C.B. Richardson to Robert E. Lee, 1865

Containers:

Box 7, Folder 16

Abstract:

In 1865, shortly after the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee was approached in Richmond by C.B. Richardson of the University Publishing Company of New York. No contract was signed, but the two came to an informal agreement whereby University Publishing Company would have publication privileges if Lee completed a manuscript. For the next five years the two kept up correspondence, with Lee often requesting materials that Richardson would then search out and furnish for him. In this letter C.B. Richardson writes "I was a little fearful after I had sent my letter, that you might possibly, prefer to delay the announcement for a time, but was anxious to give your volume the benefit of the wide circulation the vols I am now issuing will have." Richardson also mentions that he is still trying to get Lee's letters and reports that are in the hands of the government.

Language:

English

Other descriptive data:

On the back in Lee's handwriting is written: C.B. Richardson sends vol. of Lees Memoirs

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