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4201 Fitzhugh Lee Charles G. Kerr I have recd an official letter from M. B. Harlan City Treas: as to inheritance tax upon personal property under the liability as Executor etcI suppose he has written to you too -I have had or am... Oct. 24, 1877
4202 Lafayette McLaws Walter H. Taylor I have sent you to day a copy of an address delivered before the Georgia Historical Society, by myself on the: Monday of this previous month. The subject being the “Battle of Gettysburg.”Very... Jan. 24, 1878
4203 Jefferson Davis Walter H. Taylor I wrote sometime since to Genl R. H. Chilton requesting information as to the Cheat Mt. affair: He replied that he knew nothing personally & referred me to you, as having been there with Genl... Jan. 31, 1878
4204 Samuel Phillips Lee Henrietta B. Lee I have delayed replying to your letter much longer than I intended. Some delay would the better impress you with the belief that I had acted with deliberation in conditionally releasing Cousin... Feb. 25, 1878
4205 Charles S. Venable Walter H. Taylor I have been pressed down with work so that I have not noted the passage of the two months since getting your letter.The point made in the Post is a good one so far as it says there is an apparent... Mar. 29, 1878
4206 George Washington Custis Lee James Longstreet In answer to your letter of the 9th inst., I will try to give you my recollection of what my father said to me on the subject in question.In speaking of the fighting in “The Wilderness, regretting... Jul. 15, 1879
4207 C. F. Lee E. J. Lee You are about to start in life with a home of your own, & a wife of your choice. I hope that on taken possession of your new home, the first morning or evening of your residence, you will call... Dec. 4, 1879
4208 Fitzhugh Lee Mr. Warfield In reply to your letter I can say that Friday night Jan 30th will be perfectly convenient to me -I can suggest no details - Would like to have a good light on stand & to have said stand, so it... 1880
4209 W.H.F. Lee Marcus J. Wright Yours with enclosures was received during my absence from home – was hence the cause of my delay in replying.I have filled up the blanks from memory as all my official papers were burned in... Apr. 20, 1881
4210 Mildred Childe Lee Edmund Jennings Lee I see that the cares of a family have not added to your dignity nor lessened your frivolity! Now that you have a daughter’s future before you, I advise you to let mine alone - it being past... Oct. 12, 1882
4211 Mildred Lee Edmund J. Lee I see that the cares of a family have not added to yr dignity – nor lessened yr frivolity! Now that you have a daughter’s future before you, I advise you to let mine alone – it being past... Oct. 12, 1882
4212 William Henry Fitzhugh Lee Charles Kerr My arithmetic (& I studied mathematics at West Point) says 2-1/4 p.c. on $4000.00 is $100.00 as you first calculated it - & not 90.00 as you afterwards made it & sent check for -Get a... Jan. 4, 1883
4213 Fitzhugh Lee My Dear Charlie Since writing you a postal just came - I have found the data you want - The amount paid to State first was $570.00 as your copy of auditors receipt will show - Of that amount I paid 430 - you 40 -... 1884
4214 George Washington Custis Lee A.L. Johnson 22 Nov., 1884Mr. A.L. Johnson,Washington, DCMy Dear Sir:I have received your letter of the 19th inst.The steel watch-chain given to you by me, some years ago, belonged to, and was worn by, my... Nov. 22, 1884
4215 Fitzhugh Lee E. A. Buck I reply to your question by stating that I rode a different horse and a different saddle at each political meeting - If among the many saddles I used, one ever belonged to Gen R. E. Lee, I never... Dec. 2, 1885
4216 Jefferson Davis - The late Major Edward Watts, of Hagerstown, whose death was recently mentioned in the Sun, was a student at West Point with Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, who were both warm friends of his ever... Mar. 7, 1886
4217 Fitzhugh Lee Samuel M. Duncan Your letter of the 11th inst has been duly received - My father was Sidney Smith Lee formerly of the United States Navy - He was the second son of General Henry Lee of Revolutionary fame by his... Apr. 1886
4218 Jefferson, Varina Davis Walter H. Taylor Your kind letter of the 20th Inst with that of Mr Thomas was duly received. It gave me great pleasure to hear from you and to see your handwriting revives many memories of a time which was full of... Dec. 26, 1886
4219 Walter H. Taylor Garnet Wolseley I have recently read with much pleasure the article on General Lee written by you for Macmillans Magazine. Testimony from such source to the ability, the efficient service and the exalted character... Apr. 29, 1887
4220 Garnet Wolseley Walter H. Taylor “Four Years with General Lee”, has reached me safely: pray accept my best thanks for it. I shall read it with the deepest interest, as indeed I do everything that refers to his doings or to his... May 21, 1887
4221 - - Gov. Lee, of Virginia, will accompany the R. E. Lee corps of Confederate Veterans on their visit to Boston as the guiests of the John A. Andrew Post. The Richmond ladies have made and presented to... Jun. 1887
4222 George Washington Custis Lee Edward V. Valentine I think you told me, some time ago, that you had a coat of my father’s, and possibly something else. Will you be kind enough to let the State Treasurer, A. M. Harman, Jr., have the coat, &c,... Jul. 2, 1887
4223 W.H.F. Lee O.H. Peck In reply to Yours of the 9th inst jan recd I have to say that in times, I feel a numbness in the wound. When the weather is damp, or the wind suddenly changes in the east. I feel it more sensibly... Feb. 14, 1888
4224 Lucy Penn Taylor Lee Ella Goodrum Lee George’s last letter informed me, that I have now another daughter, who will be welcomed with the most affectionate interest by all the members of her new family, into their midst. I hope, it will... May 30, 1888
4225 Lucy Penn Taylor Lee George Taylor Lee Why, your last letter shows you are a very married man. I thought the whole letter showed it, but especially, when a man can talk, or write, about paying bridal visits, without grumbling, I... Jun. 2, 1888
4226 Lucy Penn Taylor Lee George Taylor Lee I feel too unwell to day, my dear George, to write anything but a short letter. But do not worry yourself about me. I shall soon be well again, and should not have mentioned my indisposition, but... Jun. 12, 1888
4227 Lucy Lee George T. Lee I began a business letter before Nanny a few hours ago, that was meant for John, and I think I am in disgrace with Nanny in consequence of it. She has gone upstairs, & seems to intend staying... Nov. 14, 1888
4228 Fitzhugh Lee Cassius F. Lee My Dear CassiusI have duly received your note with enclosed extract.Gen George H. Thomas was a member of my regiment in the old U.S. Army, and I knew him very well. He was anxious to come South,... May 11, 1889
4229 - - RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 11.—Gov. Fitzhugh Lee has invited Gen. Lord Wolseley of England to take part in the ceremonies attending the unveiling of the monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee. That gentleman will... Oct. 1889
4230 - - The expected invitation to the Seventh Regiment and the Old Guard to participate in the ceremonies attending the unveiling of the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond on the 29th of May was the... Apr. 1890
4231 Richard Henry Lee Thomas Lee Shippen It will be a fortnight tomorrow since I have beenalmostwholly confined to my Room with a severe stroke of the Influenza that had nearly dispatched me to that Country from whose Bourne no Traveller... May 14, 1890
4232 George Washington Custis Lee Robert Alonzo Block Your kind favor of 6th inst is duly to hand. Your favourable opinion of me is much more than I deserve, but nonetheless pleasant on that account.I have just written to Mrs Bagby & bared, my... Nov. 10, 1890
4233 George Washington Custis Lee Dr. Robert A. Brock Your letter to me of the 9th ult., addressed to “Washington, D. C.”, found its way to the Ebbitt House (where my brother, W. H. F., stays when he is in Washington), & got into the hands of Mr.... Aug. 11, 1891
4234 George Washington Custis Lee Richard A. Brock Your letter to me of the 9th ult., addressed to “Washington, D. C.”, found its way to the Ebbitt House (where my brother, W. H. F., stays when he is in Washington), & got into the hands of Mr.... Aug. 11, 1891
4235 William Mahone Walter H. Taylor Thanks for your note of yesterday. There was need of hurry.In a correspondence with Genl Longstreet – he said that he had not heard of such an order, and that Pickett’s Division, had previously... Nov. 28, 1891
4236 William Mahone Walter H. Taylor I have twice found the extract of the order about which I wrote you. It readsHd. qs.Army Northern Va1865Ar VII. The remnant of Pickett’s Division of 1st Corps is temporarily attached to Mahones... Nov. 29, 1891
4237 Henrietta B. Lee Edmund Jennings Lee Again you have kindly remembered me as the years roll round, and again I thank you for the proof in the prettily bound, and valuable little book, “The changed life,” which has followed your last... Jan. 15, 1892
4238 William A. Cralle Cassius F. Lee I had not forgotten your request about getting some information of the history of carving of Lee Arms, or the house in which the carving of same (a photograph of which you have) was placed, and had... Jan. 22, 1892
4239 James Henry Lea Edmund Jennings Lee Your esteemed favor of the 25th, inst. has just been received by me here, where I am passing the Winter, having been forwarded from my home in Fairhaven & I hasten to express my gratitude for... Jan. 27, 1892
4240 James Henry Lea Edmund Jennings Lee Your esteemed favor of yesterday is at hand & I have to thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to see the papers which you have enclosed. These I will retain for a few days for... Feb. 4, 1892
4241 Fitzhugh Lee Edmund Jennings Lee Accept my thanks for the copy photograph taken in Richmond 1865 of Gen Lee & Custis. I remember the occasion.I think the photograph of the General makes him too old & too severe though a... Mar. 3, 1892
4242 William S. Cralle Cassius F. Lee I sent the officers of Lee arms off hurriedly to the steamer, and failed to send note with same as I intended, the photographer charged me 25 a piece or 50 cts for the two. Mr Brown the last time I... May 12, 1892
4243 G.W.C. Lee E.J. Lee Your letter of the 1st March last, and the accompanying photograph, were duly received; but I have been prevented by a severe attack of rheumatism, following an attack of “La Grippe,” from thanking... May 17, 1892
4244 James Longstreet Walter H. Taylor Let me ask if in making up your estimate of General Lees numbers at Gettysburg you did not include Jenkins brigade as well as Corsi’s both of which were left in Virginia, and were parts of General... Aug. 19, 1892
4245 Edmund Jennings Lee Alexander Brown Having read from time to time your articles on the Lee family, I am much moved to write to you now to ask your kind help. I am trying to write up a brief sketch of the Lees from 1642 to 1892,... Oct. 1892
4246 Mary D. Gouverneur E.J. Lee I must request you to excuse my long delay in replying to your two letters. It has been my intention to give you all the information I have, on the subject, you refer to. I have had to consult,... Nov. 28, 1892
4247 Edmund Jennings Lee My Dear Sir I have not answered your last kind letter as I do not want to bother you unnecessarily with my letters. But now I feel I must again intrude with some more questions! And it is the old subject of... Dec. 1892
4248 Mary D. Gouverneur E.J. Lee I am very much longer, in sending you, the enclosed paper, than I expected to be. In fact, I was unfortunate in leaving behind, at my home in Fredk County, the paper which I had almost completed,... Jan. 20, 1893
4249 James Longstreet Walter H. Taylor Your favor covering Photograph is received and I thank you for it. It comes in Ample time as my poor health, has kept me back in my work.Your book came from the Appleton’s came some time since, but... May 17, 1893
4250 Fitzhugh Lee Julius Stronse I regret that I have no autographic letter of General Lee's that I can part with. Perhaps by writing to General G. W. C. Lee, General Robert E. Lee's eldest son, now President of... Nov. 8, 1893