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The Lee Family Digital Archive is the largest online source for primary source materials concerning the Lee family of Virginia. It contains published and unpublished items, some well known to historians, others that are rare or have never before been put online. We are always looking for new letters, diaries, and books to add to our website. Do you have a rare item that you would like to donate or share with us? If so, please contact our curator, Colin Woodward, about how you can contribute to this historic project.


 

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Petersburg 16 Nov ’64

 

Captain

 

I return the Photograph with my Signature as you requested. Is it for the Same reason that the painter wrote “Horse” under the portrait of that animal? I was very glad to hear that the Surgeons had decided not to lay open your wound. I hope you may be soon restored to health again, & never receive another wound.

 

Very truly yours,

                                            R E Lee

 

Capt Robt Taylor

 

 

 

Source: The Archives of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation, Papers of the Lee Family, Box 4, M2009.320, Jessie Ball duPont Library, Stratford Hall

 

Transcribed by Colin Woodward, 2015 November 17

 

 

 

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