Letters / Correspondence

Eleanor Agnes Lee

51-67 of 67 letters
Letters table
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51 Robert E. Lee Eleanor Agnes Lee My precious little AgnesI recd your kind note last night. I am obliged to go to the right to day & will be compelled to visit Richmond the first moment I can. I do not know when I shall See... Apr. 1, 1865
52 Varina Davis Eleanor Agnes Lee Many thanks for your kind, and graceful note very few girls possess l’eloquence du billet and is one of the most pleasing talents when exercised upon me.From the papers I see that your family have... Oct. 19, 1865
53 Robert E. Lee Eleanor Agnes Lee I sat down to give my dear little Sally, for she is dear to me in the broadest & highest sense of the word, the benefit of Jenny Taylors opinion, on hasty marriages. But on reflection I fear it... Jan. 3, 1866
54 Robert E. Lee, Jr. Eleanor Agnes Lee Looking over, dear Agnes, my pigeon hole label (l?)ed “letters unanswered,” I come across two with “Robt E. Lee Jr. Romancoke” very big & grand, & they turn out to be from my charming... May 5, 1866
55 George Washington Custis Lee Eleanor Agnes Lee I am sorry to have been so long in answering yours of the 4th, for I desire to give every encouragement, in my power, to any attempt at correspondence on the part of my sisters.Rob spent Sunday... Sep. 26, 1866
56 Eleanor Agnes Lee Mary E. McCormick McDonald I enclose the address of the store my white dress came from. Of course I think it will be safer for you to ask some friend to select a dress lady for you, but if you know of no one, I suppose you... 1869
57 Eleanor Agnes Lee Mary E. McCormick McDonald A thousand thanks for the elegant jelly. Won 't you make Aunt Hannah sensible of our appreciation of her share in it by giving her this handkerchief all the way from Balt!Let Linas bring back... 1869
58 Eleanor Agnes Lee Mary McDonald I am sorry you continue sick, - had intended coming A To ask after you this evening, but <mutilated> I will be prevented. You must eat some of these oranges for me instead. Hoping you will be... 1869
59 Eleanor Agnes Lee Capt. McDonald I find I made a mistake, Papa bought the little houses, and as there is nothing left that the children had made I am obliged to tell you of my inability to execute even a fraction of yr.... -
60 Eleanor Agnes Lee Marshall McDonald Thursday [n.d.]Mary Stewart's address is care of Mrs. John Stewart - Box 445 RichmondI am under the impression you cannot walk tomorrow afternoon, but if you know best I will go at four... -
61 Eleanor Agnes Lee Mary McDonald [et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="section" _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row admin_label="row"... -
62 Eleanor Agnes Lee Mary McDonald Could we get Miss. Campbell to sew for us a few days, that is if you have not engaged her or wish her, for if you do want her don 't hesitate to tell us so. If not, we wd like her Thursday... -
63 Eleanor Agnes Lee Capt. Henderson Saturday [n.d.]My mother wishes me to ask you Capt Henderson, to bring the Rev. Mr. Carnahan to take tea with us at 71/2 o'clock this evening. Hoping you can come.TrulyAgnes Lee -
64 Eleanor Agnes Lee Mary E. McCormick McDonald I send two jars whc. came to me filled with your nice pickles before I left home in Nov.I kept one of them for Commencement and it has been most useful these last few days. I have not forgotten yr.... -
65 Eleanor Agnes Lee Mary E. McCormick McDonald Finding that - at least one wagon (Womindorrf's) hadn't been to yr. house today. I send you a basket by way of remembrance. The pears of course are to ripen in a drawer. Tell Capt... -
66 Eleanor Agnes Lee Unknown [n.d.]The evening promises to be so pleasent. I think a walk will be the pleasentest. Come at six.A.L -
67 Eleanor Agnes Lee Mary E. McCormick McDonald I want you all to have something sweet to make you think of me once - and as Capt M - - admired these peaches when he should have been examining paint in the storeroom! - & as they are... -