Robert E. Lee correspondence and miscellany

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unitid

{"value"=>"4523", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Robert E. Lee correspondence and miscellany"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1848-1865", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1848/1865"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 linear foot (1 folder)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

physloc

{"value"=>"MssCol 4523", "type"=>"local_call"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Collection consists of letters to and from General Robert E. Lee pertaining to social matters, and to the resignation of W. Eugene Webster (son of William G. Webster and cousin of Mary Custis Lee) from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Also present are several letter fragments; a 1865 letter to Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet pertaining to Lee documents; and a transcript of Lee's remarks \"on the report of Major General J. B. Magruder of the operations of his command near Richmond.\""}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Some material was originally received as part of the Thomas Addis Emmet and Ford collections, and the David McNeely Stauffer papers.</p>"}

date_inclusive_start

1848

date_inclusive_end

1865

keydate

1848

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"Robert E. Lee correspondence and miscellany, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

date_start

1848

date_end

1865

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