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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 would write to Robert E. Lee in order to request a Washington College catalogue, admission to the school or more information.

Abstract James Walter Wall was a Democrat United States Senator from New Jersey who served during the Civil War and supported John C. Breckinridge for president. In between his terms as a Senator, Wall was an editor for the New York Daily News, an anti-war publication. In 1861 Wall was arrested and confined as a prisoner of the state in Fort Lafayette. He was released several weeks later after pledging allegiance to the Union. Wall did not know Lee, but wrote to him introducing himself and...

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The American Publishing Company wrote to Lee offering to publish a history of the war prepared by Lee.

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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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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.

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.

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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. With a note from J. G. Coldwell.

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 John Brockenbrough writes to Robert E. Lee to implore him to accept the position as President of Washington College. Brockenbrough reminds him that "The educational interests of Virginia, as of all her Southern Sisters, has suffered dreadfully by the war. The University, Va Mil. Institute, Hampden Sydney, and William and Mary College are all crushed and cannot be resuscitated for years to come. Washington College alone possesses an independent endowment and you have only to stretch forth...

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Joseph L. Topham represented "the largest book publishing house in America." In this letter he offers Lee $50,000 to write "a History of the War or Reminiscences of the War."

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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W.S. William and Co. wrote to Lee offering to publish a history of the war prepared by Lee.

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Alfred Edmund Burr, publisher of the Hartford Daily Times, wrote this letter of recommendation for W. S. William and Co. which was seeking a contract with Lee for the publication of a history of the war.

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William Mahone, a major general in the Confederate Army widely known for his contributions at the Battle of Petersburg, responded to a letter from Lee written earlier that summer. It appears that Lee was in search of documents from the campaign of 1864. Mahone writes that he believes his records of the campaign are in the hands of "Federal Authority."

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. Mrs. M.C. Nottingham wrote for her ill husband to request information on Washington College on behalf of their nephew, Alwyn Jameson. Jameson’s father,...

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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. Ogier also wishes for a photograph of Lee. Although from Pennsylvania, Ogier wrote that he fought under General Beauregard.

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Vance & Brothers are responding to a letter from Lee. They wrote in regards to baggage that was forwarded to Lee in 1861.

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Joseph L. Topham represented a Northern publisher wishing to publish a history of the war written by Robert E. Lee. Topham had written Lee several times before asking for an interview. This letter was in response to Lee informing him that he had already made an arrangement with a Mr. Richardson. Topham wrote that he will be coming to Lexington and would like an interview.

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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 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 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...

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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.”