Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers
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encoded as: Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers
topic: Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers 1671-1936
subject: Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers 1671-1936
topic: Correspondence
subject: Correspondence
topic: Armes, Ethel (b. 1876), 1932-1936, undated
subject: Armes, Ethel (b. 1876), 1932-1936, undated
topic: Carter, Lucy Grymes Lee (1786-1860), 1798-1813
subject: Carter, Lucy Grymes Lee (1786-1860), 1798-1813
topic: Corbin, Hannah Lee (1728-1782), 1759-1760
subject: Corbin, Hannah Lee (1728-1782), 1759-1760
topic: Izard, Elizabeth Byrd Carter Shippen, 1799-1824, undated
subject: Izard, Elizabeth Byrd Carter Shippen, 1799-1824, undated
topic: Lee, Ann Hill Carter (1773-1829), 1805-1816
subject: Lee, Ann Hill Carter (1773-1829), 1805-1816
topic: Lee, Anne Robinson McCarty, 1828-1837, undated
subject: Lee, Anne Robinson McCarty, 1828-1837, undated
topic: Lee, Charles Carter (1798-1871), 1817-1868
subject: Lee, Charles Carter (1798-1871), 1817-1868
topic: Lee, Cornelia (Cornelia Lee Hopkins) (1780-1815), 1801-1808, undated
subject: Lee, Cornelia (Cornelia Lee Hopkins) (1780-1815), 1801-1808, undated
topic: Lee, Elizabeth Collins (1747-1858), 1792, undated
subject: Lee, Elizabeth Collins (1747-1858), 1792, undated
topic: Lee, Elizabeth Collins, 1925-1927, undated
subject: Lee, Elizabeth Collins, 1925-1927, undated
topic: Lee, Henry (1756-1818)
subject: Lee, Henry (1756-1818)
topic: 1779-1816
subject: 1779-1816
topic: Undated
subject: Undated
topic: Lee, Henry (1787-1837)
subject: Lee, Henry (1787-1837)
topic: 1816-1830
subject: 1816-1830
topic: 1831-1836
subject: 1831-1836
topic: Lee, Mary Randolph Custis (1806-1873), 1834-1871, undated
subject: Lee, Mary Randolph Custis (1806-1873), 1834-1871, undated
topic: Lee, Richard Bland (1761-1827), 1811-1812
subject: Lee, Richard Bland (1761-1827), 1811-1812
topic: Lee, Richard Henry (1794-1865), 1840
subject: Lee, Richard Henry (1794-1865), 1840
topic: Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870), 1840-1865
subject: Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870), 1840-1865
topic: Lee, Thomas (1690-1750), 1720-1750, undated
subject: Lee, Thomas (1690-1750), 1720-1750, undated
topic: Shippen, Alice Lee (1736-1817), 1778, undated
subject: Shippen, Alice Lee (1736-1817), 1778, undated
topic: Shippen, Nancy Lee (Anne Home Shippen Livingston) (1763-1841), undated
subject: Shippen, Nancy Lee (Anne Home Shippen Livingston) (1763-1841), undated
topic: Shippen, Thomas Lee, 1783-1809
subject: Shippen, Thomas Lee, 1783-1809
topic: Shippen, William, 1814
subject: Shippen, William, 1814
topic: Other family correspondence, 1807-1825
subject: Other family correspondence, 1807-1825
topic: General correspondence, 1753-1827, undated
subject: General correspondence, 1753-1827, undated
topic: Armes, Ethel, research notes, circa 1930s
subject: Armes, Ethel, research notes, circa 1930s
topic: Original documents, 1809-1895
subject: Original documents, 1809-1895
topic: Maps, 1671, 1775
subject: Maps, 1671, 1775
topic: Architectural plans and drawings of Lee family estates
subject: Architectural plans and drawings of Lee family estates
topic: Copies of title pages from books in Lee family library
subject: Copies of title pages from books in Lee family library
topic: Lee family genealogies
subject: Lee family genealogies
topic: Lee, Charles Carter, writings
subject: Lee, Charles Carter, writings
topic: Legal papers

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Manuscript Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
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is publisher of: Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers
administers: Manuscript Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
provides access to: Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers 1671-1936
provides access to: Correspondence
provides access to: Armes, Ethel (b. 1876), 1932-1936, undated
provides access to: Carter, Lucy Grymes Lee (1786-1860), 1798-1813
provides access to: Corbin, Hannah Lee (1728-1782), 1759-1760
provides access to: Izard, Elizabeth Byrd Carter Shippen, 1799-1824, undated
provides access to: Lee, Ann Hill Carter (1773-1829), 1805-1816
provides access to: Lee, Anne Robinson McCarty, 1828-1837, undated
provides access to: Lee, Charles Carter (1798-1871), 1817-1868
provides access to: Lee, Cornelia (Cornelia Lee Hopkins) (1780-1815), 1801-1808, undated
provides access to: Lee, Elizabeth Collins (1747-1858), 1792, undated
provides access to: Lee, Elizabeth Collins, 1925-1927, undated
provides access to: Lee, Henry (1756-1818)
provides access to: 1779-1816
provides access to: Undated
provides access to: Lee, Henry (1787-1837)
provides access to: 1816-1830
provides access to: 1831-1836
provides access to: Lee, Mary Randolph Custis (1806-1873), 1834-1871, undated
provides access to: Lee, Richard Bland (1761-1827), 1811-1812
provides access to: Lee, Richard Henry (1794-1865), 1840
provides access to: Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870), 1840-1865
provides access to: Lee, Thomas (1690-1750), 1720-1750, undated
provides access to: Shippen, Alice Lee (1736-1817), 1778, undated
provides access to: Shippen, Nancy Lee (Anne Home Shippen Livingston) (1763-1841), undated
provides access to: Shippen, Thomas Lee, 1783-1809
provides access to: Shippen, William, 1814
provides access to: Other family correspondence, 1807-1825
provides access to: General correspondence, 1753-1827, undated
provides access to: Armes, Ethel, research notes, circa 1930s
provides access to: Original documents, 1809-1895
provides access to: Maps, 1671, 1775
provides access to: Architectural plans and drawings of Lee family estates
provides access to: Copies of title pages from books in Lee family library
provides access to: Lee family genealogies
provides access to: Lee, Charles Carter, writings
provides access to: Legal papers
provides access to: Newspaper clippings, 1870, undated
provides access to: Transcripts of letters, 1750-1891, undated

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Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers
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description: Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2009
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encoding of: Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers

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Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers 1671-1936
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access provided by: Manuscript Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
level: collection
extent: 500 items
extent: 3 containers
extent: 1.2 linear feet
language: eng
origination: Armes, Ethel, 1876-1945
scopecontent: Scope and Content Note The Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers consists principally of photocopies and transcripts of documents found in other repositories. Armes collected and assembled these in preparation for her book, Stratford Hall: The Great House of the Lees (1936). Materials date from 1671 to 1936 and include family correspondence of the Lee and Shippen families pertaining mainly to life during the Revolutionary War period. The bulk of the correspondence is that of Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee, Revolutionary War general and father of Robert E. Lee, and Major Henry Lee, brother of Robert E. Lee. Subjects detailed in the correspondence include military activities during the Revolutionary War, politics and political appointments, financial affairs in the colonies, agriculture, planting, and slavery in Virginia, and family life on Shirley Plantation. Among other family members represented in the collection are Charles Carter Lee, Richard Bland Lee, Mary Randolph Custis and Robert E. Lee, Alice Lee Shippen, Thomas Lee Shippen, and William Shippen. One noteworthy item in the collection is a copy of a letter of former slave Eleanor Berry to Elizabeth Collins Lee, her previous mistress. Duff Green, Nathanael Greene, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Tyler, and George Washington are among the more prominent correspondents in the collection. Copies of architectural plans and drawings of various Lee family estates, family genealogies, legal papers, maps, and newspaper clippings are included in the collection. The few original documents in the Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers consist mainly of research notes and correspondence of Armes and pertain to her book. Of particular interest is a letter of Franklin D. Roosevelt to Armes; Roosevelt wrote the foreword to her book.
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has part: General correspondence, 1753-1827, undated
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has part: Armes, Ethel, research notes, circa 1930s
aggregates: Armes, Ethel, research notes, circa 1930s
has part: Original documents, 1809-1895
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has part: Maps, 1671, 1775
aggregates: Maps, 1671, 1775
has part: Architectural plans and drawings of Lee family estates
aggregates: Architectural plans and drawings of Lee family estates
has part: Copies of title pages from books in Lee family library
aggregates: Copies of title pages from books in Lee family library
has part: Lee family genealogies
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has part: Lee, Charles Carter, writings
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has part: Legal papers
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has part: Newspaper clippings, 1870, undated
aggregates: Newspaper clippings, 1870, undated
has part: Transcripts of letters, 1750-1891, undated
aggregates: Transcripts of letters, 1750-1891, undated

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Armes, Ethel, 1876-1945
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Correspondence
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has part: Armes, Ethel (b. 1876), 1932-1936, undated
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has part: Carter, Lucy Grymes Lee (1786-1860), 1798-1813
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has part: Corbin, Hannah Lee (1728-1782), 1759-1760
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has part: Izard, Elizabeth Byrd Carter Shippen, 1799-1824, undated
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has part: Lee, Ann Hill Carter (1773-1829), 1805-1816
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has part: Lee, Anne Robinson McCarty, 1828-1837, undated
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has part: Lee, Charles Carter (1798-1871), 1817-1868
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has part: Lee, Cornelia (Cornelia Lee Hopkins) (1780-1815), 1801-1808, undated
aggregates: Lee, Cornelia (Cornelia Lee Hopkins) (1780-1815), 1801-1808, undated
has part: Lee, Elizabeth Collins (1747-1858), 1792, undated
aggregates: Lee, Elizabeth Collins (1747-1858), 1792, undated
has part: Lee, Elizabeth Collins, 1925-1927, undated
aggregates: Lee, Elizabeth Collins, 1925-1927, undated
has part: Lee, Henry (1756-1818)
aggregates: Lee, Henry (1756-1818)
has part: Lee, Henry (1787-1837)
aggregates: Lee, Henry (1787-1837)
has part: Lee, Mary Randolph Custis (1806-1873), 1834-1871, undated
aggregates: Lee, Mary Randolph Custis (1806-1873), 1834-1871, undated
has part: Lee, Richard Bland (1761-1827), 1811-1812
aggregates: Lee, Richard Bland (1761-1827), 1811-1812
has part: Lee, Richard Henry (1794-1865), 1840
aggregates: Lee, Richard Henry (1794-1865), 1840
has part: Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870), 1840-1865
aggregates: Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870), 1840-1865
has part: Lee, Thomas (1690-1750), 1720-1750, undated
aggregates: Lee, Thomas (1690-1750), 1720-1750, undated
has part: Shippen, Alice Lee (1736-1817), 1778, undated
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has part: Shippen, Nancy Lee (Anne Home Shippen Livingston) (1763-1841), undated
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has part: Shippen, Thomas Lee, 1783-1809
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has part: Shippen, William, 1814
aggregates: Shippen, William, 1814

Other family correspondence, 1807-1825
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General correspondence, 1753-1827, undated
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Armes, Ethel, research notes, circa 1930s
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Original documents, 1809-1895
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Maps, 1671, 1775
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Architectural plans and drawings of Lee family estates
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Copies of title pages from books in Lee family library
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Lee family genealogies
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Lee, Charles Carter, writings
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Legal papers
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Newspaper clippings, 1870, undated
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Transcripts of letters, 1750-1891, undated
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Armes, Ethel (b. 1876), 1932-1936, undated
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Carter, Lucy Grymes Lee (1786-1860), 1798-1813
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Corbin, Hannah Lee (1728-1782), 1759-1760
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Izard, Elizabeth Byrd Carter Shippen, 1799-1824, undated
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Lee, Ann Hill Carter (1773-1829), 1805-1816
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Lee, Anne Robinson McCarty, 1828-1837, undated
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Lee, Charles Carter (1798-1871), 1817-1868
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Lee, Cornelia (Cornelia Lee Hopkins) (1780-1815), 1801-1808, undated
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Lee, Elizabeth Collins (1747-1858), 1792, undated
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Lee, Elizabeth Collins, 1925-1927, undated
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Lee, Henry (1756-1818)
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Lee, Henry (1787-1837)
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has part: 1831-1836
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Lee, Mary Randolph Custis (1806-1873), 1834-1871, undated
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Lee, Richard Bland (1761-1827), 1811-1812
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Lee, Richard Henry (1794-1865), 1840
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Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870), 1840-1865
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Lee, Thomas (1690-1750), 1720-1750, undated
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Shippen, Alice Lee (1736-1817), 1778, undated
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Shippen, Nancy Lee (Anne Home Shippen Livingston) (1763-1841), undated
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Shippen, Thomas Lee, 1783-1809
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Shippen, William, 1814
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1779-1816
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Undated
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1816-1830
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1831-1836
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