Family Correspondence of Anne Carter Wickham Renshaw Byerly (1851-1939)

Containers:

Box 6, Folder 1

Extent:

1 folder(s)

Scope and content:

Includes two letters mentioning visits by Yankees to Hickory Hill and the taking of her father as a prisoner (May 27, 1862; August 4, 1862); also includes a letter from Robert E. Lee to his cousin, Miss Annie Wickham [later Anne Carter Wickham Renshaw Byerly], Lee promises to stop by "Hickory Hill" to visit if at all possible on his way back to Lexington, autograph signature excised from the letter (May 23, 1870).

Biographical / historical:

Anne Carter Wickham (1851-1939), the daughter of Williams Carter Wickham and Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham, married Robert H. Renshaw (1833-1910) in 1881 and they had four children. In 1920, Anne Renshaw married Dr. W.E. Byerly and lived in Massachusetts.

Location of originals:

The original of the Robert E. Lee letter has been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers.

Access and use