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DeButts-Ely collection of Lee family papers, 1749-1914 (bulk 1832-1872). - 900 items. 6 containers. 2.2 linear feet.

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Correspondence, letterbooks, journal, scrapbook, memorandum book, reminiscence, clippings, and other papers pertaining primarily to Robert E. Lee and members of his family, including his wife, Mary Randolph Custis Lee. Subjects include Robert E. Lee's military career as an engineer in Missouri and Texas and as commander of the Confederate Army. Other family members represented include Daniel Parke Custis and Agnes (Eleanor Agnes) Lee.


Photocopies and enlargement prints of originals chiefly in the Virginia Historical Society (Richmond).
[S.l.].


Virginia Historical Society,
Richmond, VA


Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010014

LCCN: mm 79029777

Subjects--Personal Names:
Custis, Daniel Parke, 1711-1757.
Lee, Agnes, 1841-1873.
Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873.
Lee, Robert E. 1807-1870.
Lee family.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Confederate States of America. Army.
United States. Army.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Military engineering--Missouri.
Military engineering--Texas.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.