Lee at West Point Michael Miley portrait of Lee, 1870

Welcome to the Robert E. Lee Papers at the Special Collections Department of the James Graham Leyburn Library at Washington and Lee University. These 46 letters are a representative sample from our collection which documents aspects of Lee's life and career as a soldier, educator, friend, and father.

For additional transcriptions of Lee correspondence from Leyburn Library's Special Collections, please click here.

 The letters are organized chronologically; choose a year or period below for a listing of individual documents.

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 Washington and Lee University is the owner of these documents. Permission to reproduce these letters in substantial form should be requested from: Vaughan Stanley, Special Collections Librarian, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia 24450.

 

 

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