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Start Over Collection Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870

Alexander Gardner to Robert E. Lee, 1866 Box 7A, Folder 53

Phtographer Alexander Gardner plans to send Lee photographs that are on hand in his studio at that include his company's imprint. He also plans to print and mount one-hundred photographs without his imprint, per Lee's request.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1866
  5. Correspondences, 1866

Alfred Edmund Burr to Robert E. Lee, 1865 Box 7, Folder 7

Alfred Edmund Burr, publisher of the Hartford Daily Times, wrote this letter of recommendation for W. S. William and Co. which was seeking a contract with Lee for the publication of a history of the war.
  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1866
  5. Correspondences, 1865

Algernon Sidney Vigus to Robert E. Lee, 1866 Box 7A, Folder 53

This letter to Robert E. Lee is from Algernon Sidney Vigus. Vigus explains that he has acquired Lee family letters removed from the Lee family home at Arlington during the Civil War and that he'd like to return them. Vigus asks to keep one of the letters, to a Custis family member from London in 1728. Vigus ultimately returned the correspondence and Lee honored Vigus' request for the 1728 letter.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1866
  5. Correspondences, 1866

American Publishing Company to Robert E. Lee, 1865 Box 7, Folder 10

American Publishing Company representatives Scranton and Burr wrote to Robert E. Lee to discuss an interview in regards to a "History of the Civil War" which they hope he will write and allow them to publish. This letter is a rewritten copy of a letter sent to Richmond on September 26.
  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1866
  5. Correspondences, 1865

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