A Guide to the Lee-Jackson Collection WLU.Coll.0170

A Guide to the Lee-Jackson Collection WLU.Coll.0170


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Repository
Washington and Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library Special Collections and Archives
Identification
WLU.Coll.0170
Title
Lee-Jackson Foundation Collection 1847-1905 Bulk dates 1847-1869
Quantity
118 Item
Creator
Maury, Matthew Fontaine
source
Lee-Jackson Foundation
Creator
Maury, Richard S.
Creator
Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1883
Creator
Lee, George Washington Custis
Creator
Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John)
Creator
Wise, Henry
Creator
Cocke, Preston
Creator
Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 1837-1891
Creator
Lee, Robert E., Jr., 1843-1914
Creator
Cocke, Edmund R.
Creator
Lee, Charles Carter
Creator
Lee, Richard Henry
Creator
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Creator
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
Creator
Hallowell, Benjamin
Creator
Kerr, Charles
Creator
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899
Creator
Preston, Margaret Junkin
Creator
Lee, Mildred Childe, 1846-1905
Creator
Lee, Agnes
Language
English .

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Lee-Jackson Foundation of Charlottesville, Va.


Scope and Contents

The sixteen R.E. Lee items cover a date span of 22 years from 1847 through 1869. There are ten letters of Mrs. Mary Randolph Custis Lee ranging from the early 1850s to shortly before her death in 1873.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • American Confederate voluntary exiles
  • Confederate States of America
  • Correspondence
  • Lee-Jackson Foundation
  • Mexico

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
  • Cocke, Edmund R.
  • Cocke, Preston
  • Hallowell, Benjamin
  • Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899
  • Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
  • Kerr, Charles
  • Lee, Agnes
  • Lee, Charles Carter
  • Lee, George Washington Custis
  • Lee, Mary Randolph Custis
  • Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1883
  • Lee, Mildred Childe, 1846-1905
  • Lee, Richard Henry
  • Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)
  • Lee, Robert E., Jr., 1843-1914
  • Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 1837-1891
  • Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John)
  • Maury, Matthew Fontaine
  • Maury, Richard S.
  • Preston, Margaret Junkin
  • Wise, Henry

Container List

Letters, 1775-1903
Text box: 1 English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 1
    Robert E. Lee to "My dear Major"
    1847-02-28English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 2
    Robert E. Lee to Joseph G. Totten
    1853-01-06English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 3
    Robert E. Lee to William J. Clarke
    1861-10-11English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 4
    Robert E. Lee to Major Harman
    1862-04-18English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 5
    Robert E. Lee to "My dear Madame"
    1862-09-23English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 6
    Robert E. Lee to Isaac Trimble
    1863-03-21English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 7
    Robert E. Lee to Gov. John Letcher
    1863-10-31English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 8
    Robert E. Lee to Richard Ewell
    1864-05-10English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 9
    Robert E. Lee to Mrs. Margaret B. Daingerfield
    1865-03-01English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 10
    Robert E. Lee to Richard S. Maury
    1865-07-31English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 11
    Robert E. Lee (circular letter) from Near Cartersville
    1865-07-31English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 12
    Robert E. Lee to Matthew Fontaine Maury
    Physical Location: This item is housed in the Secure Cabinet. Maury, Matthew FontaineLee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)1865-09-08English.
    Scope and Contents

    In this letter From Cartersville, Va, Lee writes to Maury that he is disappointed in the government but that he wants to continue trying to make it better. He advises Maury against his ideas about starting a settlement of ex-Confederates and other immigrants. A transcription of this letter is housed with the original.

  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 13
    Robert E. Lee to Richard S. Maury
    1865-09-11English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 14
    Robert E. Lee to Major W. I. Hawks
    1866-01-08English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 15
    Robert E. Lee to John W. Truslow
    1868-03-07English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 16
    Robert E. Lee to Dr. A. G. Bledsoe
    1869-05-15English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 17
    Printed funeral announcement re Robert E. Lee
    1870-10-15English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 18
    Agnes Lee to Mrs. Richard L. Maury
    1867-01-14English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 19
    Alfred Lee to N. Burwell, 2 notes
    English.
    • Alfred Lee to N. Burwell
      1852-02-10vEnglish.
    • Alfred Lee to N. Burwell, N.D.
      English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 20
    Arthur Lee -- court copy of his will made on 1792-07-07
    1803-08-26English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 21
    Arthur Lee printed copy of his, "An Appeal to the Justice and Interests of the People of Great Britain, in the Present Disputes with America"
    1775English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 22
    Charles Lee to Joseph Nourse
    1791-10-10English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 23
    Charles Lee to James McHenry
    1801-11-28English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 24
    Charles Lee to William A. Washington
    1802-09-28English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 25
    Charles Carter Lee to Nat Burwell
    1848-02-01English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 26
    Charles Carter Lee to Nat Burwell
    1848-06-25English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 27
    Charlotte W. Lee to Nat Burwell
    1853-04-30English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 28
    Edmund Jennings Lee to Alexander Brown
    1892-10-11English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 29
    Edmund Jennings Lee to Alexander Brown
    1892-10-22English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 30
    Edmund Jennings Lee to "My dear Sir"
    1892-12-30English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 31
    Francis Lightfoot Lee to "My dearest"
    1780-07-05English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 32
    Fitzhugh Lee to "General"
    1865-09-30English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 33
    Fitzhugh Lee, Received of Charles Kerr
    1875-11-11English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 34
    Fitzhugh Lee to Charlie G. Kerr
    1877-09-22English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 35
    Fitzhugh Lee to Charlie G. Kerr
    1877-10-09English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 36
    Fitzhugh Lee to Charlie G. Kerr
    1877-10-24English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 37
    Fitzhugh Lee to Charlie G. Kerr
    1878-12-27English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 38
    Fitzhugh Lee to Mr. Warfeild
    1880-01-12English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 39
    Fitzhugh Lee to Charlie Kerr
    1883-01-04English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 40
    Fitzhugh Lee to Charlie Kerr
    1883-12-20English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 41
    Fitzhugh Lee to Charlie Kerr
    1884-01-05English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 42
    Fitzhugh Lee to Samuel M. Duncan
    1885-04-20English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 43
    Fitzhugh Lee to "My dear General"
    1894-05-17English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 44
    Fitzhugh Lee to Eliot Danforth
    1898-04-14English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 45
    George Washington Custis Lee
    1862-12-26English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 46
    George Washington Custis Lee to Thomas F. Balfe
    1871-05-10English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 47
    George Washington Custis Lee, concerning Mrs. A. M. Fitzhugh's estate
    1875-03-20English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 48
    George Washington Custis Lee to Harry C. Hines
    1876-09-30English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 49
    Thos. E. Marshall, Jr. to Edmund R. Cocke
    1893-09-04English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
    Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee
    Lee, Mary Randolph Custis
    Two letters appear laminated.
    English.
    • 1850s
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee to "My dear Abbey"
        1850-08-22English.
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee to "Dear Brother"
        1852-02-15English.
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee [to Mr. L.]
        1859-02-11English.
    • 1860s
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee to Abbey L. Cook
        1865-01-27English.
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee [to Benson J. Lossing]
        1867-06-12English.
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee to "My dear Letty"
        1868-05-22English.
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee to Unknown
        1869-08-29English.
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee to "My dear Miss Letty"
        English.
    • 1870s
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee to Unknown
        1873-09-16English.
      • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 50
        Note in the same pocket would appear to be from the 1870s.
        English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 51
    Mary R. Custis Lee to Mrs. Cocke
    1868English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 52
    Mary Custis Lee (daughter), concerning estate of A. M. Fitzhugh
    1875-03-20English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 53
    Mildred Lee to Preston Cocke, N.D.
    English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 54
    Midred Lee to M. F. Maury, Jr.
    1874-01-04English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 55
    Midred Lee to Mary
    1896-08-20English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 56
    Midred Lee to Elizabeth Cocke
    1881-08-25English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 57
    Richard Henry Lee to Patrick Henry
    1778-10-21English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 58
    Richard Henry Lee to Unknown
    1781-08-02English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 58A
    Richard Henry Lee to Alexander Martin
    1785-01-04English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 59
    Richard Henry Lee
    1885English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 60
    Robert E. Lee, Jr. to Edmund R. Cocke
    1866-01-14 English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 61
    Robert E. Lee, Jr., concerning estate of A. M. Fitzhugh
    1875-03-20English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 62
    Robert E. Lee, Jr. to E. R. Cocke
    1913-03-01English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 63
    Robert E. Lee, III to Edmund R. Cocke
    1913-03-17English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 64
    Robert E. Lee, III to Edmund R. Cocke
    1914-10-31English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 65
    William Henry Fitzhugh Lee to Custis Lee
    1852-02-15English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 66
    William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, concerning estate of A. M. Fitzhugh
    1875-03-20English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 67
    Photographic scrapbook relating to Robert E. Lee, N. D.
    English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 68
    George Washington Parke Custis to L. Littlejohn
    1817-06-23English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 69
    George Washington Parke Custis to Philip R. Ferndale
    1830-03-12English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 70
    George Washington Parke Custis to "Dearest Wife & Daughter"
    1839-09-16English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 71
    George Washington Parke Custis to William Seward
    1850-03-15English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 72
    Custis, George Washington Parke to Henry E. Wise
    1850-10-15English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 73
    George Washington Parke Custis to Benson Lossing
    1855-12-02 English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 74
    Custis, to Henry Winder At National Theatre, N.D.
    English.
  • Text [0000006956] box: 1 folder: 75
    Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis to "My dear Lucretia", N.D.
    English.
Letters
Text box: 2 1797-1891English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 1
    P. G. T. Beauregard to I. Frank Howe?
    1865-12-22English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 1
    P. G. T. Beauregard to Laure Beauregard Larendon
    1879-04-02English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 1
    P. G. T. Beauregard to Judge Alf. Roman
    1882-10-25English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 1
    P. G. T. Beauregard reply to John L. Manning
    1861-05English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 2
    Thomas N. Burwell to Edward Carrington
    1810-06-12English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 3
    Teller's Receipt, First National Bank of Alexandria, Va.
    1865-08-07English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 3
    Will of Mrs. A. M. Fitzhugh
    1873-09-05English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 4
    D. I. Markey to Benjamin Hallowell
    1851-04-10English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 4
    Mr. Ayers to Benjamin Hallowell
    1851-04-17English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 4
    Benjamin Hallowell to Robert W. Miller
    1873-11-14English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 5
    D. H. Hill to Hon. John W. Ellis
    1861-06-16English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 6
    Jed Hotchkiss to his wife
    1873-06-30English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 7
    Gen. Edward Johnson to S. C. P. Mitlan
    1862-01-17English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 8
    Gen. Edward Johnson to Col. Johnson
    1861-08-06English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 9
    Lt. J. E. Johnston to "Captain"
    1841-09-08English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 9
    Gen. J. E. Johnston to Maj. Gen. Jackson
    1862-05-27English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 9
    Gen. J. E. Johnston to Maj. Gen. Wilson
    1866-02-04English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 9
    Gen. J. E. Johnston to Prof. J. L. Cabell, M. D.
    1870-07-30English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 9
    Gen. J. E. Johnston to Col. C. H. Andrews
    1874-12-09English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 10
    "In Memoriam. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston," Sermon by Rev. A. T. Porter, D. D.
    1891English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 11
    Margaret Junkin to Mr. Sartain
    1852-02-11English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 11
    Margaret Junkin to Mr. Sartain, Jan. 14 (no year)
    English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 12
    "For Sarah Ann" from "My brotherinlaw, Wm. P. McKune"
    1850-09-15English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 13
    "Nellie" to "My dear little sister"
    1874-08-08English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 14
    E. F. Paxton to Samuel I. Campbell
    1863-04-27English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 15
    Frank Preston to Unknown
    1797-07-08English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 16
    Rockbridge County Election Record
    1860English.
  • Text [0000007063] box: 2 folder: 17
    Gen. Winfield Scott and others, battle orders to Commander/Capt. Dahlgren
    1861 and N.D.English.