Lee and Marshall family letters, 1811-1870 [microfilm manuscript].

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Lee and Marshall family letters, 1811-1870 [microfilm manuscript].

Miscellaneous letters of the Lee and Marshall families, including letters, 1818-1819, from Charles Carter Lee (1798-1871) at Harvard; letters to and from William L. Marshall of Baltimore, Md., about family and social matters; and letters, 1867-1870, from Mary Custis (Mrs. R.E.) Lee to her niece, Florence Burke, about family matters and the plunder of Arlington during the Civil War.

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Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873

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Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee (b. Oct. 1, 1807, Boyce, VA–d. Nov. 5, 1873, Lexington, VA) was descended from several colonial and Southern families, including the Parke Custises, Fitzhughs, Dandriges, Randolphs, Rolfes, and Gerards. She is a descendant from Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, making her a descendant of Charles II of England and Scotland and of William Fitzhugh. She was the only surviving child of George Washington Parke Custis, President George Washington's step-grandson and...

Harvard University

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Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.)

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Arlington House is the historic family residence of Robert E. Lee, commanding general of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War in Arlington County, Virginia. The estate of the historic home along with a memorial to Lee are now the center of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, where they overlook the Potomac River and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. During the U.S. Civil War, the mansion was used as a U.S. Army headquarters and its grounds were later selected as t...

Lee, Charles Carter, 1798-1871

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Charles Carter Lee (1798-1871) was a Virginia lawyer and poet. From the description of Collection, 1768-1931 (bulk 1813-1870) [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122555916 ...

Marshall, W. L. (William Louis), 1846-1920

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Lee family.

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Marshall, William L.

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Burke, Florence, fl. 1867-1870.

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Marshall family.

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