Box 7
Contains 325 Results:
M.G. Harman to Robert E. Lee, 1865-11-27
Lee had solicited M.G. Harman’s help in expanding the Washington College endowment. Harman wrote to inform Lee of the creation of a committee for this purpose and his confidence in securing the “desired amount.”
Washington College Information Request from G.B. Lamar, 1865-11-27
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. Lamar wrote on behalf of his nephew, McLeod, “a son of late Col McLeod of the 1st Texas who died near Fredericksburg, in 1862.”
Correspondences , 1865-11-28 - 1865-11-30
Blelock & Co to Robert E. Lee, 1865-11-28
Blelock & Co. wrote to Robert E. Lee to inquire about publishing his history of the Civil War, when he finishes it.
Charles Marshall to Robert E. Lee, 1865-11-28
Marshall, who served as Lee’s aide de camp during the war, wrote to discuss several matters with Lee. First, he updated Lee on the state of his furniture and when it will be shipped. He informed Lee about Mr. Poole, who was a photograph painter that Lee was curious about. He also discussed Lee’s history of the war and gave him advice about publishing it. He suggested that Lee not go through C.B. Richardson, who Lee had an informal agreement with.
J.S. Wachob to Robert E. Lee, 1865-11-29
Wachob wrote to Lee inquiring who will be publishing his book on the war.
Peter Burger to Robert E. Lee, 1865-11-30
Burger wrote this letter to accompany a case of liquor that he sent to Lee.
Edward D. Christian to Robert E. Lee, 1865-11-30
Edward D. Christian sent Lee the “prospectus” for his paper, the Lynchburg Daily News. He hoped that Lee would want the paper sent to him.
J. Newton Gregg to Robert E. Lee, 1865-11-30
Gregg had purchased a ring and pin from a Union Soldier. Gregg and his father, John H. Gregg, believed that the items had belonged to Robert E. Lee and wanted to return them. In Lee’s handwriting, on the back of the letter is written “J. Newt Gregg Returns the ring & pin containing the hair of Genl & Mrs. Washington taken with other things left with Mr Edward Turner for safe keeping.”
R.S. Morgan to Robert E. Lee, 1865-11-30
R.S. Morgan, a Confederate Veteran of the Army of Northern Virginia, wrote to Lee to asking him to send articles about the war to include in a literary paper that he wanted to start. Lee declined.
Correspondences , 1865-12-01 - 1865-12-04
Thomas Matthews to Robert E. Lee, 1865-12-01
Matthews wrote to Lee about the history of the war that Lee was compiling. He wished to be a sales agent for the book in Eastern North Carolina.
Washington College Catalogue Request from W. M. Shaw, 1865-12-02
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 Circular Request from Charles J. Baker, 1865-12-02
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. Baker wrote on behalf of his son.
Jerome Callegari to Robert E. Lee, 1865-12-02
Callegari wrote to Lee wondering which calculus text book the college preferred.
Charles Carter Lee to Robert E. Lee, 1865-12-03
Charles Carter Lee, Robert E. Lee’s brother, wrote to him to discuss the publishing of the new edition of their father’s memoirs. Charles Carter Lee urged his brother to finish his history of the war sooner rather than later and offered to help him with the publishing. He asked that he send him a circular for Washington College because he was debating whether to send his son their or to Virginia Military Institute.
Sampson Low & Company to Robert E. Lee, 1865-12-03
Sampson Low, Son & Marston offered to publish Lee’s history of the war in England. They wrote that a new precedent was recently set so that if he were to publish it in Canada they would be able to publish it in England as if he were a British citizen.
Churchill J. Gibson to Robert E. Lee, 1865-12-04
Reverend Churchill Jones Gibson, founder and reverend of Grace Episcopal Church in Petersburg, Virginia, wrote to Robert E. Lee to update him about a Mrs. Castlemen and her five children. Gibson mentioned that his brother in law, Reverend Joseph M. Atkinson had applied for the Chair of Mental and Moral Philosophy at Washington College.
Washington College Circular Request from H. H. Gratz, 1865-12-04
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. H. H. Gatz of Kentucky wrote that he would like to publish Washington College’s prospectus, because there had been much inquiry about the school.
C. J. Jordan & Sons to Robert E. Lee, 1865-12-04
C.J. Jordan and Sons wrote to Lee to inquire about distributing his history of the Civil War in Canada after it was published.
Washington College Information Request from Alice Key Pendleton, 1865-12-04
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. Ms. Pendleton inquired for her thirteen year old orphaned nephew, James Key.