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拍品 153 |PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870). Autograph letter signed (“R.E. Lee”) to Miss Bessie Thorne, Lexington, Virginia, 6 August 1869.
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LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870). Autograph letter signed (“R.E. Lee”) to Miss Bessie Thorne, Lexington, Virginia, 6 August 1869.
Two pages, 210 x 147mm (remnants of adhesive and minor loss to margin, closed tears along mailing folds).
Lee writes regarding his daughters, and a family visit to White Sulphur Springs. He thanks Thorne for "the beautiful pictures sent me by my daughter Mary," and continues, “I have been advised to drink the White Sulphur waters and shall leave tomorrow for the Springs with my daughters Agnes and Mildred.” White Sulphur Springs, known as “Old White,” in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, is one of the country’s earliest resorts. Founded in the 1780s, it was commandeered as a military hospital during the Civil War and did not reopen until the 1867 season.
Two pages, 210 x 147mm (remnants of adhesive and minor loss to margin, closed tears along mailing folds).
Lee writes regarding his daughters, and a family visit to White Sulphur Springs. He thanks Thorne for "the beautiful pictures sent me by my daughter Mary," and continues, “I have been advised to drink the White Sulphur waters and shall leave tomorrow for the Springs with my daughters Agnes and Mildred.” White Sulphur Springs, known as “Old White,” in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, is one of the country’s earliest resorts. Founded in the 1780s, it was commandeered as a military hospital during the Civil War and did not reopen until the 1867 season.
LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870). Autograph letter signed (“R.E. Lee”) to Miss Bessie Thorne, Lexington, Virginia, 6 August 1869.
Two pages, 210 x 147mm (remnants of adhesive and minor loss to margin, closed tears along mailing folds).
Lee writes regarding his daughters, and a family visit to White Sulphur Springs. He thanks Thorne for "the beautiful pictures sent me by my daughter Mary," and continues, “I have been advised to drink the White Sulphur waters and shall leave tomorrow for the Springs with my daughters Agnes and Mildred.” White Sulphur Springs, known as “Old White,” in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, is one of the country’s earliest resorts. Founded in the 1780s, it was commandeered as a military hospital during the Civil War and did not reopen until the 1867 season.
Two pages, 210 x 147mm (remnants of adhesive and minor loss to margin, closed tears along mailing folds).
Lee writes regarding his daughters, and a family visit to White Sulphur Springs. He thanks Thorne for "the beautiful pictures sent me by my daughter Mary," and continues, “I have been advised to drink the White Sulphur waters and shall leave tomorrow for the Springs with my daughters Agnes and Mildred.” White Sulphur Springs, known as “Old White,” in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, is one of the country’s earliest resorts. Founded in the 1780s, it was commandeered as a military hospital during the Civil War and did not reopen until the 1867 season.