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Box 8

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Contains 76 Results:

Mary C. Allen to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-18

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 81
Scope and Contents

Mary C. Allen asks Robert E. Lee about sending her sons to Washington College.

Dates: 1866-07-18

Albert Jefer Montgomery to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-18

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 81
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Albert Jefer Montgomery asks about attending Washington College. He notes that he is a veteran of the Confederate States Army.

Dates: 1866-07-18

Delaware B. Kemper to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-19

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 81
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Delaware B. Kemper shares that he is applying for professorship at Hampden-Sydney College and they have asked for his military references. He asks President Lee if he can give a reference.

Dates: 1866-07-19

W. A. Wash to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-20

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 81
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W. A. Wash asks Robert E. Lee for a catalogue of Washington College.

Dates: 1866-07-20

Duff Green to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-21

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 82
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Duff Green writes to Robert E. Lee that he plans to send his grandson, Benjamin Green Maynard, to Washington College.

Dates: 1866-07-21

Wade Hampton to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-21

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 82
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Wade Hampton informs Robert E. Lee that he has gathered data from his old officers for Lee's proposed volume on the American Civil War.

Dates: 1866-07-21

J. W. Heatley to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-22

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 82
Scope and Contents

J. W. Heatley asks Robert E. Lee for a catalogue of Washington College.

Dates: 1866-07-22

Walter O. Bullock to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-23

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 82
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Waller O. Bullock asks Robert E. Lee for a catalogue of Washington College.

Dates: 1866-07-23

A. J. Frantz to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-23

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 82
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A. J. Frantz sends Robert E. Lee an advertisement for advertising space in the Brandon Republican newspaper Rankin County, Mississippi.

Dates: 1866-07-23

Thomas Treadwell Eaton to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-23

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 82
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Thomas Treadwell Eaton asks Robert E. Lee if he can attend Washington College for the Fall term of 1866. He also asks if he can secure places for friends Adelbert Smith and William H. Washington.

Dates: 1866-07-23

John T. Harrison to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-23

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 82
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John T. Harrison informs Robert E. Lee that he is behind in the Latin and Greek requirements for Washington College admission and asks about preparatory schools.

Dates: 1866-07-23

George Anderson Mayse to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-23

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 82
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George Anderson Mayse invites Robert E. Lee to Warm Springs, VA for the summer season.

Dates: 1866-07-23

Alexander McKinley to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-23

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 82
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Alexander McKinley inquires about entering his son into Washington College.

Dates: 1866-07-23

R. M. McClellan to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-23

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 82
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R. M. McClellan introduces Washington College student David L. Anderson to President Lee. He explains that Anderson is behind in Greek and suggests that he be enrolled specifically in that class.

Dates: 1866-07-23

Samuel Wethered to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 82
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Samuel Wethered inquires about sending his son to Washington College.

Dates: 1866-07

John Edward Burson to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-24

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 83
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John Edward Burson requests a catalogue of Washington College. He also asks about boarding and the potential for other students from his community accompanying him to school in Lexington.

Dates: 1866-07-24

Richard Sears McCulloh to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-24

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 83
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Professor Richard Sears McCulloh, writing from New York City and having consulted with architects, sends a basic floor plan, specifications, and cost estimates for the contruction of a chapel at Washington College.

Dates: 1866-07-24

Benjamin Franklin French to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-24

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 83
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Benjamin Franklin French offers resources for Lee's planned book on the history of the American Civil War.

Dates: 1866-07-24

Gabriel James Rains to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-24

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 83
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Gabriel James Rains wishes to leave Summerville Institute to teach at Virginia Military Institute (V.M.I.). Rains mistakenly suggests that Lee is presiding over V.M.I. rather than Washington College.

Dates: 1866-07-24

Jesse W. Shanks, 1866-07-24

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 83
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Jesse Shanks inquires about sending his brother to Washington College.

Dates: 1866-07-24

William A. Brown to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-25

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 83
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William A. Brown asks Robert E. Lee for a catalogue of Washington College.

Dates: 1866-07-25

R. M. McClellan to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-25

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 83
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R. M. McClellan introduces admitted Washignton College student William W. Collins to Robert E. Lee and suggests that Collins should enroll in a preparatory Greek course.

Dates: 1866-07-25

W. R. Abbott to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-25

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 83
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W. R. Abbott announces Robert E. Lee's election to the Educational Asssociation of Virginia.

Dates: 1866-07-25

H. A. (Hampton A) Rice to Robert E. Lee, 1866-07-27

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 84
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H. A. (Hampton A.) Rice asks for a catalogue or a list of expenses for attending Washington College for potential students in Macon, Ga. On the back of this letter Rice asks for a catalog to be sent to H. L. (Hampton Lea) Jarnagin Jr.

Dates: 1866-07-27