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lee Register of the Robert E. Lee Papers, 1749-1975 Processed by ; machine-readable finding aid created by Alvin Pollock 1997

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: Unknown. Description is in English. 12-31-2005 PUBLIC "-//Duke University::David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::Robert Edward Lee Papers)//EN" "lee.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) changed to conform to current Rubenstein Library and NC EAD standards as laid out in the Inventory Style Guide and in the NCEAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. These changes were made by Michelle Belden. Also, container TYPE and LABEL attribute values were standardized according to the Rubenstein Library EAD 2002 manual and the NCEAD eadlocal.ent by Ruth E. Bryan.The tag list inside index was changed to indexentry by Ruth E. Bryan. June 29, 1998 Updated to EAD Version 1.0 from EAD Beta by Stephen Miller Register of the Robert E. Lee Papers, 1749-1975 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript LibraryDuke UniversityDurham, North Carolina 27708-0185

Descriptive Summary Robert E. Lee Papers, 1749-1975 Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 199 Items and 5 Vols. Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185

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[Identification of item], Robert E. Lee Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

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Collection Overview

Family and military correspondence of Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), Confederate general in chief; and of his descendants; and a few letters of Francis Lightfoot Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Henry Lee, and Mary Ann Randolph (Custis) Lee. The letters deal with many phases of Robert E. Lee's life from his marriage in 1832 until his death, including family and personal affairs, especially in his letters to a cousin, Mrs. Anna M. Fitzhugh; settlement of the Custis estate; and improvements at Arlington. During the Civil War the correspondence consists of official and family letters, the former containing much information on military activities. The postwar letters reveal details of domestic arrangements following the family's removal to Lexington, Virginia. One volume contains 295 telegrams (collected and arranged by C. C. Jones, Jr., and published: D. S. Freeman, Lee's Dispatches, New York, 1915) sent by Lee from the field to Jefferson Davis and the Confederate War Department, many having been endorsed by James A. Seddon. These dispatches relate to troop movements, reports of the intelligence service, skirmishes, enemy activities, transportation of prisoners and wounded men, and other details of military operations. Included also are two scrapbooks of Memorials to Lee; a small notebook in R. E. Lee's hand, 1857-1860, containing amounts of meat purchased for the Arlington household; and a letterpress book of Robert E. Lee III, a lawyer of Washington, D.C.

(Description from: Guide to the Cataloged Collections in the Manuscript Department of the William R. Perkins Library, Davis, Richard C., and Miller, Linda Angle, 1980)

Subject Headings

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Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.). Confederate States of America.--Army--Officers--Correspondence. Confederate States of America--History, Military. Confederate States of America.--War Dept. Plantations--Virginia. Fitzhugh, Ann M. Lee family. Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1797. Lee, Henry, 1756-1818. Lee, Mary Ann Randolph Custis. Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Contents of Collection Robert E. Lee Papers, 1749-1939 (3 boxes) 1A Correspondence (Letters), 1769-1923 and undated (4 folders) 1A Military Papers, 1860-1866 and undated 1A Clippings, 1864-1975 4Use Copies for Box 1A

Includes use copies of all material in Box 1A.

1BRobert E. Lee, III, letterpress book, 1892-1903(452 pp.) 2 Volume: Official Telegrams of Gen. Robert E. Lee, 1862-1865

Includes 295 telegrams bound into one volume.

2 Printed Material, 1928-1955 and undated 2 Miscellaneous, 1749-1887

Includes a small notebook in R. E. Lee's hand, 1857-1860; a message from Thomas Lee of Williamsburg, Va. to the House of Burgesses, 1749; and a copy of R. E. Lee's last will and testament.

2 Lee Memorial (scrapbook), Vol. 1 (244 pp.)

Scrapbook chiefly contains newspaper clippings and has bookplate of Charles C. Jones, Jr., Augusta, Ga.

3 Lee Memorial (scrapbook), Vol. 2 (215 pp.)

Scrapbook chiefly contains engravings of Lee and newspaper clippings; has bookplate of Charles C. Jones, Jr., Augusta, Ga.

1Land Grant signed by Henry Lee, 1793

Grant, signed by Gov. Henry Lee of Va., for a parcel of land in Montgomery County given to Alexander Stewart near the headwaters of Island Creek and commonly known as "Three Forks."