mixed material monographic eng 735 4 1 1.8 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. 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. Open to research. 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. [S.l.]. 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). Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007099 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. Adams, John 1735-1826 Correspondence Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell) 1821-1875 Correspondence Grayson, William 1736-1790 Correspondence Greene, Nathanael 1742-1786 Correspondence Henry, Patrick 1736-1799 Correspondence Jay, John 1745-1829 Correspondence Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 Correspondence Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston) 1807-1891 Correspondence marquis de Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier 1757-1834 Correspondence Lea, Albert Miller 1808-1891 Correspondence Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) 1807-1870 Monuments Pickering, Timothy 1745-1829 Correspondence Pinckney, Mary Stead approximately 1751-1812 Correspondence Rives, William C. (William Cabell) 1793-1868 Correspondence Scott, Winfield 1786-1866 Correspondence Smith, Samuel Harrison 1772-1845 Correspondence Tyler, John 1790-1862 Correspondence Wigfall, Louis T. (Louis Trezevant) 1816-1874 Correspondence Custis family Lee family Confederate States of America. Army. Agriculture Virginia Diplomatic and consular affairs, American France Paris Engineers Memorials Merchants Virginia Mexican War, 1846-1848 Military engineering Slavery United States Women Education Virginia 19th century France Commerce United States France Foreign relations United States Philadelphia (Pa.) Social life and customs Prince William County (Va.) Social life and customs United States Foreign relations France United States History 1783-1865 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 United States History War of 1812 Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs Westmoreland County (Va.) Social life and customs Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857 Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis, 1776-1832 Lee, Ann Hill Carter, 1773-1829 Lee, Anne Robinson McCarty, 1798-1840 Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792 Lee, Charles, 1758-1815 Lee, Hannah Philippa Ludwell. Lee, Henrietta Bedinger, 1810- Lee, Henry, 1691-1747 Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 Lee, Ludwell, 1760-1836 Lee, Mary Bland, 1704-1764 Lee, Mary Custis, 1835-1918 Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873 Lee, Richard Bland, 1761-1827 Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 Lee, Thomas, 1690-1750 Lee, William, 1739-1795 Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 1837-1891 Warden, David Bailie, 1772-1845 mm 82017558 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007099 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007099.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007099 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007099.3 Open to research. DLC 990303 20260227111713.0 mm 82017558