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Letters

4,251-4,300 of 4,644 letters
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4251 James Longstreet Walter H. Taylor Can you give me the names of the officers who sent General Pendleton to General Lee on the 8th of April to suggest a surrender of the Army.Gen Long mentions a list of officers handed in by... Mar. 6, 1894
4252 Charles S. Venable Walter H. Taylor I know nothing of the matter of which Genl Longstreet writes. He places the incident on the 8th of April, Long gives it as occurring on the 7th. I know nothing of anything the sort being presented... Mar. 9, 1894
4253 Catlett C. Taliaferro Walter H. Taylor Dear Sir:-I would like to ask a favor of you as an old soldier, and it is this: If you will remember I was with you when you I led the charge and carried the flag at that great charge at... Apr. 11, 1894
4254 Fitzhugh Lee My Dear General I will call at your house tomorrow morning about eleven A.M. - & deliver the remaining <inss> - Begging to be remembered to your familyI am very truly yrsFitzhugh Lee May 1894
4255 G.W.C. Lee Edmund Jennings Lee I send you herewith a sketch of my life. It is probably more full than you need for your purposes; but you can cut out as much as you choose – the more the better. I can not give you the dates of... Oct. 24, 1894
4256 Samuel Phillips Lee Edmund Jennings Lee I received your favor of May 24th and since then your circular. I thank you heartily for all you have done in the matter. My debility from the wear of the war and age made me at fault in not... Jun. 6, 1895
4257 Charles Henry Lee Edmund Jennings Lee I must drop a line to thank you for the handsome book, which does do you much credit, & for which I am greatly obliged. Of course I will remember you with respecting the “gift.” If I had known... Jun. 12, 1895
4258 Richard Henry Lee Edmund Jennings Lee I hav been absent from Leesburg since June 3. until day before yesterday. On yesterday the express agent sent me your Genalogical book. I thank-you very much for it & shall appreciate it... Jul. 18, 1895
4259 W. E. Benjamin James A. Harrison Your p.c. to hand. Have got framer to promise me the frames Wednesday the 21st without fail so expect to ship them that day.Herewith I send you Mrs Lee letter I had as yours is used with the other... Dec. 14, 1898
4260 Lancelot Lee Thomas Lee A New Clue to the Lee AncestryNote: The following is taken from the January 1899 issue of The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (volume 6, pp. 255–60), used by permission of the Virginia... 1899
4261 Mary Tinsley Kindred Mary Custis Lee I fear you think I have forgotten my promise to send you a copy of General Lee’s letter. I have had it type-written and am only writing to get a copy of a letter written in /63 to Mrs. M. F. Bragg... 1899
4262 George Washington Custis Lee Mildred Childe Lee I have received your letter of the 1st inst, and am glad to have such good accounts of yourself. We are all here about as usual, and have had some very hot weather both in May and June; it is... Jun. 16, 1899
4263 R. E. Lee, Jr. My dear Whitice Two copies of the "The News of the Highlands" containing your "Recollections of West Point" reached me a few days since, forwarded to this place from my old address in... Apr. 1, 1900
4264 Robert E. Lee, Jr. Miss Alice It is very hard for me to decline your very kind invitation for the 8th of April, but unfortunately I have an engagement [covering?] that time, and although not of a very diminutive size, yet I... Apr. 1, 1904
4265 Leigh Robinson Robert E. Lee You do not need to be told, how deeply, I, and all my house, sympathize with you, in the loss of your loved & lovely sister Mildred. I have known her ever since the last days of the war. When... Apr. 8, 1905
4266 George Washington Custis Lee Eliza Preston Benton McDowell Wolff My compliance with your request of the 5th inst. I send you herein an autograph of my father. It is the best one for your purpose that I have been able to find.With every good wish for yourself and... Aug. 10, 1905
4267 Robert E. Lee, Jr. Joseph Bryan I rejoice with you in finding again what is left of his sword. I presume you can have it restored. I think you could find out from the ordnance Department U S army what pattern the sword filled as... Feb. 3, 1906
4268 George Washington Custis Lee William T. Meade Your letter1 of the 10th inst., with accompanying circular, was received yesterday.I do not own a portrait in oil of my father, do not know of one worth copying, and do not know of a portrait... Aug. 13, 1907
4269 Charles William Penn Brock George Patterson Frankford Phila PennDear Sir. We have received through our esteemed fellow Citizen Mr. Jos. B. Welsh, the photograph of Monument erected in All Saints Burrying Ground Forresdale to the memory of... May 2, 1908
4270 Robert E. Lee, Jr. Thomas Nelson Page Washington, D.C.My dear Dr. Page:In response to your request to ascertain from the family of General Robert E. Lee the foundation for the statement made by the late General Fitzhugh Lee in his life... Dec. 14, 1908
4271 George M. Lee Daisy I received a postal from Miss Fannie Miller the other day, and she said that you were at the Richmond Country Club, so I thought I would ask you when you were coming to me and cook me some... Jan. 7, 1913
4272 Robert E. Lee III Edmund R. Cocke Ravensworth, Telephone, Falls Church 101 C Burke, Fairfax CO., Telegraph, Burke, VA. Virginia March 17th 1913My dear Mr Cocke -Thank you so much for your kind letter of sympathy on the death of my... Mar. 17, 1913
4273 Robert E. Lee III Edmund R. Cocke Thank you so much for your kind letter of sympathy on the occasion of my Uncle Robert's death. It will give me great pleasure to comply with your request and convey to my aunt and her... Oct. 31, 1914
4274 William G. Williams Mary Custis Lee The Plaza, New York.My dear Madam:Your reply of Oct. 13 to my letter of inquiry, addressed to Miss Mildred Custis Lee, reached me in due time. When I received your letter I though[t] I should write... Nov. 2, 1915
4275 Kate Cabell Cox Richard Henry Stuart I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th instant, and to thank you for your promise to extend the time from November 25th until December 15th 1916 to enable the Societies... Nov. 24, 1916
4276 Mary Tabb Bolling Lee Edward V. Valentine Whenever I am in doubt about Gen R. E. Lee Rob always says Mr Valentine “can clear it up.” There was an Exhibit in Alexandria Va last Wednesday a death mask of Gen R. E. Lee did not look like him... Jan. 27, 1922
4277 Edward V. Valentine Mary Tabb Bolling Lee I have your letter of Jan 27th and am more than inclined to agree with you in regard to the mask. I know Col. Wm Preston Johnston well. He was with general Lee not only in his last illness, but... Feb. 7, 1922
4278 Nancy Astor Clarence J. Astor I wish I could be with you at your gathering, if only that I might have a chance to say something of what England and America seem to me to stand for. When I meet people who don’t appreciate what... Apr. 17, 1925
4279 Cazenove Gardner Lee, Jr. Lucy Brown Beale I have your kind letter of the 1st instant and wish to thank you for the information contained therein, which will enable me to comply with the request of Mr. Harrison.The project for the purchase... Jul. 5, 1929
4280 George Bolling Lee William L. Price I am sorry indeed to hear of your illness also that of your daughter -The mag you speak of I recall & am sure it belonged to Gen. R. E. Lee if Uncle Custis Lee told you that. I am willing to... Aug. 21, 1929
4281 - - Arthur Lee, First United States Envoy to Spain Paul H. GiddensNote: The following is taken from the January 1932 issue of The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (volume 40), pp. 3–13.ARTHUR... 1932
4282 Douglas Southall Freeman Grace Beale Cunningham Copeland With all my heart, I thank you for your thoughtfulness! Since my father’s passing, I have felt that the firmest link which bound me to the past has been severed, but I thank God for his ninety-one... Mar. 1, 1935
4283 Susan B. Harrison Harry Stone New York, N.Y.Dear Mr. Stone:We thank you for giving us the opportunity to buy a gold star cut from the lapel of General R. E. Lee’s uniform, preserved in a specially made gold case, for which you... Apr. 19, 1936
4284 Elizabeth Price Harrison Harry Stone You ask for a history of the Lee Star. Here it is.General Robert E. Lee was a next door neighbour of my grandmother Mrs. John S. Triplett on lower Franklin Street in Richmond, Va. & was a... Aug. 28, 1936
4285 Elizabeth Price Houston Mr. Stone You ask for a history of the Lee Star. Here it is.General Robert E. Lee was a next door neighbour of my grandmother Mrs. John S. Triplett on lower Franklin Street in Richmond, Va. & was a... Aug. 28, 1936
4286 Isabel Marshall Helen Knox My brother-in-law, Charles A. Marshall of Woodmore, Long Island, is considering presenting to “The Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation” Gen. Lee’s order No. 9, being the farewell order from Gen. Lee... Sep. 29, 1939
4287 Douglas Southall Freeman Elizabeth Copeland Norfleet Woodberry Forest, VirginiaDear Elizabeth:My congratulations to you on your article yesterday on “Mr. Walker.” It was admirably done in every way and it convinces me more than ever that you ought... May 31, 1948
4288 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I acknowledged in my last dearest mary yours & Marys joint epistle of the 7th Inst: Since that I have recd from San Antonio your letter of the 4th. I now enclose my check No 125, of this date... Mar. 28, 1957
4289 Robert E. Lee Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee I acknowledged in my last dearest mary yours & Marys joint epistle of the 7th Inst: Since that I have recd from San Antonio your letter of the 4th. I now enclose my check No 125, of this date... Mar. 28, 1957
4290 Robert E. Lee William Henry Fitzhugh Lee “Secession is Nothing but Revolution” A Letter of R. E. Lee to His Son “Rooney” William M. E. RachalNote: The following is taken from the January 1961 issue of The Virginia Magazine of History and... 1961
4291 Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis 10 Received at Richmond May 15 1864 at 11 O’Clock 45 Minutes. By Telegraph from Spottsylvania C.H Via Guineas Station 15To His Ex. Prest. Davis.Yesterday afternoon the enemy assaulted a portion of... Jan. 1, 1970
4292 Robert E. Lee Braxton Bragg Received at Richd. May 18 1 864 at 3 O’ Clock 45 A.M. minutes. By Telegraph from Spottsylvania C.H. 17 Via Guineas 18th. 18To Gen. Braxton Bragg.Telegram received. I request that Gen. McLaws be not... Jan. 1, 1970
4293 Fitzhugh Lee My Dear Charlie 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. 1, 1970
4294 Andrew Wyeth Mrs. Joe Hume Gardner How very thoughtful of you to send me the fine book with the measured drawings of Stratford Hall. I am delighted with it.I have for many years now considered Stratford Hall the most handsome home... May 16, 1972
4295 Richard B. Smith Sherwood Smith I was delighted by your suggestion that my/your R. E. Lee proof be given to the Boyhood Home in Alexandria. I had noticed that it is getting pretty ragged in Dad’s copy of Volume I, and I think it... Oct. 10, 1975
4296 Richard B. Smith Nancy Marshall Alexandria, VirginiaDear Nancy:I recently came across this galley proof of page 1, Volume I, “R. E. Lee”, which was inserted in my Vol. I of the first edition (handed down from my Father). As you... Nov. 20, 1975
4297 Richard Henry Lee John Page I am extremely obliged to you for your last favour and much pleased with the spirit of your letter. I am as sure as of my existence that if our large Gallies were manned, gunned, and fitted, that... Feb. 19, 1977
4298 Agnes Lee Mary E. McCormick McDonald Have been prevented coming myself to see how Rose was, but have heard through others she was better. Send her a pitcher of this morning's milk wch has been on ice ever since it was brought... -
4299 Agnes Lee My dear Mrs. Glenn I was so disappointed the evening we spent with you that I did not have a little talk with you after tea to tell you that how much I appreciated your kind thoughtfulness of Mary and myself.After... -
4300 - - The following is taken from Spanish-American War Songs: A Complete Collection of Newspaper Verse During the Recent War with Spain, compiled and edited by Sidney A. Witherbee (Detroit, Michigan,... -