Box 7
Contains 325 Results:
Correspondences , 1865-10-18 - 1865-10-23
T. S. Barton to Robert E. Lee, 1865-10-18
Mr. T. S. Barton wrote to Lee from New York to inform him of the whereabouts of his baggage. The baggage was "consigned to McCready, Mitt & Co - now N.S. Macready & Co" but, it "had been seized by the U.S. Marshall.” According to Barton, Mr. McCready believes he can get it back from the Marshall if Lee visits.
Washington College Circular Request from Edmond Tolson, 1865-10-19
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 William T. Joynes, 1865-10-19
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.
W. W. Keen to Robert E. Lee and Washington College Faculty, 1865-10-19
W.W. Keen writes to Robert E. Lee and the faculty of Washington College to inform them that he is sending his two son Charles B. Keen and W. W. Keen, Jr. to Washington College.
Mrs. Thomas J. Jackson (Mary Anna Morrison Jackson) to Robert E. Lee, 1865-10-20
Mrs. Jackson sent Robert E. Lee the recently completed biography “The Life of General Jackson” (The Life and Campaigns of Stonewall Jackson) by Robert Lewis Dabney. She informed him that the second volume was still in manuscript, but wished that he would give his opinion of the book and to know if he thought it worthy of being published.
Washington College Circular Request from Joe W. Gordon, 1865-10-21
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.
Warren & Co. to Robert E. Lee, 1865-10-23
A representative of Warren & Co. wrote to Lee requesting a portrait or photograph with descriptions of Lee in order to create an oil painting of him. Lee declined.
Bloodford Beebe to Robert E. Lee, 1865-10-23
Bloodford Beebe wrote to Robert E. Lee to request that he visit New York as a representative of Virginia. Beebe writes "that the day will come when to have seen General Lee will be a memory of mingled pleasure and pride."
Washington College Circular Request from Bishop Henry C. Say, 1865-10-23
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.
James Carmichael to Robert E. Lee, 1865-10-23
Washington College Information request from H. S. Whitridge, 1865-10-23
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.S. Whitridge wrote on behalf of his ward, William Fitzhugh Turner.
C. B. Richardson to Robert E. Lee, 1865-09-07
Fitzhugh Lee to Robert E. Lee (Copy), 1865-09-07
Fitzhugh Lee, nephew to Robert E. Lee, wrote to Robert E. Lee on September 7, 1865. The letter is casual, discussing mostly comings and goings of family and friends. Fitzhugh urges Robert E. Lee to write a history of the war, so that textbooks written by northerners would not be the sole story of the conflict.
Washington College Catalogue Request from Thomas A. Ware, 1865-09-11
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 would write to Robert E. Lee in order to request a Washington College catalogue, admission to the school or more information.
William Fanning Wickham to Robert E. Lee, 1865-09-12
Wickham, the father of Confederate general Williams Carter Wickham, wrote to Robert E. Lee to relay his satisfaction that Lee accepted the presidency of Washington College. Wickham's grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham was to attend Washington College. Wickham asked that Lee keep a watchful eye on Henry and give him advice as needed. Wickham also urged Lee to write a history of the war.
Hanna Dorsey to Robert E. Lee, 1865-09-13
Hanna Dorsey wrote this letter to Lee to accompany a pair of slippers sent to him.
Philip Stanhope Worsley to Edward Lee Childe, 1865-09-15
British Author P.S. Worsley wrote to Lee's nephew and Worsley's companion, Edward Lee Childe. The letter indicates that Worsley was a great admirer of Robert E. Lee and Childe had recently sent him a photograph of the general. Worsley writes that he intends to dedicate a book to Childe and through Childe to Robert E. Lee himself. A note written on the back of the letter indicates that the book was a translation of the Iliad. Worsley died before the translation could be finished.
Application to Washington College from Edmund Berkely on behalf of his son, Edmund Berkely. , 1865-09-18
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 would write to Robert E. Lee in order to request a Washington College catalogue, admission to the school or more information.
Joseph L. Topham & Co. to Robert E. Lee, 1865-09-18
Joseph L. Topham and Co. wrote to Lee encouraging him to write a history of the war from his perspective and have them publish it for him.
Correspondences, 1865-09-19 - 1865-09-30
Washington College Information Request from F.G. Moorman, 1865-09-19
Upon assuming the position of president of Washington College, the college received a lot of attention from southerners and northerners alike. Prospective students of the college would write to its President, Robert E. Lee, in order to request a Washington College catalogue, admission to the school or more information.
Washington College Catalogue Request from Francis Gantt, 1865-09-25
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 would write to Robert E. Lee in order to request a Washington College catalogue, admission to the school or more information.
Jedediah Hotchkiss to Robert E. Lee, 1865-09-25
Jedediah Hotckiss, renowned Confederate mapmaker, wrote to Robert E. Lee regarding the history of the war that Lee was compiling. Hotchkiss had saved all of his maps of the "battlefields and of the country operated in" and he intended to publish them along with a narrative. In this letter he offers to furnish Lee with any maps that he might want.
Washington College Information request from Mrs. C.T. Nash, 1865-09-26
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.