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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07005 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Robert E. Lee to Mary F. Jarvis assuring her there would be no objection to the admission of a Northern student at Washington College, Virginia |
| Date | 30 December 1865 |
| Author | Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870) |
| Recipient | Jarvis, Mary F. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Lee, then president of Washington College, responds to an enquiry about whether or not a young man of Pennsylvania would be welcomed at the Virginia school. Although it was less than a year from the end of the Civil War and tensions were still runing high, Lee assures Jarvis that there would be no objection to the admission of a Northern student, as long as he met the requirements. He remarks that "from the young & thoughtless, he may occassionally hear some unpleasnat remark...The majority of the students are too high minded & generous to knowingly wound his feelings." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Reconstruction Education Women's History |
| People | Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870) Jarvis, Mary F. (fl. 1865) |
| Place written | Lexington, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Education; Women in American History; Reconstruction |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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