Robert E. Lee engineering notebook, 1841-1842.

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Robert E. Lee engineering notebook, 1841-1842.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122687106

Notebook was kept by Lee when he was an army engineer stationed at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York.

.15 linear foot (1 v.)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6806701

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

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