Mason, Emily Virginia, 1815-1909 to Henry Jackson Hunt

GLC02382.088

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GLC#
GLC02382.088-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
April 24, 1871
Author/Creator
Mason, Emily Virginia, 1815-1909
Title
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Place Written
Baltimore, Maryland
Pagination
6 p. : envelope Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 22.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Year inferred from content. Mason has received Hunt's account of Robert E. Lee's passage through the pedegral (a lava field), during the Mexican American War. Intends to obtain more information on Lee from McClellan, whom Lee served with in Mexico, and Professor French at West Point. Notes that she was Lee's friend and neighbor in Arlington, Virginia. Hesitates to ask Mary Randolph Custis Lee, R. E. Lee's widow, about his early military career, since these reflections must be painful for her. General Samuel Cooper, could help her, though he and his wife suffer extreme poverty. Has considered asking Cooper's Northern friends for monetary help, but knows this would offend his pride, since he served the South during the Civil War.

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