ALS, 1861 June 10 : to James B. Fry.

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ALS, 1861 June 10 : to James B. Fry.

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Writing to a Union officer on the military staff occupying her old home, Arlington, Lee gives a full description of the skirmish at Fairfax Court House, claiming that the northern newspaper account she read was entirely false. Although the Union troops are protecting her home, she has heard many reports of destruction and cruelty inflicted on her neighbors, and asks Fry to do what he can to prevent it.

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Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873

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Fry, James B. (James Barnet), 1827-1894

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