Abstract In 1865, shortly after the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee was approached in Richmond by C.B. Richardson of the University Publishing Company of New York. No contract was signed, but the two came to an informal agreement whereby University Publishing Company would have publication privileges if Lee completed a manuscript. For the next five years the two kept up correspondence, with Lee often requesting materials that Richardson would then search out and furnish for...

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. This catalogue request was written to Judge John W. Brockenbrough from a Mississippi father who lost two of his three sons in the war. The father intends...

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

Abstract Colonel Charles Marshall, who served as an aide de camp, assistant adjutant general and military secretary to Gen. Robert E. Lee during the Civil War, wrote to Lee to respond to a request for information concerning certain campaigns during the war. The lengthy letter mostly discusses army strength, casualties, and desertions for several battles, including Petersburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Rappahannock station. He discusses General Longstreet, General Jackson, General Hood,...

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...

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. Benjamin Keyser joined the Confederate Army when he was 16, served until the end of the war, and now at the age of 20 wishes to resume his studies. He...

Abstract Mrs. Vincer, of Kent, England, wrote to Lee to inform him of their relationship. She claimed to be “daughter of the peer of General Lee of the older revolution.” She writes that her father, William Lee, was the nephew of “General Lee” and “son of Humphrey Lee of Lydold in Kent.” She writes that her father was “General Lee’s” heir, although he never claimed so at “General Lee’s” death. She goes on to write that “the late General Lee I have reason to believe possessed large estates on the...

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American Publishing Company representatives Scranton and Burr wrote to Robert E. Lee to discuss an interview in regards to a “History of the Civil War” which they hope he will write and allow them to publish. This letter is a rewritten copy of a letter sent to Richmond on September 26.

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William J. Seymour served under Lee for three years in the Army of Northern Virginia. He writes to Lee to introduce a friend, Mr. E. A. Ganncheau, who is visiting Lexington to see about sending his brother to Washington College.

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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.

Abstract R. H. Phillips wrote to General Smith, the superintendent of Virginia Military Institute at the time, inquiring about helping a friend, Mr. Stieff of Baltimore, to donate a piano to help furnish the Lee home. It was Mr. Stieff's understanding that the citizens of Lexington were furnishing the home and he and his brother wished to contribute. 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...

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General Buckner, a Civil War veteran and later governor of Kentucky, wrote to Lee to introduce a friend, Mr. E. A. Gauncheneau, who was visiting Lexington to see about sending his brother to Washington College.

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Chase was the Principle of Louisville Female High School. He wrote to Lee to congratulate him on his new position as president of Washington College. He also mentions that some "liberal handed citizens" might help to donate to the school.

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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. T. Benton Cook was a Confederate veteran that belonged to "Lewis's Brigade, Army Tenn."

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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American Publishing Company representatives Scranton and Burr wrote to Robert E. Lee to discuss an interview in regards to a “History of the Civil War” which they hope he will write and allow them to publish.

Abstract Reverend J. Nefford wrote to Lee from Delaware, Ohio on behalf of a friend, Reverend T. H. Michell. Michell suffered from a stroke so could not write himself. Michell had served as Chaplain at Fort Chadbourn, Texas while Robert E. Lee was there. Michell was curious to know the whereabouts of his son, who he had not heard from since June of 1862 when he was at Harpers Ferry as a captain with Company L, 2nd Regiment, Virginia Volunteer Infantry. Michell hopes that he might help him find the...

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J. K. Smith writes to Robert E. Lee to tell him of a plan to create a journal of “Agriculture, Horticulture, the Mechanic Arts, Manufactures and our great Educational interests etc.” He hopes that Lee will be a contributor and that his name might increase the circulation of the journal. Smith writes that profits from the journal would be used by the Masonic Fraternity to establish a school in Harrisonburg.

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D. McPherson and Co. wishes to give Lee a suit should he send them his measurements. They write that they would like to provide suits for the students of Washington College as well, at a fair price.

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Robert N. Pendleton and J. Preston Cocke, students of Washington College, wrote to Robert E. Lee on behalf of the college's Graham Philanthropic Society to inform him that he had been elected an honorary member.

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Washington College’s Washington Literary Society wrote to Robert E. Lee to inform him that he was elected as an honorary member of the society. The letter is signed by John P. Stridey and William T. Thom.

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Mr. G. H. Stueckrath, a German immigrant, teacher and Confederate veteran, wrote to Robert E. Lee to ask for a position as a professor at Washington College.