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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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D. Appleton and Co of New York wished to publish Lee’s history of the war and wrote for more information.

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Lancheau wrote to inform Lee that he is sending his youngest son, George, to Washington College. He sends George with his elder brother.

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...

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.

Abstract Green wrote to Lee to inform him on the details of a summons to the Court of Conciliation in Richmond. Mr. Green wrote that in August of 1862, while General Pope’s Army was retreating, Lee had stayed several nights at a home in between Brandy Station and Culpeper Courthouse. The home had been owned by a Mr. Wise, who supposedly sold it to Mr. Smith. It was in contention that Mr. Smith ever owned the home since Mr. Wise had since passed away. According to Smith, he owned the home and met Lee...

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N.L. McCready and Co wrote to Lee to inform of the state of his missing baggage that had been sent from Texas in 1861. Since then the baggage had come into the possession of U.S. Marshall Robert Murray. Murray informed McCready that the goods “were nearly all gone having been taken by parties from time to time as mementoes.” All that was left was the silver, which Murray had been sure to save.

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. Archibald C. Niven, a New York politician, had visited Lexington several weeks prior and had the opportunity to meet Lee. He included in his letter an...

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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 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. Frank W. Nelson’s mother wrote to Lee for him. Frank was a confederate veteran Co. A, 56 Regiment Hunter’s Brigade Pickett’s Division. He joined the Army...

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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...

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Henry Clay Dean, a preacher, lawyer, orator and author who was a critic of the American Civil War, wrote to Robert E. Lee to share with him a copy of a speech that he had given recently. With the letter is the front page of the New York Daily News from November 1, 1865 where Dean’s speech is printed.