Letters / Correspondence

Robert E. Lee

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2251 Robert E. Lee C. D. Hubbard I do not recollect the publication of a letter of mine such as you describe in the years 1865 '66. I never wrote a letter for publication though some without any agency get into the papers. A... Jan. 22, 1869
2252 Robert E. Lee Jedediah Hotchkiss I am glad to hear through Col Allan that the map has been forwarded & hope we may have it out as soon as possible.Your draft came yesterday & was honoured. I am much gratified to learn your... Jan. 24, 1869
2253 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Yours of the 22nd Ulto: is at hand & Henry proposes to leave us this afternoon. I am sorry for his departure & sorry for the cause. Although I was aware that he was labouring under... Feb. 9, 1869
2254 Robert E. Lee Kensey Johns Stewart I have been very remiss in acknowledging the copy of your Geography & a number of the ‘Library Magazine’ which you Kindly sent me two months ago. My excess is that my correspondence is so large... Feb. 11, 1869
2255 Robert E. Lee Nat Burwell, Jr. I have delayed replying to your kind letter of the 21st Ulto: until I could acknowledge the receipt of the robe & book of sermons you sent me. The robe is a very good one & I shall prize it... Feb. 15, 1869
2256 Robert E. Lee Blanche de Trigueti I have wanted So much to thank you for your kind & affectionate letter of November, but I knew how much you would be occupied with the events then in prospective, but now realized, & felt... Feb. 16, 1869
2257 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter 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... Feb. 22, 1869
2258 Robert E. Lee Hamilton S. Neale I recd this mng your letter of the 17th Inst: - Since writing to you on the 9th my son W H F Lee has sent me your receipt for Cmmrs etc & explained about the bonds for deferred payments. I... Feb. 23, 1869
2259 Robert E. Lee George Wallace Jones I am very much gratified at the reception this mnt of your letter of the 16th inst.; enclosing for my perusal one that you had recd from Genl A. C. Dodge, and which as you have given me permission,... Mar. 22, 1869
2260 Robert E. Lee Washington College Student Body The Faculty has learned with regret that some of the students of the College are making preparations to organize a tumultuous & disorderly procession through the streets of Lexington on the eve... Mar. 30, 1869
2261 Robert E. Lee the Students of Washington College The Faculty have learned with regret that Some of the Students of the College are making preparations to organize a tumultuous & disorderly procession through the Streets of Lexington on the... Mar. 30, 1869
2262 Robert E. Lee Mrs. F. S. Cater I have seen with regret for some time that your son, W. E. Cater has been neglectful of his studies and have tried through his Professors to urge him to greater application. I have endeavored in my... Apr. 2, 1869
2263 Robert E. Lee Mrs. F. S. Cater I have seen with regret for some time that your son W. E. Cater has been neglectful of his studies, & have tried through his Professors to urge him to greater application. I have endeavoured in... Apr. 2, 1869
2264 Robert E. Lee Frank Barnett I have never seen Mr. Greeley'sConflict, and am, therefore, unable to account of Colonel Washington's death to be correct or not.Very respectfully yrR E Lee May 1869
2265 Robert E. Lee Samuel H. Tagart I have just read in the Baltimore Sun of this morg, 3rd May a dispatch from Washington, purporting to give an account of my interview with President Grant on Saturday last. As you were present you... May 3, 1869
2266 Robert E. Lee Dr. Albert Taylor Bledsoe I have recd a letter from Genl E. G. W. Butler[1] of Louisiana, who had his two sons[2] in the late war, saying that Prince Leopold,[3] queen Victorias youngest Son, had expressed through Mrs.... May 15, 1869
2267 Robert E. Lee Samuel H. Tagart I have desired every day since my arrival to write to you, to inform you of my safe arrival & of the welbeing of my family & neighbors; but when I began to reflect upon you & Mrs Tagart... May 18, 1869
2268 Robert E. Lee Joseph Desha With pleasure I inform you of the action of the Faculty commdending your son C. Desha for uniform regularity of attendance upon his duties & for steady improvement in his studies during the... Jun. 26, 1869
2269 Robert E. Lee David A. Deaderick With pleasure I inform you of the action of the Faculty commending your son, C. Deaderick for uniform regularity of attendance upon his his duties & for steady improvement in his studies during... Jun. 26, 1869
2270 Robert E. Lee S. Lee With pleasure I inform you of the action of the faculty commneding your son C. G. Lee for uniform regularity of attendance upon his duties & for steady improvemen in his studies during the past... Jun. 26, 1869
2271 Robert E. Lee Joseph G. Steele It is my duty to inform you that your ward, J. W. Poague has been irregular in his attendance upon College classes, and is so negligent of his studies, that the Faculty are of the opinion that his... Jun. 29, 1869
2272 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe Mr. Richard S. McCulloh, Profr of Mechanics and Physics in Washington College, whom you may recollect having met while here, goes to Europe to obtain such information & to establish such... Jul. 2, 1869
2273 Robert E. Lee Messrs. Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence Although I have had to decline requests for the use of my name as a reference in consequence of the numerous applications as to my inability to reply to inquiries. I cannot refuse it to a firm, one... Jul. 6, 1869
2274 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter of the 6t was only recd yesterday. I have to leave to my good dame the privilege of maintaining our serial correspondence, & can only write myself when occasion makes it necessary.... Jul. 8, 1869
2275 Robert E. Lee B. Gildersleeve I hope that you are coming to the Teachers Convention on the 13th Inst: & I write to ask you to stay at my house. If you will bring Mrs. Gildersleeve with you it will give us all additional... Jul. 9, 1869
2276 Robert E. Lee Annette Carter Your letter of the 10th received this rimming my sweetest Annette, has given me the greatest pleasure. I can do nothing but think of you and wish to see you. You could not have supposed that a... Jul. 15, 1869
2277 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter 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... Jul. 20, 1869
2278 Robert E. Lee William Henry Ruffner I enclose you a letter recd this mng from Mr Hugh Blain Grigsby, for the purpose of stating my concurrence in his opinions, for the reasons given by him & others that he did not mention, that... Jul. 22, 1869
2279 Robert E. Lee David McConaughy Absence from Lexington has prevented my receiving until today your letter of the 26th Ulto: enclosing an invitation from the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, to attend a meeting of the... Aug. 5, 1869
2280 Robert E. Lee J. M. Leech Please send to Mr Cyrus Ramsey, 215 E. 12th Street New York N.Y. a catalogue of the College.Very trulyR E LeeMr. J. M. Leech. Aug. 10, 1869
2281 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I have recd your letter of the 15t & have written to Richardson. The word in question is written in the copy of the letter sent me Arga not Aga as stated in your last. I think it probable that... Aug. 18, 1869
2282 Robert E. Lee Mr. Woodward R E Lee Aug. 29, 1869
2283 Robert E. Lee Daniel Ruggles Your letter of the 31st has been recd. Your son if prepared to enter the regular classes of the College will be recd on the same ground on which Capt M. B. Ruggles was admitted - The exercises... Sep. 3, 1869
2284 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I have recd your letters of the 22 July & 11 Aug last, & am required at the pleasing intelligence contained in the latter, announcing your intention of embarking from Liverpool on the 4th... Sep. 9, 1869
2285 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe Your letter of the 17th gave me the pleasing intelligence of your safe arrival in this Country, & I hope that before this my dear niece has recovered from the effects of the journey, & will... Sep. 22, 1869
2286 Robert E. Lee Jedediah Hotchkiss The Faculty had hoped to have rec - d before this the map of Augusta County completed & ready for the engravers. They are anxious that the commencement of the publication of the County maps... Oct. 20, 1869
2287 Robert E. Lee A. C. Quarrier I have been prevented by indisposition until today from applying to your letter of the 18th Ulto: I return my cordial thanks for your invitation to your house during the period of the Episcopal... Nov. 15, 1869
2288 Robert E. Lee Edward Lee Childe I hope that the weather where you have been has been more propitious for travelling than it has been here. The Storm that has been hanging over us so long seems to have at last cleared away. The... Nov. 17, 1869
2289 Robert E. Lee John Barron I take pleasure in complying with your request of the 1st Inst: & shall be glad if it should afford you any gratification. I hope that you will be able some day to repeat your visit to... Nov. 18, 1869
2290 Robert E. Lee Washington College The death of Profr Frank Preston, a distinguished graduate & late Asst: Profr of Greek in this college, has caused the deepest sorrow in the hearts of the Faculty and members of the... Nov. 23, 1869
2291 Robert E. Lee A. C. Niven Col: Jeremiah Morton, a gentleman of high social standing & well known in Virginia, who has filled many public offices in his native State & was a member of Congress from Vt: for some years... Nov. 24, 1869
2292 Robert E. Lee Martha Custis Williams Carter 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... Nov. 27, 1869
2293 Robert E. Lee William Henry Ruffner I learn from Col: Allan that Frank Smyth is a correspondent of the New York World who has visited Lexington several times & has written letters to that paper, giving accounts of Washington... Nov. 30, 1869
2294 Robert E. Lee E. H. Kimball Abstract: Letter of 1 DEC 1869 written at Washington College to E. H. Kimball, Esq. of New York concerning a bust of Calhoun by Greenough. Advises that there are no funds for such an expenditure... Dec. 1, 1869
2295 Robert E. Lee H. M. Johnston Abstract: Letter of 7 DEC 1869 written at Washington College to Mr. H. M. Johnston of Los Angeles, CA thanking him for mineralogical specimens presented to the College. Mentions other specimens... Dec. 7, 1869
2296 Robert E. Lee J. B. Lippincott & Co. Abstract: Letter of 15 DEC 1869 written at Washington College to J. B. Lippincott & Co. of Philadelphia, PA commenting on the Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography & Mythology. The most... Dec. 15, 1869
2297 Robert E. Lee Walter H. Taylor I must wish you first a Merry Xmas & many happy New Years for yourself, your wife & all your little children; and may each revolving year shower upon you more blessings than the preceding.... Dec. 16, 1869
2298 Robert E. Lee A. P. Miggs Abstract: Letter of 20 DEC 1869 written at Washington College to A. P. Miggs, Esq. of Newton, AL, a collector of fish, birds, shells, etc. peculiar to his section of the country. States that the... Dec. 20, 1869
2299 Robert E. Lee Mr. John D. Sterrett Abstract: Letter of 4 JAN 1870 written at Washington College to Mr. John D. Sterrett thanking him for his gift of $20 to the College. Jan. 4, 1870
2300 Robert E. Lee B. B. Blair Abstract: Letter of 7 JAN 1870 written at Washington College to the Reverend B. B. Blair, Pastor Presbyterian Church, Point Pleasant, WVA advising of the withdrawal from the College of three young... Jan. 7, 1870