R.E. Lee Memorial Church Collection

Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 5

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0658

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A one page letter from Mary Randolph Custis Lee to Mrs. Appich, likely Mary E. Appich of Fairfax, Virginia, thanking her for previous letters and offering a photograph of Robert E. Lee. The letter is accompanied by an albumen cabinet-sized photograph of Robert E. Lee likely by photographer Michael Miley of Lexington, Va. The photograph includes an attached clipped R.E. Lee signature. The reverse of the photograph is inscribed to Mrs. Appich from Mrs. Lee and dated June 12, 1873. Also included is the original letter enclosure and a 20th century typescript description of the items. These items were framed together and are on long term loan to Washington and Lee University Special Collections from the R. E. Lee Memorial Church.

Dates

Creation: Letter
Creation: Majority of material found within Photograph

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English

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