A letter from Robert E. Lee containing his autograph for General J.M. St. John. Cartersville, Virginia, July 25, 1865.

Authors

Robert Edward Lee

Files

Description

A letter from Robert E. Lee to General J.M. St. John containing his autograph for the gratification of those who befriended their prisoners. Written near Cartersville, Virginia; dated July 22nd, 1865.

Transcription

Genl I send the autograph requested in your note of the 15th I am happy to do anything to gratify those who have befriended our prisoners. with great respect your obtsevt R.E. Lee near Cartersville 22 July '65 Gen'l J.M. St. John

Creation Date

7-22-1865

City

Cartersville

County

Cumberland

State/Province

Virginia

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1807-1870

Keywords

Robert E. Lee, Autograph, J.M. St. John, prisoners, Cartersville, Virginia, 22 July 1865, 1865

Resource Identifier

080505-47

Date Digital

May 2014

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Military History | Social History | United States History

Format (medium)

manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

en-us

Digitization Specifications

800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

Source

The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

Recommended Citation

Lee, Robert Edward, "A letter from Robert E. Lee containing his autograph for General J.M. St. John. Cartersville, Virginia, July 25, 1865." (1865). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 260.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/260

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