Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 to Ellen Caskie
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01434 Author/Creator: Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 Place Written: Lexington, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 14, 1867 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope ; 21 x 13 cm. Order a Copy
Returns photographs that he has signed. Tells her to never hesitate to ask him for more. Thanks her for keeping his name out of the papers and requests that she "... ask the editors of the Despatch & Inquirer to cease quarelling over my name." Mentions the weakness of his eyes.
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