Lee, John F., 1813-1884 to Henry Jackson Hunt

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GLC#
GLC02382.090-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
April 20, 1871
Author/Creator
Lee, John F., 1813-1884
Title
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Place Written
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 12.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Declares "You are a trump, a soldier & a gentleman and a scholar. You did it up well. got the truth... Your narrative needed no addition... Let it stand." Possibly refers to writing Hunt completed for Emily Virginia Mason, who was working on a biography of Robert E. Lee. Regrets his reflections on soldiers' vanity which he included in a previous letter to Hunt (refer to GLC02382.090).

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