Box 1
Container
Contains 6 Results:
Robert E. Lee family material, part 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1813-1895
Letter, Mrs. Mary G. Markoe to Robert E. Lee, 1865-05-27
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Mary G. Markoe of Baltimore, Maryland writes to General R.E. Lee describing the final days, death, and burial of her friend Anne Kinloch Lee Marshall, Lee's sister, in 1864. Anne Lee married Revered William Louis Marshall also of Baltimore, Md. In the final section of the letter, the author asks that General Lee provide her son, Francis "Frank" Markoe, a former Confederate officer, advice regarding taking the oath of allegiance to the United States. She includes the compelling three page...
Dates:
1865-05-27
Copy of bank check from the Exchange Bank of Virginia to Robert E. Lee, 1861-06-27
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Item is likely a copy of a paycheck from the State of Virginia for his service.
Dates:
1861-06-27
Letter, Francis (Frank) Markoe, Jr. to his mother Mary G. Markoe, 1865-05-22
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Mary G. Markoe of Baltimore, Maryland writes to General R.E. Lee describing the final days, death, and burial of her friend Anne Kinloch Lee Marshall, Lee's sister, in 1864. Anne Lee married Revered William Louis Marshall also of Baltimore, Md. In the final section of the letter, the author asks that General Lee provide her son, Francis "Frank" Markoe, a former Confederate officer, advice regarding taking the oath of allegiance to the United States. She includes the compelling three page...
Dates:
1865-05-22
Letter, Edward H. Wyvill to Robert E. Lee, 1867-01-28
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Letter explaining why Mr. Wyvill's son is not returning to Washington College for the 1867 session.
Dates:
1867-01-28
Letter, Charles H. Smith to Robert E. Lee, 1868-01-25
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Dr. Charles H. Smith, Medical Examiner for the Arlington Mutual Life Insurance Company writes to Robert E. Lee to ask if he is interested in being the president of company. Lettter is two pages and describes the company. Also included is a published prospectus of the company, a published chart of insurance price tables, the company's charter and bylaws, and two published lists of all who are insured by the company and and the envelope addressed to Lee in which these items were delivered....
Dates:
1868-01-25