Custis-Lee family papers, (Record no. 43479)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Description conventions | dacs |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | C |
| Source | lcmd |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Custis-Lee family papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1700-circa 1928 |
| Bulk dates | (bulk 1770-1870). |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 735 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 4 |
| Type of unit | containers plus |
| Extent | 1 |
| Type of unit | oversize. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1.8 |
| Type of unit | linear feet. |
| 351 ## - ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIALS | |
| Organization | Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Letterbooks, 1700-1825; Series 2: Correspondence, 1711-1915; Series 3: Transcripts and Photocopies, 1750-1873; Series 4: Financial Records, 1730-1844; Series 5: Miscellany, 1792-circa 1928; and Series 6: Oversize, 1789-1800. |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondence, letterbooks, genealogical papers, notebooks, financial records, indentures, clippings, photographs, and other papers pertaining to slavery, agriculture in Virginia, mercantile and financial affairs, social life in Washington and Philadelphia, and to activities during the Revolution, Mexican War, and Civil War. Letterbook (1700-1825) of Richard Bland Lee contains correspondence of his grandparents, Henry and Mary Bland Lee, relating to family finances and business, trade with France, outfitting troops during the Revolution, founding of the new government, and the writing of the Constitution. Transcripts of correspondence (1811-1831) between David Bailie Warden, U.S. consul in Paris, and Elizabeth Parke Custis Law reflects diplomatic relations with France and naval and military affairs during the War of 1812. Robert E. Lee's correspondence (1830-1868) documents his military career as an engineer, his service in the Mexican War, and his role as general-in-chief of the Confederate armies. Correspondence (1837-1872) of his wife, Mary Randolph Custis Lee, pertains to family matters and her efforts to build a church in memory of her husband; her notebooks (1823) reflect the education of aristocratic young women in nineteenth century Virginia. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Prominent correspondents include John Adams, John C. Breckinridge, William Grayson, Nathanael Greene, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph E. Johnston, Albert Miller Lea, Timothy Pickering, Mary Pinckney, William C. Rives, Winfield Scott, Samuel Harrison Smith, John Tyler, and Louis T. Wigfall. |
| 533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Type of reproduction | Transcripts of correspondence of David Bailie Warden and Elizabeth Parke Custis Law made from originals in Maryland Historical Society (Baltimore). Also includes various transcripts and photocopies from other sources. |
| Place of reproduction | [S.l.]. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Members of the Custis and Lee families of Prince William and Westmoreland counties, Va. Principal individuals represented include George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857), Arthur Lee (1740-1792), Charles Lee (1758-1815), Henry Lee (1756-1818), Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827), Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), William Lee (1739-1795), and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837-1891). |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Collection material in English. |
| 555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE | |
| Cumulative index/finding aids note | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007099">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007099</a> |
| 583 ## - ACTION NOTE | |
| Action | The material now comprising the Custis-Lee family papers was originally processed and cataloged in separately titled collections of papers of Ann Hill Carter Lee, Anne Robinson McCarty Lee, Arthur Lee (1740-1792), Charles Lee (previously 2 collections), Hannah Philippa Ludwell Lee, Henrietta Bedinger (Mrs. H.I. or Mrs. H.J.) Lee, Henry Lee (1756-1818), Ludwell Lee (including letter from the marquis de Lafayette), Mary Custis Lee, Mary Randolph Custis Lee, Richard Bland Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Lee, William Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, and the Custis family. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Adams, John, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1735-1826 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Breckinridge, John C. |
| Fuller form of name | (John Cabell), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1821-1875 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Grayson, William, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1736-1790 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Greene, Nathanael, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1742-1786 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Henry, Patrick, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1736-1799 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jay, John, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1745-1829 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jefferson, Thomas, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1743-1826 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Johnston, Joseph E. |
| Fuller form of name | (Joseph Eggleston), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1807-1891 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, |
| Titles and other words associated with a name | marquis de, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1757-1834 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lea, Albert Miller, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1808-1891 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Robert E. |
| Fuller form of name | (Robert Edward), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1807-1870 |
| General subdivision | Monuments. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pickering, Timothy, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1745-1829 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pinckney, Mary Stead, |
| Dates associated with a name | approximately 1751-1812 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rives, William C. |
| Fuller form of name | (William Cabell), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1793-1868 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Scott, Winfield, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1786-1866 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Smith, Samuel Harrison, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1772-1845 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Tyler, John, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1790-1862 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wigfall, Louis T. |
| Fuller form of name | (Louis Trezevant), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1816-1874 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 30 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Custis family. |
| 600 30 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee family. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Confederate States of America. |
| Subordinate unit | Army. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Agriculture |
| Geographic subdivision | Virginia. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Diplomatic and consular affairs, American |
| Geographic subdivision | France |
| -- | Paris. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Engineers. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Memorials. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Merchants |
| Geographic subdivision | Virginia. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Mexican War, 1846-1848. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Military engineering. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Slavery |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Women |
| General subdivision | Education |
| Geographic subdivision | Virginia |
| Chronological subdivision | 19th century. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | France |
| General subdivision | Commerce |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | France |
| General subdivision | Foreign relations |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| General subdivision | Social life and customs. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Prince William County (Va.) |
| General subdivision | Social life and customs. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Foreign relations |
| Geographic subdivision | France. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Geographic subdivision | 1783-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | War of 1812. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Washington (D.C.) |
| General subdivision | Social life and customs. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Westmoreland County (Va.) |
| General subdivision | Social life and customs. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Custis, George Washington Parke, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1781-1857. |
| Title of a work | George Washington Parke Custis papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1776-1832. |
| Title of a work | Elizabeth Parke Custis Law papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Ann Hill Carter, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1773-1829. |
| Title of a work | Ann Hill Carter Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Anne Robinson McCarty, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1798-1840. |
| Title of a work | Anne Robinson McCarty Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Arthur, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1740-1792. |
| Title of a work | Arthur Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Charles, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1758-1815. |
| Title of a work | Charles Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Hannah Philippa Ludwell. |
| Title of a work | Hannah Philippa Ludwell Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Henrietta Bedinger, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1810- |
| Title of a work | Henrietta Bedinger Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Henry, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1691-1747. |
| Title of a work | Henry Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Henry, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1756-1818. |
| Title of a work | Henry Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Ludwell, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1760-1836. |
| Title of a work | Ludwell Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Mary Bland, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1704-1764. |
| Title of a work | Mary Bland Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Mary Custis, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1835-1918. |
| Title of a work | Mary Custis Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1807-1873. |
| Title of a work | Mary Randolph Custis Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Richard Bland, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1761-1827. |
| Title of a work | Richard Bland Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Richard Henry, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1732-1794. |
| Title of a work | Richard Henry Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Robert E. |
| Fuller form of name | (Robert Edward), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1807-1870. |
| Title of a work | Robert E. Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Thomas, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1690-1750. |
| Title of a work | Thomas Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, William, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1739-1795. |
| Title of a work | William Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1837-1891. |
| Title of a work | William Henry Fitzhugh Lee papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Warden, David Bailie, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1772-1845. |
| Title of a work | David Bailie Warden papers. |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007099">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007099</a> |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid (PDF) |
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