Letters / Correspondence

Edward Lee Childe

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Letters table
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1 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe Your farewell note my dear nephew,[1] before your embarkation at New York was gratefully recd. It was very painful to me to part with you & your father,[2] & when I reflect upon the... Oct. 31, 1853
2 William L. Marshall Edward Lee Childe I recd a letter from you at Rome which gave me great pleasure and I had designed to answer it as soon as I heard of your return to Paris. I had hoped to answer under far happier circumstances and... Aug. 17, 1856
3 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I have just returned & recd your letter of the 11 Feby, for which I am much obliged. I have not yet engaged an overseer. If the man you speak of will in your opinion suit my purposes I am... Feb. 13, 1858
4 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I recd with much pleasure your long interesting & kind letter from Damascus. Because it has not before been acknowledged, do not think it was not properly appreciated. I like you have not been... Sep. 6, 1858
5 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I have often during the last four years desired to write to you. Amid the engrossing events of that period you were never forgotten, & I grieved for the loss of your sister as I Could only do... Jun. 17, 1865
6 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I am much grieved at your account of Mister Worsleys health.[1] I still hope that he may be spared to his friends & to the world, for the extinguishment of so bright an intellect & So noble... May 14, 1866
7 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I have waited to reply to your letter of the 7th Ulto: that I might acknowledge the reception of the ring. It reached me yesterday, is very handsome I think, & replaces as far as anything can... Jul. 7, 1866
8 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe Your letter of last August has been before me a long time, but Could you See the mass of others on my table, you would wonder how I ever reached it. It has not however been overlooked, & the... Jan. 5, 1867
9 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe About a week after dispatching my last letter I recd yours of the 27 Ulto: I had previously written to Mr. Corbin in reply to his enclosing the letter of the Revd S. D. Stuart to the London Times.... Jan. 22, 1867
10 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I am very glad that my turn has come around in your epistolary calendar. I am always rejoiced to hear from you, and your letters to your Aunt are a source of gratification to all our household. She... Jan. 16, 1868
11 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I am very glad that my turn has come around in your epistolary calendar. I am always rejoiced to hear from you, and your letters to your aunt are a source of gratification to all our household. She... Jan. 16, 1868
12 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I rec[eive]d this morning your letter of the 25th Ulto: & am much disappointed to find that I shall not see you or my beautiful niece this Summer. We have been anticipating great pleasure from... Jul. 10, 1868
13 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I have just recd your letter of the 3rd from Edinburgh, & hasten to say how sorry I am that you did not bring my niece with you. We shall be glad to see you however in whatever condition you... Sep. 17, 1868
14 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I have just heard from Fitzhugh that you did not visit the White House, but would go directly on to Boston. In that event you will miss their letters which I forwarded to you at Washington City. I... Oct. 14, 1868
15 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe Yesterday your letter of the 20th arrived & to day that of the 22nd. I yesterday evg visited the Express office, but the packages sent by you had not reached Lexington, & the agent said... Oct. 25, 1868
16 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I hope my letter to the care of Jameson Smith and Colling, New York, reached you before you sailed for Europe. I merely write now to inform you that all the boxes sent from Boston, books, wines,... Nov. 9, 1868
17 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe Mr. Richard S. McCulloh, Profr of Mechanics and Physics in Washington College, whom you may recollect having met while here, goes to Europe to obtain such information & to establish such... Jul. 2, 1869
18 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I have recd your letters of the 22 July & 11 Aug last, & am required at the pleasing intelligence contained in the latter, announcing your intention of embarking from Liverpool on the 4th... Sep. 9, 1869
19 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe Your letter of the 17th gave me the pleasing intelligence of your safe arrival in this Country, & I hope that before this my dear niece has recovered from the effects of the journey, & will... Sep. 22, 1869
20 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I hope that the weather where you have been has been more propitious for travelling than it has been here. The Storm that has been hanging over us so long seems to have at last cleared away. The... Nov. 17, 1869
21 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe, Blanche de Trigueti Childe As you are constantly connected in my thoughts & firmly united in my affections I must address you both & express my regrets at not having been able to write to you for so long a time,... Feb. 19, 1870
22 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe As you are constantly connected in my thoughts & firmly united in my affections I must address you both & express my regrets at not having been able to write to you for so long a time,... Feb. 19, 1870
23 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I was very glad to receive your letter of the 17th Ulto: & to hear that my dear niece was well & driving & visiting about, to the delight I know of those who saw her. I hope that before... Mar. 8, 1870
24 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I have just recd your letter of the 20th Ulto: & hasten to thank you for your Kind interest in my health & welfare. I returned to Lexington last Saturday, 28th Ulto: after an absence of two... Jun. 3, 1870
25 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe Your good long letter of the 25 Ulto: has followed me to this place, where I have been nearly a fortnight trying the waters for my rheumatic attack. I left your Aunt with Agnes & Mildred at... Aug. 22, 1870