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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Henry Lee III papers, WLU Coll. 0143, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
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This collection consists of a diary and three letters written by Henry Lee III; also included are three land grants and one military commission signed by Lee during his tenure as governor of Virginia.
This collection is open for research use.
Letters written by Henry Lee III
The diary was given to Henry Lee's son, General Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War by John H. Chandler of Westmoreland, Co. Va., a soldier of the 40th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Chandler received the diary from his father, who discovered it "in a bundle of old papers he had occassion to examine..." The original Civil War period letter accompanying th gifted diary is cataloged among the Robert E. Lee papers in WLU's archives.
Virginia land grant to John Camden and James Burk for land along the Piney River in what is now Nelson County, Va., though formerly of a part of Amherst and Albemarle.
A land grant for Charles Irving along the Piney River in Amherst, now Nelson County, Va. A land grant for Benjamin Toleman, John Armentrout, William Hinton, and Daniel Frayley (Frailey) along Smith Creek in Rockingham County.
A Virginia militia commission for Marquis Richardson of Frederick County, Virginia for the rank of lieutenant of the 51st Virginia militia. The document is signed by Henry Lee when governor of Virginia.