Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 to Mary F. Jarvis
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07005 Author/Creator: Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 Place Written: Lexington, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 December 1865 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20.2 x 12.5 cm Order a Copy
Lee, then president of Washington College, responds to an enquiry about whether or not a young man of Pennsylvania would be welcomed at the Virginia school. Although it was less than a year from the end of the Civil War and tensions were still runing high, Lee assures Jarvis that there would be no objection to the admission of a Northern student, as long as he met the requirements. He remarks that "from the young & thoughtless, he may occassionally hear some unpleasnat remark...The majority of the students are too high minded & generous to knowingly wound his feelings."
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