Letter, Richmond to Mr. Collins, Romancoke, Prince William County, Virginia, 1862 November 25.

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Letter, Richmond to Mr. Collins, Romancoke, Prince William County, Virginia, 1862 November 25.

Lee requests Collins find a "likely young negro boy, about fifteen or eighteen years old" on the Romancoke estate to take to his brother, Gen. W. H. F. Lee at Fredericksburg, as a body servant. If he finds one, Collins is to send him to Lee in care of his brother Col. Curtis Lee in Richmond.

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Library of Virginia

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