Lee-Palfrey families papers, 1780-1932  (bulk 1800-1860). 

 - 1,500  items. 4  containers. 1.6  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, diaries, journals, clippings, maps, photographs, and other papers of William Lee (1772-1840) of Boston, Mass., Washington, D.C., and France and of other Lee family members.  Lee's correspondence and diaries detail his experiences as a commercial agent and secretary to the U.S. Legation in France.  Also includes papers of Lee's wife Susan Palfrey Lee (1767-1822) relating to family matters and social life in Washington, D.C., and France; papers of his daughters, Susan Palfrey Lee (1795-1853) and Mary Elizabeth Lee, Baroness de Maltitz, and of his son, William Barlow Lee; a journal of William Barlow Lee's son William Lee (1841-1893) relating to a topographical survey mission to Utah in 1857 and 1858; an incomplete translation of a German diary (1823-1827) of Louisa Kalisky; and papers of Palfrey family members. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English, with French. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012107 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 81065612  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lee family.<br/>Palfrey family.<br/>Lee, Susan Palfrey, 1795-1853.  Susan Palfrey Lee papers. <br/>Lee, William, 1841-1893.  William Lee papers. <br/>Lee, William Barlow, 1805-1895.  William Barlow Lee papers. <br/>Maltitz, Mary Elizabeth Lee, Baroness de,  1799-1852.  Mary Elizabeth Lee, Baroness de Maltitz, papers. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Legation (France) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Diplomatic and consular service, American--France.<br/>Topographical surveying--Utah.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>France--Commerce--United States.<br/>France--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>France--Social life and customs.<br/>United States--Commerce--History--19th century.<br/>United States--Commerce--France.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--France.<br/>Utah--Description and travel.<br/>Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.