Letters / Correspondence

Charles Carter Lee

51-88 of 88 letters
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51 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I have us - d your 4th of July speech & sent to Dr - Haztell the copy intended for him. I read it with much pleasure & congratulate you on so favourable a production. I suppose we must make... Sep. 1, 1844
52 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Before going to New London I rec - d your letter of the 29 ditto on the subject of the value of our Floyd land, & on my return Saturday night I found one from Smith, stating that you had... Jul. 13, 1846
53 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I am this far on my way to join the Army in Mexico. Your letter enclosing the Bond reached me the day before I left Fort Hamilton. Mary & myself have executed it & I today gave it to Smith... Sep. 1, 1846
54 Charles Carter Lee - I regret that I can find nothing satisfactory or interesting in answer to the inquiries contained in your last letter. The Journal of the Genl Assembly contain no mention whatever of the Quakers... Nov. 15, 1847
55 Charles Carter Lee Nat Burwell, Jr. I received your letter through the Post Office, & was obliged to leave town the next day, which prevented me from hunting up Dr. Stribling, whom I regret I did not see. Please give my respects... Feb. 1, 1848
56 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter of 26 Jan - y reached me by the last mail from Vera Cruz. I am glad you feel the same concern at the recall of Genl Scott from the command of the Army; as is felt by that Army... Mar. 23, 1848
57 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter of the 22nd March, written shortly after your return from a visit to Uncle Wms, which reached me 3 weeks since; has not been answered before, in consequence of my absence from the City.... May 15, 1848
58 Charles Carter Lee Nat Burwell, Jr. I am a week behind my time in answering your letter, but I have been to busy in the harvest-fields, & my energies so prostrated by a bad cold that you must excuse me; I regretted very much not... Jun. 1848
59 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter of the 26 April has been forwd to me here where I was suddenly sent to organize the Regt, & set the officers recruiting for their Compies. Col. A. S. Johnston, not our Joe, but... May 10, 1855
60 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter of the 26 April has been forw - d to me here, where I was suddenly sent to organize the Regt. & set the officers recruiting for their Comp - ies - Col A. S. Johnston, not our Joe,... May 10, 1855
61 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Charles Carter Lee I received your letter my dear Carter & am sorry you have given yourself the trouble to write to your friend for I am such a cripple that I do not feel able to undertake the difficulties. I... Jul. 17, 1856
62 Nathaniel F. Cabell Charles Carter Lee The ‘Lee Papers’ to which you refer in your letter were deposited many years ago at the University of Va., by your kinsman R. H. Lee Jr., after he had completed the biographies of his Grandfather... Mar. 1859
63 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I was very much pleased to receive your letter apprising me of your good health & of the happiness of those around you. I wish indeed that I could see you all, but that is a happiness I can... Mar. 14, 1862
64 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I have recd your letter of the 18th & will endeavour to forward the enclosure to Mrs Taylor.1 I do not know where she is now. When last at her house house [sic] on the Rappk the enemy seemed to... Mar. 24, 1863
65 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I have but a few moments in which to express my thanks for your kind letter of the 21st. I write with you in mourning at the death of Genl Jackson - Any Victory would be dear to us at such a price,... May 24, 1863
66 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I was very much gratified yesterday at recg your letter of the 5th & pleased to learn the good health of your household & the safe return of Sis-Lucy & Mildred. What did you let them go... Aug. 12, 1864
67 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I rec’d to day your letter of the 19th. I send you the Times of the 21st which will tell you all about the indictments which I know. The papers are arguing the Subject pro & Con, & I... Jun. 21, 1865
68 Charles Carter Lee Robert E. Lee My Dear Brother, I send you, for the work you are engaged upon, as the best history that can be furnished of the close of our father’s life, his letters to me at that sad period. How much of them... Jul. 25, 1866
69 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I have been intending to write to you on some points in which I am not clear, & have not the proper books to which to refer. In the biography of our father, in speaking of the men who were... Mar. 19, 1867
70 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I reached here today having been detained in the mountains three weeks by sickness. But for my indisposition I should have written to you before, to say that if George desires to return to... Sep. 16, 1867
71 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I as very glad to receive your letter of the 5th Inst: giving assurance of the good health of all your family who are with you. Those members who are here are well. George & Henry are pretty... Oct. 24, 1867
72 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Charles Carter Lee Your affectionate letter should have been sooner acknowledged my dear Carter but I have not recently felt in the writing vein which often seizes me & then all my correspondents suffer. I am... Nov. 28, 1868
73 Charles Carter Lee Robert E. Lee You have hardly imagined how gratified I am at the letter from you which greeted my arrival here after my long absence, but I have been waiting from mail to mail to receive accounts of the Memoirs,... Dec. 3, 1868
74 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I am sorry to learn from your letter of Richardsons difficulties - Want of funds & credit may be at the bottom of them, but I do not think rival publishing houses are the most accurate... Dec. 22, 1868
75 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I was glad to learn by your letter of the 1st that you & yours were in the enjoyment of good health & other blessings vouchsaved to us by a Merciful Providence, & pray that they may be... Jan. 15, 1869
76 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Yours of the 22nd Ulto: is at hand & Henry proposes to leave us this afternoon. I am sorry for his departure & sorry for the cause. Although I was aware that he was labouring under... Feb. 9, 1869
77 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter of the 6t was only recd yesterday. I have to leave to my good dame the privilege of maintaining our serial correspondence, & can only write myself when occasion makes it necessary.... Jul. 8, 1869
78 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Charles Carter Lee I should have sooner replied to your letter my dear Carter but we are leading such a quiet life here that there was nothing to tell you of any interest except our own domestic concerns which have... Jul. 27, 1869
79 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I have recd your letter of the 15t & have written to Richardson. The word in question is written in the copy of the letter sent me Arga not Aga as stated in your last. I think it probable that... Aug. 18, 1869
80 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I recd a letter from Mary today saying that Richardson had sent me a check for $800. on account of sales of Memoirs, which was payable to my order. I have requested that it be placed to my credit... Apr. 18, 1870
81 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Charles Carter Lee Our first Mail for more than 8 days arrived this morning & brought with it your hurried letter to Robert, as it maybe very long ere he will either read or write another, I will answer at once... Oct. 7, 1870
82 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Charles Carter Lee I ought to have written to you sooner, my dear Carter but in the very uncertain state of the mails, I knew it was most likely you would not get my letter for a week & the blow was so sudden; so... Oct. 13, 1870
83 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Charles Carter Lee I have not written to you my dear brother Carter because I feared it might rather be an annoyance to you to receive letters that you were unable to answer, but as Lucy wrote me you took some... Feb. 6, 1871
84 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Both of your letters from Broadneck have been forw - d to me at this place. I was as much surprised at the request made by Bernard in the one, as at the sudden change of his opinion & wishes... -
85 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Tattoo is beating & I have to be in the Saddle by 6 tomorrow mor - g. Still I must tell you of the pleasure which your letter of the 11 Dec - r last afforded me, which arrived by the last train... -
86 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter of the 12th afforded me much gratification. I wish the interpretation given to your dream may be realized & that health & abundance may abound in the Army. That such may be the... -
87 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I was very much gratified yesterday at recg your letter of the 5th - & pleased to learn the good health of your household & the safe return of Sis - Lucy and Mildred. What did you let them... -
88 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I was exceedingly sorry on my return to learn that I had missed your visit. I thought I informed you, that if Agnes was well enough I should go to Fluvanna, I regret very much that my visit there... -