Correspondence of the superintendent of Camp Lee Soldier's Home, 1885-1894.

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Correspondence of the superintendent of Camp Lee Soldier's Home, 1885-1894.

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Chiefly letters addressed to James Pollard and William R. Terry relating to disabled veterans applying for admission to the Home, with a few items relating to the affairs of the inmates, management, finances, and charitable contributions to the Home. Included are a few letters dealing with establishment of similar homes in Texas and North Carolina.

75 pieces.1 box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6714532

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Brock, R. A. 1839-1914,

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Virginia. Camp Lee Soldiers' Home (Richmond, Va.)

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The Robert E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans Soldiers' Home (also called Confederate Soldier's Home, Confederate Veterans Soldiers' Home, R. E. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home, or Old Soldiers' Home) opened in 1885, in Richmond, Va. Fitzhugh Lee headed the Board of Visitors that also included John Barry Purcell, Peyton Wise, and James West Pegram. In Apr. 1886 General William Richard Terry replaced Capt. James Pollard as superintendent and served there until his retirement in 1893. The Home was c...

Terry William R. 1817-1897

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Pollard, James, fl. 1861-1886

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