Letters / Correspondence

Robert E. Lee

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1901 S. G. Davis Robert E. Lee being desirous of attending your College, I thought that I would send you a few lines for information.Please write and inform me when your Winter Session begins and also if there is Lang Department... Dec. 22, 1865
1902 Mrs. W. H. Polk Robert E. Lee Pardon what may seem negligence on my part after commencing a correspondence on a subject in which we both are interested, to suspend it so abruptly - My apology must be, that I have -... Dec. 25, 1865
1903 C. B. Richardson Robert E. Lee C. B. Richardson, Publisher & Book Seller No. 540 Broadway New York Dec 26 1865My dear SrI enclose you a copy of Gen’l Meades report which has not been published. I also send by this mail a... Dec. 26, 1865
1904 Thomas J. Hunt Robert E. Lee From a number of the General officers in the United States Army, I have been favored with sketches of their campaigns; not for publication, but merely to complete a private history of the late... Dec. 26, 1865
1905 William H. Parker Robert E. Lee Having seen by the papers that it is proposed to institute four more Professorships at Washington College & thinking that one of the nine Chairs might relate to Practical Astronomy I venture to... Dec. 26, 1865
1906 William T. Martin Robert E. Lee My brother in law Maj L. P. Conner formerly on Gen Braggs staff may have occasion to write to you - I bespeak for him such. Consideration as is due to a gentleman of money & worth - He has been... Dec. 26, 1865
1907 C. Chauncey Burr Robert E. Lee I have mailed to your address the Old Guard for January 1866; and I wish to call your attention to the fact that I have conducted this magazine for three years with precisely the same principles... Dec. 27, 1865
1908 A. S. Colyar Robert E. Lee Will you be so good as to inform me of the chance to get boarding, the price etc, at Lexington.I have a son that I wish to send to Lexington.My home is Winchester Turnpike. Write me at that place.I... Dec. 27, 1865
1909 Lemuel P. Conner Robert E. Lee My nephew William, son of the late Maj William Conner is now in his 18th year. His education has been greatly neglected owing to difficulties in our schools during the first years of the war, and... Dec. 27, 1865
1910 Cazeneau McLeod Robert E. Lee I have the honor, to ask for a reply, to a letter from my uncle, Mr. G. B. Lamon in relation, to schools in Virginia. I am very deficient, - even more so, than most boys of my age. Yet, still I,... Dec. 29, 1865
1911 J. D. B. DeBoor Robert E. Lee I take the liberty of dropping you a note which I hope will not be regarded presuming.I have re-established my Review upon a large National basis but in the course of a Southern tendency, & an... Dec. 29, 1865
1912 C. B. Moore Robert E. Lee Will you please have the kindness to forward to my address a catalogue of the Institution over which you preside - Or if none have been recently published please inform me in regard to the terms -... Dec. 29, 1865
1913 W. F. Booker Robert E. Lee I have two Boys; I wish to send to school one about 16 years old and the other 14,They are now going to school at Georgetown D. C. and my wife who was a Lee, wants me to put them under your charge... Dec. 31, 1865
1914 S. M. Kennedy Robert E. Lee Home Circle 194 Clark Street S. M. Kennedy, Proprietor. Chicago, Jan 1st 1866Gen. R. E. LeeGeneral - Will you do me the honor to inform me when your History of the War will be ready & whether... Jan. 1, 1866
1915 Robert E. Lee George S. Baker May I ask you to hand the enclosed letter to the President of Franklin Society & Library Compy & believe me Very respyYour obt servtR E LeeMr Geo S Baker Secy of Franklin Society 1866
1916 Robert E. Lee I. Stoddard Johnston I am very much obliged to you for your letter of the 25 ulto: & for the information it contains. I should like very much to obtain a copy of the narrative of Genl Breckenridge's... 1866
1917 Robert E. Lee J. B. Dorman Major Your letter informing me of my election as an Honorary member of the Franklin Society & Library Comapny of Lexington at its annual meeting on the 17th Inst: has been recd, and I beg that... 1866
1918 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
1919 Robert E. Lee Sidney Smith Lee I recd last night your letter of the 30th which afforded me & all my household much pleasure. Robert C. was also glad to receive the one to him, & I will leave him to communicate everything... Jan. 4, 1866
1920 T. M. Niven Robert E. Lee Please find enclosed receipt from Express Co. for package containing Carlyle’s, Frederick the Great (5 Vols) -I have today put into hands of the publisher (Blelock & Co) the matter of Dr... Jan. 5, 1866
1921 - Robert E. Lee As you are the principle of a military academy I mow write to you to get some information of it. I should like to attend your school, and would like to know if it is possible for me to do so. Is... Jan. 6, 1866
1922 A. H. Gardner Robert E. Lee Since your acceptance of the Presidency of Washington College I have been anxious to become a student of yours, but until now have been unable to do so - Father, as most Southerners, has lost the... Jan. 7, 1866
1923 J. S. Campbell Robert E. Lee 8 Jan. 1866 Jan. 8, 1866
1924 Mrs. T. J. Jackson Robert E. Lee From a letter received from Dr Dabney I learn that he would be greatly obliged & indebted to you, if you would take the trouble to make a memorandum of the errors you noticed in his narrative... Jan. 9, 1866
1925 R. J. Mays Robert E. Lee I am anxious to send my brother to your school, but have heard that it is a State Institution and that students from other States than Va cannot enter. Will you please let me know and state terms... Jan. 9, 1866
1926 - Robert E. Lee Sender: Recipient: Robert E.LeeOffice of Lancaster & Co. Stock Exchange Brokers. Richmond, Va. Jany 9th 1866Dear SirAbout the beginning of the late war we were unsuccessful in an effort to... Jan. 9, 1866
1927 John L. Divine Robert E. Lee My object in addressing you is to enquire, if a boy, fourteen years old, who is tolerably well advanced for one of that age would be admitted as a student in your College?The boy whom I desire to... Jan. 9, 1866
1928 John R. Green Robert E. Lee This will be handed you Lucius Peyton whom I wish to place under your guardian ship His training for 3 years in the Army of Tenn, has no doubt rendered him tractable, his purpose is to take a full... Jan. 9, 1866
1929 W. M. Campbell Robert E. Lee Please send me a catalogue of the College of which you are president I have the honor to be Genyour Obt ServtW M Campbell Late Surg CSA Jan. 10, 1866
1930 John Carroll Walsh Robert E. Lee Near Ineracten Mills P.O. The Mound. Harfor Cmo. Janry 11th 1866General.I have directed Messrs Kelly & Tait, Booksellers, of Baltimore, to forward you, for the use of Washington College .... Jan. 11, 1866
1931 Jonathan O. Sullivan Robert E. Lee I have some students who are desirous of entering Washington Col. soon.They wish to enter the Jr: Class if possible & hence, wish to see the curriculum. Will you, therefore, be so kind as to... Jan. 11, 1866
1932 Samuel Rothchild Robert E. Lee I wish my son to become a student at your College. He is 14 years old, is very well advanced for his age, is a good boy. Will be much obliged if you will inform me if he will be received, at what... Jan. 12, 1866
1933 W. Scott Glore Robert E. Lee I understand that you intend writing a History of Your Campaigns of the late War. I write you requesting the Agency of your book as soon as it is ready for this State, Kentucky. & as many... Jan. 13, 1866
1934 Washington Barrows Robert E. Lee Having suffered in the same cause as yourself - a cause which though dead is dear to me, and having the highest appreciation of your whole character, I have concluded to send my grandson, my only... Jan. 15, 1866
1935 J. A.Burns Robert E. Lee having learned that you design the publication of a book, to be written by yourself, in reference to the late war, etc. I write you in order to procure if possible an agency for the same on this... Jan. 15, 1866
1936 George L. Washington Robert E. Lee I am desirous of obtaining a Tutorship at Washington College, and deem it proper to address my application to yourself. The war has left me, like every body else, without means or employment and I... Jan. 16, 1866
1937 E. C. Middleton Robert E. Lee E. C. MIDDLETON & CO. PUBLISHERS OF NATIONAL OIL PORTRAITS. 132 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Jan 18th 1866Dear SirWhile visiting General Sherman at his residence in St. Louis a few days ago,... Jan. 18, 1866
1938 A. C. Niven Robert E. Lee You are doubtless aware that the Federal Congress, before the close of the war appointed a Committee on the conduct of the war whose labors are published in several volumes (three I think. Much of... Jan. 19, 1866
1939 Alfred Chapman Robert E. Lee Will you confer the happiness upon one of your humble friends by affixing your name to each of the enclosed cards. They are intended for two of my daughters, who will hand them down to their... Jan. 19, 1866
1940 Mrs. William Brown Robert E. Lee When you were here last week, Mr Brown handed you a note from Mrs Jackson, with some manuscript - memoirs of the General. Mr Brown did not understand there was any other requests than those... Jan. 20, 1866
1941 George S. Walden Robert E. Lee In common with your fellow countrymen of the South, I rejoice that you have consented to assume a position, in which you may spend the remainder of your honoured life, in the quiet, and honourable... Jan. 20, 1866
1942 E. J. Quirk Robert E. Lee Permit me once more to answer your long wished for Letter only immagine when 18 years ago I recd your kind letter after your return from the City of <illegible> which document I am now... Jan. 20, 1866
1943 W. N. H. Smith Robert E. Lee I have a son 18 years of age, whom I intend to send to some institution of learning and my attention has been directed to that over which you preside. My son’s education has been retarded by the... Jan. 22, 1866
1944 D. S. Anderson Robert E. Lee Please send me a catalogue of the college which you are Pres.Your trulyD S Anderson Care of J H Anderson & son Jan. 23, 1866
1945 B. H. Covington Robert E. Lee You will oblige by sending me a Catalogue of Washington College. I hope to place my two sons under your care in the course of a year. Present appearances however, seem to indicate that our... Jan. 23, 1866
1946 R. W. Jones Robert E. Lee Though I feel that it is hardly right for me to trespass upon your time, so important to you, so far as to ask you to read my letter and reply to the same, I trust when you learn the Circumstances... Jan. 23, 1866
1947 Jubal A. Early Robert E. Lee I wrote to you from Havana, but did not say all that I wished to say - I arrived here on 2nd last, but have not yet written an account of the part taken by my different commands in the campaign... Jan. 25, 1866
1948 Peregrine Wroth Robert E. Lee The hope is indulged that I shall not be unsuccessful in begging you to pardon the liberty I have taken to write to you. Your time must be fully occupied, not only by the duties of your present... Jan. 25, 1866
1949 J. H.Higginson Robert E. Lee A project is on foot for Engraving on steel the highest style of European Art at a gallery of portraits of the Generals lately commanding the Armies of the Confederate States. The design being to... Jan. 26, 1866
1950 Robert Parker Robert E. Lee I have been informed you are writing a History of the late Civil War in America. If so and the Book to be sold by subscription allow me to solicate the agency for it for the State. I have been in... Jan. 26, 1866