Lexington March 12th, 1868
My dear sir,
The Genl has deputed me to acknowledge & thank you for your very kind note which substitution you would pardon if you knew the numbers of his correspondents. I feel flattered that your wife should desire my photograph which is so indifferent I am always unwilling to disseminate it. It was taken under great disadvantages in my room with a very bad light just at the close of the war when our artists were not supplied with the best materials. Perhaps you do not know that for 3 years I have been almost entirely confined to my chair with rheumatism. I mention this as an apology for the defects in the picture. Such as it is, it gives me great pleasure to send it to you who so kindly appreciate my husband & his services He desires to write with me in kindest regards to Mrs. Worth & yourself1 – allow me to subscribe myself yrs most respectfully & sincerely
M. C. Lee
I have just received the photograph
Source: The Archives of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation, Papers of the Lee Family, Box 6, M2009.356
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1. Jonathan Worth (1802-1869), served as Governor of North Carolina from 1865 to 1868.
