BIB_ID
122548
Accession number
MA 1088.2
Creator
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
Display Date
[1865 Apr. 10].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1898.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Date is from printed versions of General orders no. 9.
In an unknown hand.
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.
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 by Pierpont Morgan from John Anderson, 1898.
Summary
Bidding farewell to his army.
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