Box 7
Contains 325 Results:
Alfred Chapman to Robert E. Lee, 1866-01-19
Chapman wanted Lee’s autograph to give to his children as family heirlooms.
A. C. Niven to Robert E. Lee, 1866-01-19
Archibald C. Niven, a Democrat politician and former U. S. Congressman from New York, wrote to Lee to inform him the he was having the publications of Congress’s committee “on the conduct of the war” sent to Lee in Lexington. Niven mentioned that he would be willing to donate to the Stonewall Brigade’s proposed memorial to Stonewall Jackson.
L. H. Kendrick to Robert E. Lee, 1866-01-20
Kendrick wrote this as a letter of introduction for J. Shelby Barrow, grandson of Washington Barrow. Kendrick included the tuition payment for Washington College with the letter.
Philanthropic Society of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill to Robert E. Lee, 1866-01-20
The Philanthropic Society of the University of North Carolina invited Lee to deliver the “annual address before the two Literary Societies of the University at their Commencement in June of next.” Signed by A. H. Smith, W. S. Guthrie and W. A. S. Burgwyn.
David Lowry Swain, 1866-01-23
David Lowry Swain, the President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, wrote to Robert E. Lee on behalf of the University's Philanthropic Society, to request that he give an address in June.
William Brown to Robert E. Lee, 1866-01-20
Brown requested that Lee return Robert Lewis Dabney’s manuscript on Stonewall Jackson.
E. J. Quirk to Robert E. Lee, 1866-01-20
Quirk had worked under Lee on the Mississippi River. He wrote to send Lee a copy of a newspaper clipping that he had had published in 1863 to defend Lee against slander claims about his treatment of slaves.
Washington College Information Request from A. S. Colyar, 1865-12-27
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.
George S. Wallace to Robert E. Lee, 1866-01-20
Correspondences, 1866-01-21 - 1866-01-23
Henry Brainerd McClellan, 1866-01-21
General Henry Brainerd McClellan of the Confederate Army wrote to Lee about reports from the war. McClellan informed him his reports were lost, but both he and General Stuart sent their reports to Mrs. Stuart during the war and that she could share them with him.
Washington College Information Request from Jerome N. Martin, 1866-01-22
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.
Thomas G. Williams to Isaac M. St. John, 1866-9
This letter was originally written by Lieutenant Colonel and assistant commissary general Thomas G. Williams and sent to Isaac St. John, the commissary general of subsistence. This letter is an exact copy of that letter copied by a Confederate private and sent to Lee. The letter discusses the Army of Northern Virginia’s rations from April 1, 1865 until surrender.
Isaac M. St. John to Robert E. Lee , 1866-01-22
Isaac St. John wrote to Lee with details of the rations of the Army of Northern Virginia during April, 1865. He included with his letter a letter from Thomas G. Williams to him about the rations.
Washington College Information Request from Thomas G. Pratt, 1866-01-22
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 Information Request from William Nathan Harrell Smith, 1866-01-22
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 Information Request from D. S. Anderson, 1866-01-23
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.
Washington College Information Request from B. H. Covington, 1866-01-23
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.
R. W. Jones to Robert E. Lee, 1866-01-23
Jones, a scholar and Confederate veteran, wrote to Lee seeking a position as a professor at Washington College.
Washington College Information Request from Thomas J. Hardin, 1866-01-23
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.
Sydney Smith Lee to Robert E. Lee, 1866-01-23
Sydney Smith Lee, the older brother of Robert E. Lee, wrote to Lee about general happenings and Robert E. Lee’s recent trip to Richmond.
Correspondences , 1866-01-24 - 1866-01-27
John W. Brockenbrough to Robert E. Lee, 1866-01-24
Jown W. Brockenbrough, found of the Washington College Law School, wrote to Lee in reference to a “proposition” from Mr. Hank Wood.
Peregrine Wroth to Robert E. Lee, 1866-01-25
Wroth wrote to Lee requesting a photograph and an autograph.
Jubal Early to Robert E. Lee, 1866-01-25
Jubal Early wrote to Lee from Mexico City, Mexico. He discussed some of his papers from the war and mentioned that he would send them to Lee. Early discussed the southern cause and the need to have southerners help write the history of the war.