BIB_ID
122547
Accession number
MA 1088.1
Creator
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
Display Date
1865 Apr. 10.
Credit line
Purchased, 1930.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.1 cm
Notes
Colonel Thomas Mann Randolph Talcott was in command of the First Regiment Engineer Troops.
In an unknown hand but signed by Robert E. Lee.
This item is part of a collection of letters and documents of Robert E. Lee. The collection includes an autograph letter signed from Lee to his cousin Martha Williams, dated [1845?] Nov. 11 (MA 1049.1); a typed copy of a letter from Lee to Martha Williams, dated 1866 Dec. 22 (MA 1049.2); a special order signed for Lee by his adjutant, W.H. Taylor, dated 1865 Apr. 9 (MA 1087); a signed copy of General orders no. 9, dated 1865 Apr. 10 (MA 1088.1); and a contemporary manuscript copy of General orders no. 9 (MA 1088.2). Items in the collection are described in five separate records.
In an unknown hand but signed by Robert E. Lee.
This item is part of a collection of letters and documents of Robert E. Lee. The collection includes an autograph letter signed from Lee to his cousin Martha Williams, dated [1845?] Nov. 11 (MA 1049.1); a typed copy of a letter from Lee to Martha Williams, dated 1866 Dec. 22 (MA 1049.2); a special order signed for Lee by his adjutant, W.H. Taylor, dated 1865 Apr. 9 (MA 1087); a signed copy of General orders no. 9, dated 1865 Apr. 10 (MA 1088.1); and a contemporary manuscript copy of General orders no. 9 (MA 1088.2). Items in the collection are described in five separate records.
Provenance
Purchased from Drake, 1930.
Summary
Bidding farewell to his army. This is apparently one of the official copies made at headquarters on the date of issue for distribution to the subordinate commanders.
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