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Collection Reference Number GLC07081.02
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1880s 
Title George L. Andrews to H. K. Green confirming that the probable authorship of a letter by Robert E. Lee
Date 9 February 1889
Author Andrews, George L. (1828-1899)  
Recipient Green, H.K.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description After reading the letter from Robert E. Lee addressed to his son Boo (George Washington Custis Lee) at West Point (GLC07081.01), Andrews confirms that it is the sort of letter he would have suspected from Lee. Also reports that G.W.C. Lee was the only son of Lee's enrolled at West Point in 1851. Andrews erroneously believes that the Lee referred to in "that slanderous report against the room of those fine Cadets Lee, Wood, & Turnbull" was Stephen G. Lee, son of Thomas Lee of South Carolina. Andrews was possibly the George L. Andrews who taught French at West Point from 1871 to 1892. Green was a collector.
Subjects West Point (US Military Academy)  Confederate General or Leader  Military History  Education  Children and Family  Alcohol  
People Andrews, George L. (1828-1899)  Green, H.K. (fl. 1889)  Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870)  Lee, George Washington Custis (1832-1913)  
Place written West Point, New York
Theme Education
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
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