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Ancrum B. Burr to Robert E. Lee Box 7A, Folder 58

This letter by Ancrum B. Burr is addressed to Robert E. Lee. She wishes for her son, Edward Johnston, to attend Washington College and would like a circular. Burr also says that Edward's father may have graduated from the United States Military Academy around the same time as Lee, but that he died in the Mexican-American War.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee
  5. Correspondences

Andrew Summers Rowan (1857-1943) Papers and Memorabilia 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 1 1/2 in. (1 folder, 1/2 in.; 1 wrapped flag, 1 in.)

Rowan, Andrew Summers
Burial flag, cord, pictures, and correspondence, 1963-1964, concerning disposition of these items. There is a resume of Rowan's life after 1922 and information on his military service, which included a mission in Cuba prior to the Spanish-American War, which was glorified in Elbert Hubbard's A Message to Garcia. There is a resume of Rowan's life, most notably his U.S. Army career, 1881-1909. An 1881 graduate of West Point, he served on the frontier against Indians and on the International Railway Survey in Central and South America before being appointed military attache to Chile, where he co-authored The Island of Cuba in 1897. This book established him as an expert on Cuba, which led to his assignment as a courier to the rebel general Garcia prior to America's war with Spain in 1898. The successful fulfillment of this mission made him famous and, along with gallantry in the subsequent Philippine campaign, was the basis for his being given the Distinguished Service Cross and other rewards.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ann Kimberly Gifford Cunningham European Travel Diary 0.02 Linear Feet

Cunningham, Ann Kimberly Gifford

79 page diary detailing a trip to England and France in 1912- 1913. Ann was the wife of Brigadier General James Hutchings Cunningham and her diary includes some of her time living at West Point, New York.

  1. College of William and Mary

Benefactions, 1960s 47 Item Box 4, Folder 21

This file consists of benefactions and several progams from events such as the Dedication of the Victorine duPont Dent Memorial Clinic and the Dedication Ceremony of the Jessie Ball duPont Library at Sewanee. There are many letters rom the St. Margaret's School in Tapahannock, Virginia and the United States Military Academy.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Elsie Ball Wright Bowley Papers

Doddridge Family Manuscript 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 4 items (1 folder)

Doddridge family

Letter from Cadwaller Doddridge to Horatio N. Bakewell, August 10, 1828. Written from West Point, N.Y., commenting on the course work, complaining about the food and the routine. Doddridge was the son of Philip Doddridge, and the nephew of Joseph Doddridge; he withdrew from West Point on January 15, 1829.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Elsie Ball Wright Bowley Papers 2.5 Linear Feet

Bowley, Elsie Ball Wright, 1886-1972

Includes correspondence (4 folders) by and about Elsie Bowley's sister, Jessie Ball du Pont, and her brother-in-law, A. I. du Pont, as well as letters and correspondence from Elsie's son, Thomas Ball Wright, Ball family members of the Northern Neck of Virginia and other members of the du Pont family. Also contains papers of General Albert J. Bowley, along with Elsie Bowley's business papers regarding her benefactions. Includes ca. 175 photographs (mainly family photos), most of which are not identified.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

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