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MRS. SIDNEY SMITH LEE: PERSONAL 1858 POCKET DIARY....
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MRS. SIDNEY SMITH LEE: PERSONAL 1858 POCKET DIARY. approximately 370 pages, 4" x 2.75", inscribed "Presented to Mama by Bobby. Christmas day. Phil. Navy Yard. Dec. 25th 1857." In this case "Mama" was Anna Maria Mason Lee (1811 - 1898), wife of Robert E. Lee's brother, "Smith", and mother of, among others, Confederate Major-General Fitzhugh Lee. Anna Maria's own line was equally illustrious in that she was the grand-daughter of Founding Father George Mason. This diary was undoubtedly presented to her by her youngest son, Robert Carter Lee. In 1858, Mrs. Lee's husband was a highly regarded U.S Navy Captain who had sailed with Commodore Perry's fleet to Japan. Her eldest son, Fitzhugh, was at the time serving as a cavalry lieutenant in Texas. The diary records the daily concerns of a military wife in peacetime. Given the author's numerous family connections, however, close examination of the text might yield some pre-war trivia about personalities who would become Confederate luminaries within a few years. Binding somewhat loose, covers worn. Enclosed is a small sampler, 3.75" x 2.25", reading "To My Mother".Condition: Very good overall.
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2007 December Civil War Auction #674 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2007
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