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ROBERT E. LEE: ANTEBELLUM AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED....
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ROBERT E. LEE: ANTEBELLUM AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. "R E Lee", four pages, 4.75" x 7.25", Arlington, Virginia, June 30, 1848, to Sidney Smith Lee, Annapolis, Maryland. Here the future Confederate general, recently back from the Mexican War, writes in small part to his brother of the homecoming, "...Here I am once again, my dear Smith, perfectly surrounded by this Mama & her precious children, who seem to devote themselves to staring at the furrows in my face and the white hairs in my head. It is not surprising that I am hardly recognizable to the young eyes around me...". With original cover postmarked at Alexandria.Condition: Fine.
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2007 December Civil War Auction #674 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2007
1st
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