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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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I am delighted my beautiful Annette at the prospect of seeing you soon, and also that you will accompany us to the wedding. I have been trying all the winter to get to Goodwood but since December...
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Mar. 19, 1859
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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I was too much disappointed my beautiful Annette not to see you today. I had hoped certainly to have done so, and looked for you anxiously all day yesterday. When are you coming up and when shall I...
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Jun. 2, 1859
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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I am so disappointed you did not come up with your father. There was a nice seat for you in the buggy and we should have enjoyed your company much more than the wedding party tonight. I shall not...
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Jun. 14, 1859
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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I shall want so much to see you tonight my beautiful Annette, for I know how sweet you will look, and of all those that will see you, none will appreciate the happiness as much as I would. I have...
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Nov. 8, 1859
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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The pain of leaving home is much enhanced by my inability to bid adieu to you, Ella and your father. I wished to go down and see you, but heard of your father and Ella being called to Philadelphia...
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Feb. 10, 1860
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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The reception of your letter of the 18th ultimate from Cedar Grove my sweet Annette has given me great pleasure. It was very kind of you and Ada to think of me. You must have felt that I was...
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Jan. 16, 1861
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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I am delighted at the reception of your letter of the 11th. It recalls so many pleasant thoughts, that I am at a loss which first to express. I have been so long anxious to hear of you all at...
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May 18, 1866
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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I was delighted my dear Annette, by the reception of your letter today, to find there was some prospect of our seeing you next month. You will not find the journey so hard. You can reach the...
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Aug. 30, 1866
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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I have just received your letter of the 27th. You know the pleasure it has given me. Though I have been regretting your absence ever since you left, I am glad that you reached home comfortably and...
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Nov. 1, 1867
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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I write to you in great alarm. I have just heard of Mildred’s engagement, and see nothing between you and the same fate. I beg that you will come on here immediately that I may endeavor to protect...
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Mar. 28, 1868
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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Your letter of the 10th received this rimming my sweetest Annette, has given me the greatest pleasure. I can do nothing but think of you and wish to see you. You could not have supposed that a...
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Jul. 15, 1869
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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Your long silence was most agreeably broken by your letter of the 13th instant and I was delighted to find that you were alive and well and still in America. I could not find out until I received...
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Feb. 22, 1870
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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Your very kind letter of the 24th April has followed me from Savannah to this place and has been most gladly welcomed. It would give me great pleasure to continue my journey to Goodwood but I...
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May 20, 1870
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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I found on my arrival here you letter of the 5th May. My reply to your former, which I did not receive till my return to Virginia I hope you have received. See that I told you how glad we would be...
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Jun. 2, 1870
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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I was very sorry to part with you all, and must say in all truth that my regret has not in the least diminished since. But I believe the same would have been the case had I remained with you all...
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Jul. 19, 1870
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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I reached here the beginning of the week, found all well, and all regretted that you did not return with me. If I was to tell you that the whole of the regrets felt by the household together, did...
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Jul. 30, 1870
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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. . . for $15.00. He was a pretty bay, & was sufficiently broken to be rode. He had not however forgotten his wild habits. On returning to his native plains he became much excited, seemed to...
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Robert E. Lee
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Annette Carter
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. . . be accommodated at that celebrated watering place. Agnes will accompany her wherever she goes, as her malady is supposed to proceed from rheumatism, and it is hoped that what will relieve the...
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