Mary Custis Lee, A.L.S. Arlington January 6th 1860 : to Benson Lossing
1860
MSS L2012F143
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Title
Mary Custis Lee, A.L.S. Arlington January 6th 1860 : to Benson Lossing
Variant Title
Recollections and private memoirs of Washington
Published
Arlington, [Va.] 1860
Description
[6] p. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
MSS L2012F143
Note
Mary Custis Lee, wife of Robert E. Lee (and great-granddaughter of Martha Washington) writes to her collaborator on their just published work, "Recollections and private memoirs of Washington" by his adopted son, George Washington Parke Custis, with a memoir of the author by his daughter, and illustrative and explanatory notes, by Benson J. Lossing.
Lee points out errors and omissions: "Several little things are omitted that I had proposed to put in, among others are the line I so much admired which I cannot correctly repeat but which run thus 'the great the best The Cincinnatus of the West Whom Envy could not &c &c.' Nor do I find ... the notice of Mrs. Washington's having given from her private fortune $20,000 to supply the wants of the soldier in their hour of need. I wrote you about it & think it was in the times of the Valley Forge affair. It was probably an act of generosity that she did not make known to the world but it is duly recorded in Washington's day Book ... & is an interesting fact which may now be published without wounding the delicacy of any of the family."
Lee points out errors and omissions: "Several little things are omitted that I had proposed to put in, among others are the line I so much admired which I cannot correctly repeat but which run thus 'the great the best The Cincinnatus of the West Whom Envy could not &c &c.' Nor do I find ... the notice of Mrs. Washington's having given from her private fortune $20,000 to supply the wants of the soldier in their hour of need. I wrote you about it & think it was in the times of the Valley Forge affair. It was probably an act of generosity that she did not make known to the world but it is duly recorded in Washington's day Book ... & is an interesting fact which may now be published without wounding the delicacy of any of the family."
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