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Letter from Robert E. Lee, Fort Hamilton, to Martha Custis Williams Carter, 1844 August 28: autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
443364
Accession number
MA 1145.1
Creator
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
Display Date
Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, 1844 August 28.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. J. P. Morgan, May 1939.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 25 x 19.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to: "Miss Williams / Care of Mr. C. Berard / West Point / N.Y." With seal.
Summary
Saying that they have been very forlorn since her departure; mentioning mutal friends and family members; conveying a message from "your Cousin Mary" [his wife] and writing that Major Ewing will be going up to West Point on Monday next and could bring her back with him.