BIB_ID
284907
Accession number
MA 1049
Creator
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
Display Date
1845 Nov. 11-1866 Dec. 22.
Credit line
Gift of George L. Upshur, 1913 MA 1039.
Description
1 v. (5 items), bound ; 34.2 cm
Provenance
MA 1049: George L. Upshur; MA 1087 and MA 1088: Purchased from Drake, 1930; MA 1088.2: Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan from John Anderson, 1898.
Summary
A collection of letters and documents of Robert E. Lee, including 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). The first letter (MA 1049.1) also includes an autograph letter signed from Mary Custis Lee, Robert E. Lee's wife. Items in the collection are described in five separate records.
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