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1,601-1,650 of 4,644 letters
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1601 Robert E. Lee, Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Charles Carter Lee I received your letter last week & though you do not touch heavily on your domestic arrangements, I judge you are gratified with the prospects at present & the anticipations for the future.... Jun. 30, 1834
1602 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott I have the happiness of informing you that from the good steamer. . . . [sic] from Baltimore, landed this mor[nin]g Inspector Genl. Wool50 & Brig.-Genl. Armistead.51 The former informed me that... Jul. 1834
1603 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott I have just arrived & find that the Genl. & Mrs. Gratiot left this mor[nin]g for Bath44 in Virg[ini]a, the latter being in bad health. Bartlett45 informs me that he sent an order &... Jul. 1834
1604 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott I have commenced the ‘residence’ upon the Rip Raps & may be considered an old inhabitant. The sour baker's bread of my young friend Tim, is what I cannot stand & have therefore to... Aug. 1834
1605 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter of the 10th Inst. (Rec Sulphur) arrived yesterday. I am most happy to learn that our dear little Belle is improving & thank you for your history of her case which is more... Aug. 20, 1834
1606 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott I received your letter from Phil[adelphi]a I suppose by regular mail, of 5 mortal days, & was very sorry to learn the causes of your detention. I hope long before this, the whole party are on... Oct. 1834
1607 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott Your letter of October 19th arrived during a short visit I lately paid to the District, & did not come to hand till my return on the 30th. This said visit was in consequence of an invitation I... Nov. 1834
1608 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott I received a letter from Mr. Eveleth this mor[nin]g informing one that he had deposited in the U.S. Bank your audit, the checks I left with him & about which I wrote to you a hasty note a few... Nov. 1834
1609 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott Your letter from Baltimore arrived this mor[nin]g. I have spoken to the Genl. of its contents. He says you have done perfectly right, is very sorry to hear of the indisposition of Miss Lee, but... Nov. 1834
1610 Robert E. Lee Charles Gratiot I have the honor to report that the operations of the Engineer Department at this place for the past month, have consisted in the reception & proper distribution of Materials for the Work. It... Nov. 1, 1834
1611 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott Yours of the 5th from Phila reached me this morg. I send you a copy of the survey & Report &c as you desire. Mr Lyon has just left the office. He says the Bill introduced by Mr Ewing for... Dec. 8, 1834
1612 B. M. Carter Charles Carter Lee This is a hasty letter, merely to say I have recd your most kind one of 30th ulto.I am most happy to find myself again among my dear Friends & relations, & in my native land. There is no... Dec. 12, 1834
1613 Robert E. Lee Mr. Campbell McArnum - <illegible> W Please deliver to the order of O. B. Dunham <illegible> the warrant for the salaries of clerks in this office. Oblige,Your obtsR E Lee LT Engrs. Dec. 31, 1834
1614 Robert E. Lee - The PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES having been pleased to appoint [ ] a Cadet in the service of the United States, he is to be received as such, and entitled to all the considerations attached to... Jan. 13, 1835
1615 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott I can only take time while your despatches are making up, to inquire after you & yours, with the high hope that you are flourishing after the manner of your humble servt. He has returned to a... Feb. 1835
1616 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your two last letters were duly received, & that of the 13th Inst; arrived yesterday. I would have answered the first long ago, had I been able to accomplish the Comm - ns contained therein,... Feb. 24, 1835
1617 Henry Vernon Somerville Charles Carter Lee I have shot very short of the mark, and if you do not think so, why you are not fit to take onto yr. arms in naked beauty – and sweetness the young Bride of Yr. heart – a blessing as the preachers... Apr. 22, 1835
1618 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I have been waiting & waiting and hoping each week to be able to give a more favourable report of the Sundry Commissions Committed to my Charge. But I can now wait no longer for I yesterday... May 17, 1835
1619 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I received your last letter of the 6th Inst, My dear Carter at this place, to which it was forwarded from W - - And where I arrived a few days Since on my way to Detroit, to assist Capt. Talcott of... May 29, 1835
1620 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I have this day received a letter from Mr. DeBehr, saying that he had forwarded "Several copies of the Life of Napoleon to you," but the Silly man did not mention when, how, or where. He... May 31, 1835
1621 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee My letter to Mother, Dearest Mary, will have informed you that your joint letter was received just as wewerewere embarking from Haron for Point Pele (Canada). I need not assure you of the pleasure... Jul. 25, 1835
1622 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott Without knowing that you have forgotten it, I have ceased from my labours a few moments to remind you of the “President's anxiety &c &c” and to inform you that the Report cut as short... Nov. 1835
1623 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott I received yours of the 15th this morn[inlg and hasten to present my warmest congratulations to yourself & Mrs. T[alcott] upon the happy event mentioned therein.88 We cannot be too thankful to... Nov. 1835
1624 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott I am glad to hear by your letter of the 6th that you are all well, though I had anticipated that by this time our beautiful Talcott had something to tell me. I am happy to say that Mary is... Nov. 1835
1625 Robert E. Lee, Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Elizabeth Stiles I hope Miss Eliza will not think that I require assistance to write to her at any time, still less to reply to the sentiments contained in her very kind letter, which after so long an interval,... Jan. 23, 1836
1626 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your last letter, My dear Carter, has bothered me considerably and caused me much consideration. I of course refer to that part relating to our affairs in Hardy. And I find it impossible to... May 2, 1836
1627 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott “The long Agony is over,” and you have at last torn yourself from the arms of the Corps.91 The reflection has made me quite sad, and should it ever be my lot to take a similar step, it will now be... Jun. 1836
1628 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your affectionate letter of the 26th Ultimo has been forwarded to me at this place. I am not aware how far rumor might have exaggerated the account of Mary's health, and I am sorry it has... Aug. 2, 1836
1629 Henry Lee, IV Anne Robinson McCarty Lee I have been seized with the most violent & painful influenza & sore throat that I ever had. The latter made last night the most painful I ever experienced. I can scarcely breathe or... 1837
1630 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter of the 9th Inst. arrived this morning, and as I have been waiting for some time to know of your "whereabouts," I will reply to it at once. I must tell you in the first place... Jan. 26, 1837
1631 Anne Robinson McCarty Lee William B. Lewis As the dearest friend of my beloved husband, and the one to whom he was the most attached I venture to address you. Mr. Brent1 tells me that my husband wrote you in the month of January last... Mar. 11, 1837
1632 Robert E. Lee R. Jones I have the honor to return here with a Return of Recruits enlisted etc, at the Port of West Point during the Month of March 1837.Very respectfullyGen <Cessly>By order - R E Lee Lt Asst Eng Apr. 10, 1837
1633 Robert E. Lee Capt. W.A. Eliason Your letter of the 7th inst enclosing the Contract of Watchman & Broth, for the construction of a steam boat and engine, dated the 11th of March 1837, is received; and the contract approved.You... Apr. 11, 1837
1634 Robert E. Lee My Dear Squire Your choice effusions are always before me. Do not think that any delay in my responses proceed from forgetfulness. I abhor the sight of pen and paper and to put one to the other requires as great... May 18, 1837
1635 Robert E. Lee Andrew Talcott I beleive [sic] it was stated in the former official letter that the Treasy Dept required a bond from every civil agent before they would remit the money on our requisitions. I supposed you would... Jun. 7, 1837
1636 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I recd a few days since a letter from Mr Robt Garnett which was forwarded to me from Wash – in which among other things he asked your address. He went on to say that many years ago when on a visit... Aug. 15, 1837
1637 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Our Boats my dear Mary got here two nights ago, and I have determined to go at once up the river to the Rock river rapids to make the examinations there and at the Des Moines, before commencing... Aug. 21, 1837
1638 Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee, Robert E. Lee George Washington Parke Custis I have this moment received your letter my dearest Father in a package from Genl Gratiot accompanied with several other letters all of which were most acceptable & I write at once because I... Aug. 25, 1837
1639 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter my dear Carter on your return to Ravensworth giving an account of your trip to Bath, and the Adventures of “Mr Lee, 4 Ladies, 3 children and 2 Servants” reached me in the wilds of Rock... Oct. 8, 1837
1640 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I cannot too quickly thank you for your letter of the 10th which Arr - d yesterday, giving me some of the facts in the case of Genl Gratiots dismissal from the Army. It relieved me from a load of... Jan. 24, 1838
1641 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I received yesterday your letter of the 4th on the Subject of our Hardy prospects - . It is my wish to establish our right to all, to which we have a just claim and I will willingly lend my... May 18, 1838
1642 Robert E. Lee Cassius F. Lee I believe I once spoke to you on the Subject of getting for one the Crest, Coat of Arms etc. of the Lee family, and which Sure enough you never did. My object in making the request is for the... Aug. 20, 1838
1643 Robert E. Lee - I Certify, That the journeys within charged have been performed, were necessary for, and have been applied, to the Improvement of the MISSISSIPPI, above the Mouth of the OHIO. For the payment of... Sep. 23, 1838
1644 Rebecca Cooper John Tabb Received of Mr John Tabb the sum of two hundred and forty one dollars fifty seven cents for the purchase of a negro boy named Ned. aged nine years and five months, this day sold to him. The right... Dec. 7, 1838
1645 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I wrote you a few days since but will take advantage of Maj Hitchcock,s visit to Wash – to say a few words on the Subject of our Coat of Arms. I have been anxious for some years to have a Seal cut,... Jan. 7, 1839
1646 George Washington Parke Custis Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee Your joint letter came to hand only yesterday, & made me happy in hearing that you were well, & among your good friends in Frederic. I had almost despaired of hearing from you, after a... Sep. 16, 1839
1647 Robert E. Lee Hill Carter I Suppose you have heard by Misses Landory and Letty[2] of my escape from the West and were you able to appreciate the difference of Situation to a man in my circumstances. I know I should have... Jan. 25, 1840
1648 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee The day after I rec - d your letter relative to the Situation of our poor Sister in Paris, I obtained from Major Lewis the letter of Monsr Bouchon to which it referred. I was not prepared to find... Jan. 30, 1840
1649 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee I have at length rec - d an answer from Rich - d Stuart to my letter enclosing that of Monsr Bouchon. He says in substance that he had written to Mrs Lee soon after the death of brother H. urging... Feb. 23, 1840
1650 Robert E. Lee Charles Carter Lee Your letter of the 26 July has been fow - d to me at this place where I arrived two days ago - The object of my visit you will have learned from my letter to Bernard written on the eve of my... Aug. 22, 1840