BIB_ID
443367
Accession number
MA 1145.3
Creator
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
Display Date
Lexington, Virginia, 1866 November 5.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. J. P. Morgan, May 1939.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 20.4 x 12.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with stamp and postmarks addressed to: "Miss Martha Custis Williams / care of Dr. Sam[ue]l Jackson / 224 S. Eighth St / Philadelphia / Penn[sylvani]a." A note in pencil on the envelope dates it "5 Feb. 1969" but the postmark is clearly from November 7 and a second note gives the year as 1866.
Summary
Referring to her recent visit and "your mission to Arlington"; sending news of a family cat and his horse Traveller; writing about their summer visitors; reporting "Your Cousin M. [his wife] I hope moves about with more facility. But it is slowly and with difficulty"; referring to some "N.Y. & Erie bonds" and their potential value.
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