Letters / Correspondence

Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee

301-350 of 386 letters
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301 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I recd yesterday your note of thursday & also the box mentioned therein. You must thank Cousin Julia for her present of beef. Tell her I would have much preferred her keeping it for her self... Mar. 19, 1865
302 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Major Cox has sent me some very nice shirts so it will be unnecessary for you to have any knit. Please give him the accompg letter. If there is any error in my count of the price paid for them... Mar. 27, 1865
303 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Lucy Penn Taylor Lee I received your letter today & will write now that I may have my letter ready whenever your messenger calls the jacket is here & I will also send that & some papers. We have all been... Apr. 26, 1865
304 John Stewart Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Lest I might not find you alone I reply to your note, and first of all let me assure you, and I think I am not presuming on your good opinion when I feel you will believe me that you and yours are... May 1, 1865
305 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Octavia Robinson Haxall I cannot leave Richmond, my dear Mrs. Haxall[1] without expressing my deep appreciation of your many kindnesses since I first knew you here, & my regret that I cannot tell you so in person. I... Jun. 25, 1865
306 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I reached here yesterday about 1 P.M. & on riding up to the Hotel, was met by Profr White of the Washington College, who brought me up to his father in Laws, Col Reed, the oldest member of the... Sep. 19, 1865
307 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I recd today dear Mary your letter of the 17th & am very glad to hear of Robs arrival & that you are all well. I am sorry that I missed seeing the latter, but find it was necessary that I... Sep. 25, 1865
308 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I have just recd your note (without date) forwd in the package sent by Custis. I am glad to hear that Rob is improving & hoped you had the pleasure of seeing Mr Dana I have written to Col:... Oct. 3, 1865
309 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I have recd your letters of the 1st & 4th Inst: The latter was brought by Custis. Life is indeed gliding away & I have nothing of good to shew for mine that is past. I pray I may be spared... Oct. 9, 1865
310 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Mrs. Cocke has decided not to go this morg. I therefore send this by mail.Mrs. Rhodes has written to me that she has sent me a number of the London Quarterly containing an article on the “close of... Oct. 10, 1865
311 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Capt Edmund proposes to return to Oakland tomorrow, & I take advantage of the opportunity thus afforded to write to you. Although I have not heard from you since I last wrote, I hope you are... Oct. 15, 1865
312 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I only recd your letter of the 9th by Mr [Moorman], yesterday. I enclose a letter to Rob on his matters. Hey may have any of my clothes he fancies, but they are all here. If he was here he could... Oct. 19, 1865
313 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Mrs. H. R. Glenn I was much gratified & surprised my dear Mrs Glenn to receive your kind note this morning - Your generous gift which I accept as a testimonial of your old friendship which I have never... Nov. 23, 1865
314 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Louis M. D. Guillaume I am trying to collect my family pictures which have been lying in a cellar for nearly 10 years & am very anxious that you should go down to Alex & see them for me & make such repairs... 1866
315 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Louis M. D. Guillaume I write to know something about my pictures if you have all that need repairs & what pictures you have. I suppose Mr. Green did not give you any frames to them. Please let me know when they... 1866
316 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Unknown I have been hoping every day my dear friend to hear again from my cousin Miss Williams concerning my dear house & know if there was any hope of recovering those things which have been... 1866
317 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Richard M. Devens I respect & appreciate the motives that induced you to write to me so fully on the subject of your projected work. The “Recollections” are nearly all that are left to me from a home once... Feb. 5, 1866
318 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Louis M. D. Guillaume The large painting you have of the Angel & the Lily you will please retain until you hear from me. I will write to the family of Capt Williams concerning it. I fear the rainy weather has... May 24, 1866
319 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I am glad to See by your letter of yesterday, that you are recovering so well from your fall. I hope you may soon be well again. I return Mr Caskie’s note to you, & enclose two letters that... Jul. 16, 1866
320 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I was glad to receive your note this morg, & wish it Could have reported a marked improvement in your health. But that I trust will come in time. It has been impossible for me to return to you... Jul. 20, 1866
321 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Mr Campbell has just informed me that Cousins George & Eleanor are with you. Tell them they must not go till I Can get to the Baths. I think the waters of the latter will do them as much good... Aug. 2, 1866
322 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee On recg your note yesterday, I had only time to get the Arnica & send it by the stage. I am very sorry that you recd such a fall & fear it must have been a heavy shock to you. I am however... Aug. 10, 1866
323 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Unknown I cannot express to you my dear friend how unwilling I am to presume upon your kindness & trouble you again with my own affairs, But upon reflection I have determined that under order obtained... Nov. 12, 1866
324 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Unknown I have only a few moments to reply to your very kind letter as I am anxious you should receive this before you send the article I wrote for - If they have not already started will you add to them... Dec. 3, 1866
325 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee John Green I wrote you a long letter some time ago concerning the furniture & will not repeat what I then said & also enclosed a note to Mr Muir which I hope you received safely. I now send you a... Dec. 26, 1866
326 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee My dear Ella I send you my dear Ella by Mary a very poor representative of myself & a good one of Genl Lee which you must take with you to the your Northern home where we might otherwise fade... May 30, 1867
327 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Mr. Lossing I have to acknowledge your letter of the 8th & the draft for $31.25, a very unexpected good fortune, more acceptable than hundreds of dollars would have been under the circumstances. I do not... Jun. 12, 1867
328 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Eliza Snowden Thomas (On reverse: Miss E.S. Thomas) Aug. 29, 1867
329 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Lucy Penn Taylor Lee It is with much regret that I part with your Mildred1 she has been very useful & a great comfort to me the long dreary Winter & Spring & I do not know how I shall get along without her,... 1868
330 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Jonathan Worth The Genl has deputed me to acknowledge & thank you for your very kind note which substitution you would pardon if you knew the numbers of his correspondents. I feel flattered that your wife... Mar. 12, 1868
331 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
332 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee My dear brother Carter I will commence a reply to your interesting letter My dear brother Carter which in spite of the burden of years you complain of, is very uprightly & the Muse seems not to have forsaken you, she... Apr. 1869
333 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Letitia McCreery Burwell I need not assure you my dear Lettie[1] now much pleasure it will give us all to have you with us at commencement. We shall move into our new house[2] next week & shall have always room for you... May 25, 1869
334 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Letitia McCreery Burwell I need not assure you my dear Lettie now much pleasure it will give us all to have you with us at commencement. We shall move into our new house next week & shall have always room for you even... May 25, 1869
335 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
336 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Letitia McCreery Burwell I have not heard from you for a long time, my dear Miss Letty & was glad to see some one from Liberty who would give me some account of you all. We have had your Pastor & his daughter with... Apr. 19, 1870
337 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee My dear Nat I send to the care of Miss Lettie Brunell a little dress I have long more than a year had wrapped up for one of your children It has gotten very yellow hanging by, but your good wife I know can... Jun. 22, 1870
338 Robert E. Lee, Jr. Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee George gave me your little note & the papers for both of which except [sic] my thanks. This is the first time since you returned to Lex you have condescended to send me any thing in the shape... Jul. 23, 1870
339 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Isabella Ritchie Harrison Many thanks for your long sweet letter my dearest Belle but I am quite provoked with you for undoing all that shawl again. It was so nice & no larger I am sure than all Maggie has made. You... Sep. 29, 1870
340 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Isabella Ritchie Harrison My dear Belle I do not know if you got a letter written I forget exactly when but in reply to yours, nor do I remember if the genl was then sick so much have I been distracted by his illness &... Oct. 4, 1870
341 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
342 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Francis Henney Smith The Dr’s think it would be well for Genl Lee to have some beef tea at once & as I cannot get it at market before night I send 1 d less a small piece of it can be found at the institute lean... Oct. 10, 1870
343 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Isabella Ritchie Harrison I have been wishing to write to you for some time but I have had such a number of letters to answer that I really have had no time & Agnes & Mildred are constantly engaged with their papa... Oct. 10, 1870
344 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
345 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Friend Lettie I have long intended to write to you my dear Lettie ever since I heard of the death of Rosa’s dear little boy but was prevented by many things. What a sorrow it must have been to them & to you... Nov. 15, 1870
346 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Letitia McCreery Burwell I have long intended to write to you, my dear Lettie, ever since I heard of the death of Rosa’s dear little boy, but was prevented by many things. What a sorrow it must have been to them & to... Nov. 15, 1870
347 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee - I send you with pleasure my dear sir the informative you desire Genl Lee was born on the 19th Jany 1807 at Stratford in Westmoreland County Va, removed with his Mother & family to Alex. Va.... Dec. 23, 1870
348 Robert E. Lee, Jr. Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Your last letter I recd before Xmas & would have answered it before, but I found the state of my feelings so strong that I was compelled to go on to Phil to relieve them. From my letter to... Jan. 9, 1871
349 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
350 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee My dear Mrs. Glenn It was with deepest interest my dear Mrs Glenn I read your kind letter giving me the details attending the death of our mutual friend It did seem an ignoble end for one so generous so heroic &... Mar. 15, 1871