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Robert E. Lee
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Martha Custis Williams Carter
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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...
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May 2, 1865
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Robert E. Lee
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Martha Custis Williams Carter
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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,...
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Jun. 20, 1865
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Robert E. Lee
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Martha Custis Williams Carter
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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,...
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Jun. 24, 1865
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Robert E. Lee
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Martha Custis Williams Carter
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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...
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Dec. 20, 1865
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Robert E. Lee
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Martha Custis Williams Carter
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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....
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Apr. 7, 1866
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Robert E. Lee
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Martha Custis Williams Carter
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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...
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Dec. 1, 1866
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Robert E. Lee
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Martha Custis Williams Carter
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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...
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Dec. 22, 1866
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Robert E. Lee
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Martha Custis Williams Carter
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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...
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Oct. 4, 1867
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Robert E. Lee
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Martha Custis Williams Carter
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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...
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Jan. 1, 1868
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Robert E. Lee
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Martha Custis Williams Carter
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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...
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Apr. 14, 1868
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Robert E. Lee
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Martha Custis Williams Carter
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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...
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Feb. 22, 1869
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Robert E. Lee
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Martha Custis Williams Carter
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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...
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Jul. 20, 1869
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Robert E. Lee
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Martha Custis Williams Carter
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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...
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Nov. 27, 1869
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Robert E. Lee
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Martha Custis Williams Carter
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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...
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Aug. 27, 1870
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