- Creator
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
- Call number
- MssCol 1719
- Physical description
- .15 linear feet (1 v.)
- Preferred Citation
- Robert E. Lee engineering notebook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
- Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online.
Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Notebook was kept by Lee when he was an army engineer stationed at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York. Notebook consists of 53 leaves containing structural and technical sketches, mensural data, mathematical calculations, and architectural, engineering and surveying notes relating to Forts Hamilton, Morton, Richmond, Lafayette and Battery Hudson.
Digital Assets
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Deposit, King, S.F, 1925
Key terms
Names
Subjects
- Fortification -- New York (State) -- New York
- Military engineering
- Surveying -- New York (State) -- New York
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Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328