Lee, Robert E. Letter signed to Lieutenant Colonel R.E. Russy, 15 March 1845

LEE, ROBERT E.

LETTER SIGNED ("R E LEE | CAPT. & ASST TO CH ENG") TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL R.E. RUSSY, ENGINEER OFFICER

One page on a bifolium (9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.; 252 x 201 mm), integral address leaf franked by U.S. Army Chief Engineer J. G. Totten, Engineer Department, Washington City, D.C., 15 March 1845; folds, tear to margin on address leaf, not affecting text, minor soiling, a few pinhole loses at creases.

An early letter from Lee's long career in the U.S. army engineer service

As assistant to Totten, Lee has acknowledged an estimate of "funds required for Fort Monroe...and an estimate of amount required for construction of an Artesian Well...the Secretary of War had just been requested to cause $3,000 to be remitted...on account of appropriation for Fort Monroe..."

Condition Report:
One page on a bifolium (9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.; 252 x 201 mm), integral address leaf franked by U.S. Army Chief Engineer J. G. Totten, Engineer Department, Washington City, D.C., 15 March 1845; folds, tear to margin on address leaf, not affecting text, minor soiling, a few pinhole loses at creases.

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