Lee, John F., 1813-1884 to Henry Jackson Hunt
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.090 Author/Creator: Lee, John F., 1813-1884 Place Written: Upper Marlboro, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 April 1871 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 12.3 cm Order a Copy
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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