Letters / Correspondence

Robert E. Lee

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2201 Robert E. Lee William D. Cabell I have recd your letter of the 16 Inst; and as far as your plan for the establishment of a normal school is developed in the papers which accompanied it, it seems to bid fair to promote the good of... Dec. 26, 1867
2202 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
2203 Robert E. Lee Richard B. Lee, II I cordially reciprocate your kind New Year greetings, & join in the hope that there may be many happy returns for ourselves & for the country. It will be well for us however to arm... Jan. 6, 1868
2204 Robert E. Lee Jonathan B. Lafitte I return my sincere thanks for the excellent telescope you have kindly sent me. The pleasure I shall derive from its use will be greatly enhanced by its history & associations.I most cordially... Jan. 13, 1868
2205 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I am very glad that my turn has come around in your epistolary calendar. I am always rejoiced to hear from you, and your letters to your Aunt are a source of gratification to all our household. She... Jan. 16, 1868
2206 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I am very glad that my turn has come around in your epistolary calendar. I am always rejoiced to hear from you, and your letters to your aunt are a source of gratification to all our household. She... Jan. 16, 1868
2207 Robert E. Lee William McLaughlin I am very much obliged to you for your kind offer, & will be glad if you will take steps to cause the interest on the state bonds in my daughters names to be funded, as authorized by law; &... Jan. 27, 1868
2208 Robert E. Lee Richard L. Page My constant attendance in the Examination Hall for the past two weeks, have prevented my replying to your letter of the 22nd Ulto: I was aware that your son was at the Institute, & have sent... Feb. 10, 1868
2209 Robert E. Lee William N. Pendleton Please pay to Mr Adolphus White the balance due on your settlement of the account of Mr H. S. Platt - $13.00R E LeeRevd Dr Pendleton Feb. 13, 1868
2210 Robert E. Lee Douglas Frazar I have received your communication of March 1 requesting my interposition in the collection of a debt said to be due to Henry Johnson, (Freedman) by Mr Lusk, a student of Washington College. Mr... Mar. 2, 1868
2211 Robert E. Lee John W. Truslord I have shewn the model of your Patent Fender to persons interested in building, but none have adopted it in thier houses. As stated in my former letter, stoves are generally used for warming houses... Mar. 7, 1868
2212 Robert E. Lee John W. Truslow I have shown the model of your Patent fender to the pesrons interested in building, but none have yet adopted it in their houses. As stated in my former letter, stoves are generally used for... Mar. 7, 1868
2213 Robert E. Lee Mr. John W. Truslord I have shown the model of your Patent fender to the pesrons interested in building, but none have yet adopted it in their houses. As stated in my former letter, stoves are generally used for... Mar. 7, 1868
2214 Robert E. Lee Harriet E. Cazenove I wish I may be able to aid you in the important matter you have now to decide, the selection of a school for your fine boy. The most any of them can offer are opportunities to learn; the rest he... Mar. 12, 1868
2215 Robert E. Lee Rodney A. Mercer I regret that I am unable to furnish you with the autograph of Genl Washington.Very respyR E LeeMr Rodney A. Mercer Mar. 26, 1868
2216 Robert E. Lee Annette Carter I write to you in great alarm. I have just heard of Mildred’s engagement, and see nothing between you and the same fate. I beg that you will come on here immediately that I may endeavor to protect... Mar. 28, 1868
2217 Robert E. Lee H. T. Mumford In compliance with your request of the 31 Ulto: I enclose my autograph. Thanking you for the expression of your kind feelingsI am very resplyYour obt servtR E LeeMr. H.T. Mumford Apr. 4, 1868
2218 Robert E. Lee My dear Miss Sella In gathering up the pictures from my disordered table yesterday, where they had been sacttered to dry, one was overlooked. I know you will wonder at the amount of honesty required to part with such... Apr. 12, 1868
2219 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
2220 Robert E. Lee Mrs. William C. Rives The sad news of the death of your husband has just reached me; & though I know that Virginia in all her length & breadth is this day mourning the loss of her great Statesman, there is not... Apr. 29, 1868
2221 Robert E. Lee N. W. Hibbard Absence from Lexington has prevented my replying to your kind letter of 29th Ulto: until today. As the best refutation of the false accusation against the Faculty of Washington College, published... May 14, 1868
2222 Robert E. Lee D. R. Osborne There was no officer of the name of G. M. Brooke on my staff during the late war. Capt: John M. Brooke, an officer in the Confederate Navy & on duty in the Navy Dept Richmond, is a gentleman of... May 25, 1868
2223 Robert E. Lee R. H. Maury I enclose powers of attorney for myself & daughter Mildred to sell the Virginia stocks standing in our names. My daughter Agnes is absent & has I am told her certificates of stock with her.... Jun. 6, 1868
2224 Robert E. Lee Robert Henry Maury I enclose powers of attorney for myself & daughter Mildred to sell the Virginia stocks standing in our names. My daughter Agnes is absent & has I am told her certificate of stock with her.... Jun. 6, 1868
2225 Robert E. Lee S. Maupin In compliance with a resolution of the Faculty of Washington College passed at their last regular meeting, I have to present their thanks to the Faculty of the University of VA: for their... Jun. 23, 1868
2226 Robert E. Lee Frank Waddill The Trustees of Washington College at their meeting June 16, 1868, established five Honorary Scholarships to be given to students of Washington College as rewards of high attainments and good... Jun. 25, 1868
2227 Robert E. Lee Charles Marshall Upon the reception of your letter of the 13th Ulto: enclosing the Revd McMullins printed propositions to the public, I placed it in the hands of the Comm: of the Bd of Trustees, who informed me... Jul. 2, 1868
2228 Robert E. Lee Robert Beverly I wish I as able to advise you as to the proper course to pursue with your sons. I can only say from what I know of them that they desire the opportunity of acquiring a good education, & which... Jul. 6, 1868
2229 Robert E. Lee Julia A. M. Lee In compliance with your request I send you my autograph & one for your children. I also enclose some photographs, one of which with my love, I must ask you send to my Cousin Cornelia Macrae.The... Jul. 6, 1868
2230 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I rec[eive]d this morning your letter of the 25th Ulto: & am much disappointed to find that I shall not see you or my beautiful niece this Summer. We have been anticipating great pleasure from... Jul. 10, 1868
2231 Robert E. Lee E. C. Gordon I thank you for your letters forwarded to me. I perceive a slight typographical error in the Circular. County for County will correct it except those not disposed. This is the day I had appointed... Aug. 3, 1868
2232 Robert E. Lee E. C. Gordon I propose leaving here tomorrow for the White Sulphur Springs, the waters of which I desire to drink for a fortnight before I return to Lexington. My daughter Mildred is well enough for me to leave... Aug. 18, 1868
2233 Robert E. Lee E. C. Gordon I shall leave here tomorrow noon for the Hot & if nothing prevents shall leave there on Thursday the 10th for Lexington. It will depend upon the condition in which I find Mrs Lee and Mildred... Sep. 2, 1868
2234 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I have just recd your letter of the 3rd from Edinburgh, & hasten to say how sorry I am that you did not bring my niece with you. We shall be glad to see you however in whatever condition you... Sep. 17, 1868
2235 Robert E. Lee Helen Taylor I am very much obliged to you for the picture of the Washington family enclosed in your letter of the 22nd. It will be a pleasing addition to the other tokens of your kind remembrance & its... Sep. 29, 1868
2236 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I have just heard from Fitzhugh that you did not visit the White House, but would go directly on to Boston. In that event you will miss their letters which I forwarded to you at Washington City. I... Oct. 14, 1868
2237 Robert E. Lee George Henry Pierce I have no record of the number of battles in which I have been engaged & regret that I am unable to give you the information you desire.Very respy,R E LeeMr. Geo. Henry Pierce[1] Oct. 15, 1868
2238 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe Yesterday your letter of the 20th arrived & to day that of the 22nd. I yesterday evg visited the Express office, but the packages sent by you had not reached Lexington, & the agent said... Oct. 25, 1868
2239 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I hope my letter to the care of Jameson Smith and Colling, New York, reached you before you sailed for Europe. I merely write now to inform you that all the boxes sent from Boston, books, wines,... Nov. 9, 1868
2240 Robert E. Lee Samuel H. Tagart Your kind letter of the 13th has been recd, & has caused quite a contest in the minds of certain gentlemen in Lexington between duty & pleasure. You will however expect their actions to be... Nov. 20, 1868
2241 Charles Carter Lee Robert E. Lee You have hardly imagined how gratified I am at the letter from you which greeted my arrival here after my long absence, but I have been waiting from mail to mail to receive accounts of the Memoirs,... Dec. 3, 1868
2242 Robert E. Lee Abraham Minis I return you my thanks for the copy of the Records of the Union Society of the City of Savannah, an organization almost coequal with the Colonization of Georgia, which by its sacred works of... Dec. 5, 1868
2243 Robert E. Lee Jedediah Hotchkiss The Board of Survey desire that the preparation and publication of the series of County maps should be commenced. They prefer that those of Roanoke and Augusta should be the first brought out. They... Dec. 14, 1868
2244 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I am sorry to learn from your letter of Richardsons difficulties - Want of funds & credit may be at the bottom of them, but I do not think rival publishing houses are the most accurate... Dec. 22, 1868
2245 Robert E. Lee J. Wilcox Brown I am very much obliged to you for your letter of the 12th & the kind interest you have shown in my welfare. I approve highly of your views & especially your Cause, & feel satisfied that... Dec. 23, 1868
2246 Robert E. Lee J. Wilson Brown I am very much obliged to you for your letter of the 12th & the Kind interest you have shown in my welfare. I approve highly of your views & especially of your Cause, & feel satisfied... Dec. 23, 1868
2247 Robert E. Lee William G. Miller Please prsent my thanks to the Committee of the Stonewall Fire Engine Company for their kind invitation to their Fourth Anniversary Celebration; & express to them my regrets at my inability to... Jan. 5, 1869
2248 Robert E. Lee A Committee of the Rockbridge Bible Society, William N. Pendleton, J. T. L. Preston, William White I have delayed applying to your letter informing me of my having been elected President of the Rockbridge Bible Society, not from want of interest in the subject, but from an apprehension that I... Jan. 11, 1869
2249 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I was glad to learn by your letter of the 1st that you & yours were in the enjoyment of good health & other blessings vouchsaved to us by a Merciful Providence, & pray that they may be... Jan. 15, 1869
2250 Robert E. Lee Leon Nicely I regret to have to state that one of the furnaces in the College chapel, & that in the Presidents house do not operate. We were able to have fire in the former for a few days, but in the... Jan. 19, 1869