<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-ViLxW"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Stephen Dill Lee letter to Mrs. Gray</titleproper><titleproper>Stephen Dill Lee letter to Mrs. Gray <num>WLU.Coll.0444</num></titleproper><author>updated by Kim Sims, April 2026</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-05-23 07:01:02 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Stephen Dill Lee letter to Mrs. Gray</unittitle>
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      <persname authfilenumber="no2010073638" rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Merchant, John Holt, Jr.</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.01 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate calendar="gregorian" datechar="creation" era="ce" normal="1904-12-28/1904-12-28">1904 December 28</unitdate>
    <physdesc id="aspace_daac69f282cf2f60b87bf4fcbbf3531f">This letter is fragile, with tears along many of the folds.</physdesc>
    <langmaterial id="aspace_2cddc66a7a95ec9c2cfae38c2a56bae6">The collection is in English.</langmaterial>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law.  The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.  Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Gift of Dr. J. Holt Merchant, Jr. in 1983.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Stephen Dill Lee Letter to Mrs. Gray (WLU Coll. 0444), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>This collection contains a letter written by Stephen Dill Lee to Mrs. Gray dated December 28, 1904. Lee thanks Mrs. Gray for her kind Christmas letter and writes that it caused him to recall events from the American Civil War era, during which he served with her husband.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>The collection is open for research use.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <persname authfilenumber="no2010073638" role="fmo" rules="aacr" source="lcnaf">Merchant, John Holt, Jr.</persname>
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