Letters & photographs of Fitzhugh Lee [manuscript] 1894-1902.

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Letters & photographs of Fitzhugh Lee [manuscript] 1894-1902.

Letters to various recipients incl.: Isaac Markens, Robert Coster, Bob Washington, & E.H. Storrs, mentioning George Washington and handwriting analysis [8 items]--Photographs of Lee [2 items. printed].

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SNAC Resource ID: 7927739

University of Virginia. Library

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Coster, Robert

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Markens, Isaac, 1846-1928

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Journalist, historian and Lincoln scholar. From the description of Letter, January 25, 1908. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52707966 ...

Storrs, E. H.,

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Washington, Bob

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Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905

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Fitzhugh Lee, grandson of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" and nephew of Robert E. Lee was Major General of the Confederate Army. After the war, he wrote about and taught the history of the South during the Civil War and wrote a biography of Robert E. Lee. In 1885-1889, he served as governor of Virginia. From the description of Papers of Fitzhugh Lee, 1863-1889 (bulk 1885-1889). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122446276 Fitzhugh Le...