Papers, 1897-1927.

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Papers, 1897-1927.

Includes correspondence connected with the book, Gen. Robert E. Lee After Appomattox, edited by Dr. Riley; letters from Riley to his wife while he was with the American Expeditionary Force University in France in 1919; 6 miscellaneous letters.

ca. 70 items (14 folders).

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Lee, Mary Custis, 1835-1918

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Mary Custis Lee was the eldest daughter of General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee of "Arlington House" in what is now Arlington, Va. Very close to her father, she never married and traveled the world and the United States after his death, and was particular favorite of Confederate veterans and European nobility alike. As unofficial family archivist, Mary Custis Lee collected materials relating to her parents' lives and to the lives and careers of her Custis family ancestors as...

Franklin Society and Library Company of Lexington (Lexington, Va.)

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Franklin Society and Library Company of Lexington was a literary and debating society and an affiliated subscription library of Lexington, Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1851-1884 (bulk 1851-1859). (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 567359383 From the description of Papers, 1801-1891. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 53308207 ...

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Stern, Jo Lane.

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Gordon, Edward Clifford.

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Riley, Franklin L. (Franklin Lafayette), 1868-1929

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Professor of history at Washington and Lee University, 1914-1929. From the description of Papers, 1897-1927. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 23817046 ...