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

American Publishing Company to Robert E. Lee, 1865 Box 7, Folder 11

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.
  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

American Publishing Company to Robert E. Lee, 1866 Box 7A, Folder 47

This letter to R. E. Lee was written by S. S. Scranton and J. B. Burr from the American Publishing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. They write to inquire on Lee's status in writing his history of the war, and continue to express interest in negotiating a publishing contract.

  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

Ancrum B. Burr to Robert E. Lee, 1866 Box 7A, Folder 58

This letter by Ancrum B. Burr is addressed to Robert E. Lee. She wishes for her son, Edward Johnston, to attend Washington College and would like a circular. Burr also says that Edward's father may have graduated from the United States Military Academy around the same time as Lee, but that he died in the Mexican-American 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, 1866
  5. Correspondences, 1866

Application Request for Washington College from John G. McGriffey on behalf of his brother, 1865 Box 7, Folder 8

Upon Robert E. Lee assuming the position of president of Washington College, the college received a great deal of attention from southerners and northerners alike. Prospective students of the college or their parents would write to Robert E. Lee in order to request a Washington College catalogue, admission to the school or more information.
  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

Application to Washington College from Edmund Berkely on behalf of his son, Edmund Berkely., 1865 Box 7, Folder 7

Upon Robert E. Lee assuming the position of president of Washington College, the college received a great deal of attention from southerners and northerners alike. Prospective students of the college would write to Robert E. Lee in order to request a Washington College catalogue, admission to the school or more information.
  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

Application to Washington College from Mary E.C. Gilliam on behalf of Samuel G. Gilliam, 1865 Box 7, Folder 8

Upon Robert E. Lee assuming the position of president of Washington College, the college received a great deal of attention from southerners and northerners alike. Prospective students of the college would write to Robert E. Lee in order to request a Washington College catalogue, admission to the school or more information.
  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

A. S. Barnes & Company to Robert E. Lee, 1865 Box 7, Folder 22

A.S. Barnes and Company publishes "school readers" which they are currently updating. They request an article of "appropriate character" of Robert E. Lee to include in the new edition.
  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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