Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870) to Sidney Smith Lee
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09257 Author/Creator: Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 June 1848 Pagination: 4 p. Order a Copy
Having returned from service in the Mexican War just a day before, Lee writes to his brother Sidney Smith Lee of his homecoming and other family news. "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 perfectly unknown to the youngest. But some of the older ones gaze with astonishment & wonder & seem at a loss to reconcile what they see , to what was pictured in their imaginations - I find them too much grown & all well, & I have much cause for thankfulness & gratitude to that Good God, who has once more united us."
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