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ROBERT E. LEE

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ROBERT E. LEE
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>ROBERT E. LEE </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'><BR><BR></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial; text-transform:uppercase'>Lee Questions English Officer’s Credentials</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'><BR><BR>(1807-1870). Revered commander in chief of the Confederate Armies. <b>War-date</b> LS “<i>R E Lee</i>,” 1½pp, small 8vo, “Hq Qrs Army N. Va.,” Oct 14, 1862. Excellent content. At the zenith of the Confederacy, as England contemplates an alliance with the rebellious South, Lee writes concerning an English officer he had interviewed. To Confederate Secretary of War <b>George W. Randolph</b>. “<i>Mr. Edenborough the English Naval officer concerning whom I received a letter from the Secretary of State yesterday, arrived at my Hd. Qrs. today. In a conversation with him, he admitted without hesitation that he belonged to the English East India Navy, and I suppose that his assertion that he was an officer of the Royal Navy was made from a desire to increase his importance. There is nothing for him to do in this army, and my opinion of his honesty is not so much affected by his statement as to his position, as to cause me to detain him. I have accordingly given him a passport to return to Richmond where he may be able to find employment, should nothing be found to attach suspicion to his character</i>...” Boldly penned and signed in brown ink, adding “<i>Genl.</i>” General toning; 3" vertical and 1" horizontal fold separation with no paper loss of negligible affect; o/w Fine.</span></p>