff thanks Lee for his “favorable opinion” of the piano.

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Baldwin, a Confederate Congressman and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, wrote this letter in reply to Lee. Lee had been wondering about an act of Congress, likely the Morril Act of 1862, which allowed for the creation of land grant colleges. Baldwin wrote about the act in relation to Virginia’s rebellion and Washington College.

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Robert H. Barrow wrote this letter to accompany his son, Charles M. Barrow, as a letter of introduction. Charles Barrow travelled to Lexington, Virginia to enroll in Washington College.

Abstract 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. John Dailey wrote on behalf of his son, Charles J. Dailey. Charles was a Maryland native and a student at Princeton before the Civil War. According to...