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ROBERT E. LEE: ANTEBELLUM ALS TO HIS BROTHER

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ROBERT E. LEE: ANTEBELLUM ALS TO HIS BROTHER
<B>ROBERT E. LEE: ANTEBELLUM AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED.</B></I> “<I>R E Lee</B></I>”, four pages, 4.75” x 7.25”, Arlington, Virginia, June 30, 1848, to Sidney Smith Lee, Annapolis, Maryland. Here the future Confederate general, recently back from the Mexican War, writes in small part to his brother of the homecoming, “<I>...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…</B></I>”. With original cover postmarked at Alexandria. <BR><BR><B>Condition:</B></I> Fine.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)