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- mm82017558 abstract "Correspondence, letterbooks, genealogical papers, notebooks, financial records, indentures, clippings, photographs, and other papers pertaining to slavery, agriculture in Virginia, mercantile and financial affairs, social life in Washington and Philadelphia, and to activities during the Revolution, Mexican War, and Civil War. Letterbook (1700-1825) of Richard Bland Lee contains correspondence of his grandparents, Henry and Mary Bland Lee, relating to family finances and business, trade with France, outfitting troops during the Revolution, founding of the new government, and the writing of the Constitution. Transcripts of correspondence (1811-1831) between David Bailie Warden, U.S. consul in Paris, and Elizabeth Parke Custis Law reflects diplomatic relations with France and naval and military affairs during the War of 1812. Robert E. Lee's correspondence (1830-1868) documents his military career as an engineer, his service in the Mexican War, and his role as general-in-chief of the Confederate armies. Correspondence (1837-1872) of his wife, Mary Randolph Custis Lee, pertains to family matters and her efforts to build a church in memory of her husband; her notebooks (1823) reflect the education of aristocratic young women in nineteenth century Virginia. Prominent correspondents include John Adams, John C. Breckinridge, William Grayson, Nathanael Greene, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph E. Johnston, Albert Miller Lea, Timothy Pickering, Mary Pinckney, William C. Rives, Winfield Scott, Samuel Harrison Smith, John Tyler, and Louis T. Wigfall.".