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Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee
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Anne Carter Lee
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I got a letter from Helen & will first transcribe what she says for Ella’s benefit “I have purchased the cloake for Miss Ella which I trust will suit. I consider it very suitable for mourning...
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Oct. 21, 1860
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Anne Carter Lee
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Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee
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Here we are at the end of our journey at Jones’ North Carolina. Mr Leigh left us this morning early before we were up. I feel perfectly lone & lost & begged him to come back just as soon as...
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Jun. 18, 1862
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Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee
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Anne Carter Lee,
Mildred Childe Lee
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Only think my dear children none of your letters arrived until yesterday & then all came together one had been misspent you may know that I was very anxious & supposed that my dear little...
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Jun. 29, 1862
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Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee
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Anne Carter Lee
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My dear Annie I received Charlotte’s letter yesterday morning & yours to Custis & after returning from a visit to one of the Hospitals I found poor Maria here who told me Charlotte had come...
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Jul. 17, 1862
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Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee
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Anne Carter Lee
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I felt much disappointment my dear girls not to have joined you when Chapman went but C’s unexpected arrival1 proposing to me a visit here which I had long desired to make decided me to come with...
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Aug. 4, 1862
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Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee
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Anne Carter Lee
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I did not receive either of your affectionate letters until Chapman had gone away to our mail not coming here for a week the cars being loaded with troops. Your sister also sent me by the same mail...
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Aug. 20, 1862
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Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee
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Anne Carter Lee
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I did not receive either of your affectionate letters until Chapman had gone away to our mail not coming here for a week the cars being loaded with troops. Your sister also sent me by the same mail...
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Aug. 20, 1862
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