Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 to Sidney Smith Lee

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GLC#
GLC09257
Type
Letters
Date
30 June 1848
Author/Creator
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
Title
to Sidney Smith Lee
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

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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