Papers, 1813-1924.

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Papers, 1813-1924.

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Primarily correspondence of William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837- 1891) of "White House," New Kent County and "Ravensworth," Fairfax County, Va. Letters, 1863-1891, to his wife, Mary Tabb (Bolling) Lee (1848-1924), concern family news, farming operations, and social visits to friends and family in Virginia. Letters, 1863-1869, to W.H.F. Lee from his father, Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870), discuss family news and R.E. Lee's efforts to settle the estate of his father-in-law, George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857). Also includes a cookbook, 1860-1868, of Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee (1808-1873) and correspondence from various members of the Lee and Bolling families.

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Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 1837-1891

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William "Rooney" Henry Fizhugh Lee (1837-1891) was a farmer, politician, soldier, and General in the Army of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Lee was the second son of the famous Civil War General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph Custis. ...

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...

Lee, George Bolling, 1872-1948.

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Lee family.

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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 ...

Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857

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George Washington Parke Custis was the son of John Parke Custis who was the stepson of George Washington. Custis' mother was Eleanor Calvert. He grew up at Mount Vernon in Virginia after the death of his father. He married Mary Lee Fitzhugh and lived at "Arlington." His daughter Mary Anna Randolph Custis married Robert E. Lee. George Washington Parke Custis was a playwright and agricultural reformer....

Lee, Mary Tabb Bolling, 1848-1924.

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Bolling family.

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