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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 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.

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C.J. Jordan and Sons wrote to Lee to inquire about distributing his history of the Civil War in Canada after it was published.

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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. Ms. Pendleton inquired for her thirteen year old orphaned nephew, James Key.

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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Captain William A. Obenchain, an alumnus of Virginia Military Institute and Confederate veteran, wrote to Lee asking for a letter of recommendation.

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Alwyn Jameson wrote to Robert E. Lee to inform him that he will be entering Washington College the following February.

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N.S. McCready & Co. wrote to Robert E. Lee to inform him that they had just shipped two packages containing the remnants of his baggage that had been taken by Marshall Murray.

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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“The Life of General Jackson” (The Life and Campaigns of Stonewall Jackson) had recently been completed by Robert Lewis Dabney. Lee and others had been reviewing the manuscript before publication. Richard Sterling wrote to inform Lee that the manuscript did not give Jackson’s birthdate.

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Charles H. Dimmock, Confederate Veteran and engineer responsible for the Dimmock Line fortifications around Petersburg among other things, wrote to Lee to tell him of the pride and joy he felt from receiving a letter from him recently.

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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. The two boys wrote together from Pearisburg, Va.

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A.S. Barnes and Company publishes “school readers” which they are currently updating. They request an article of “appropriate character” of Robert E. Lee to include in the new edition.

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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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.

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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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Alexander, a Confederate veteran, wrote to Lee inquiring about securing the rights to sell his history of the war in several states. He was writing on behalf of a Mr. Burns and a Mr. van Allen.

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Samuel Burns & Co. wrote to Lee about selling or publishing his history of the war in several Midwestern states. Signed by J. L. Hempstead.

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. McCoy wrote on behalf of his son, a 21 year old Confederate veteran who had defended Richmond and Petersburg before being captured shortly after their...

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 J. Stoddard Johnston, a major during the Civil War, wrote to Lee offering to help him with reports and dates. He informed him that he had been compiling information for General Breckinridge on his operations from May 5, 1864 to October 1, 1864, “including the Battle of New Market and the Maryland Campaign.” Johnston wrote that he kept a diary during the war and that he could provide accurate information, including dates. He informed Lee that General Breckinridge was residing in Toronto,...

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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.