Fitzhugh Lee letters [manuscript], 1873, 1887.

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Fitzhugh Lee letters [manuscript], 1873, 1887.

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Lee writes to "My dear General" 1873 December 3, claiming "I never saw the Congressman you allude to in my life.... Never offered my services since the war to anybody to fight anything & have never publicly or privately expressed any desire or wish to go to Cuba, & believe very much as you do, that the Government of the U.S. had better begin at home & get the beam out of its own eye, before making such a display of 'virtuous indignation' at what is happenening elsewhere." In a letter to New York governor David B. Hill, 1887 February 23, Lee, as governor of Virginia, invites Hill to visit Monticello where he will see that Jefferson's home is not a "rude structure" but a "very imposing and substantial edifice" with "one of the lovliest views in the world" and go on to the University of Virginia to see "the pet scheme of his great brain...."

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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...

Hill, David B. (David Bennett), 1843-1910

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David Bennett Hill (1843-1910) was an American politician from New York. He was mayor of Elmira, New York (1892) and shortly thereafter (1893-1895) became lieutenant governor of the state. He served as governor of New York from 1885-1891 and then was elected to the U. S. Senate where he served five years (1892-1897). From the guide to the David B. Hill Papers, 1885-1910, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Epithet: Governor of New York State ...