| No. | Sender | Recipient | Preview | Date, oldest first |
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| 1 | Robert E. Lee | S. Bell | I have recd your letter of the 13th Inst., asking a leave of absence for your son Cadet M. H. Bell.I regret the distance is too great to enable me to grant him the opportunity to visit you on... | Dec. 23, 1853 |