Letters / Correspondence

Martha Custis Williams Carter

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Letters table
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1 Martha Custis Williams Carter Anne Carter Lee How often I think of you! How often I speak of you! how many times I say I will write to you and alas how sadly have I heretofore been disappointed in the accomplishment of my wishes! But, this... Nov. 17, 1860
2 Martha Custis Williams Carter Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Although I have not the most remote idea how you will get this letter, I feel that I must write and tell you, much that I know you will like to hear.You will be astonished to hear that I am in... Jul. 13, 1861
3 Martha Custis Williams Carter Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I hope this letter will be more fortunate than those that I wrote you last summer in arriving at its destination & bringing a speedy reply.I have come to Georgetown within the last few weeks... Jul. 25, 1862
4 Martha Custis Williams Carter Eleanor Agnes Lee In your last letter you did not give me your address so I will put my letter under cover to Mr Caskie. Write & give me your address & your parents. Tell your mother I have not yet succeeded... Dec. 29, 1863
5 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter I have just recd dearest Markie your letter of the 26th Ulto: Your constant kindness & sympathy in every change & circumstance of life is very cheering & Comforting. I know you Sorrow... May 2, 1865
6 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter I cannot leave Richmond dear Markie without thanking your for your kind note of the 4th Inst. You must not be so sorrowful. We all have much to be thankful for, & you who Can do so much good,... Jun. 20, 1865
7 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter I have recd your little note with the handerkerchiefs & pens. I am exceedingly obliged to you, though am tempted to scold. I told you I wanted nothing except to see you. By not believing me,... Jun. 24, 1865
8 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter I only recd a few days since your letter of the 2nd Sept: accompg Thos: a Kemps imitation of Christ, which you kindly sent me.1 I have read some of your favourite chapters, & hope I may derive... Dec. 20, 1865
9 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter I have recd your good long letter, commenced on the 14th & finished on the 30th Ulto. It seemed like old times to hear you talking again, & I am glad to find that you still retain the art.... Apr. 7, 1866
10 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter I have just enclosed to Mr Shepherd the Erie R R bonds in compliance with your & his kind suggestion. I fear it will give him much trouble, as stocks are not in his line of business; but I hope... Dec. 1, 1866
11 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter If I was an artists like you, I would draw a true picture of Traveller; representing his fine proportions, muscular figure, deep chest, short back, strong haunches, flat legs, small head, broad... Dec. 22, 1866
12 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter I found on my return about three weeks since, your letter of July & Aug: & was delighted to learn that you were well & pleasantly located in the beautiful town of orange. When I visited... Oct. 4, 1867
13 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter With the return of a new year my mind reverts to you with fresh pleasure. Although so distant, you are often present to my thoughts, & always come to brighten reminiscences of the past. I hope... Jan. 1, 1868
14 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter There is something in your last letter that prompts me to answer it at once. You must not think me one of those who “cannot comprehend disinterested love,” & I know that your devotion to your... Apr. 14, 1868
15 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter I am very sorry to learn from your letter of the 17th Inst: which I have just recd, that your health is still feeble, & that the cares & anxieties of your life consequently weigh heavily... Feb. 22, 1869
16 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter I have borrowed a little space in your Cousin M’s letter, to acknowledge your last kind one to me & to say how glad I am that you are coming to see us. I however think that you are of opinion... Jul. 20, 1869
17 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter I recd this morg your letter of 24th Inst: & as you do not refer to the painful results of your journey I hope that they have all vanished. I told Agnes to tell you that notwithstanding your... Nov. 27, 1869
18 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter I have not recd your “long letter” addressed to Lexington but that of the 22nd Inst: reached me this morg. I send by the mail which conveys this a circular of the Hot as you request, addressed to... Aug. 27, 1870