Letter from Robert E. Lee to Messrs Sampson Low & Co
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line 1: Paid
line 2: Lexington Virginia : 19 December '1865
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line 4: Gentlemen
line 5: I am much obliged to you
line 6: for your offer to publish the history
line 7: of the Campaigns in Virginia.
line 8: The completion of such a work
line 9: by me, is so uncertain & distant,
line 10: that I think it unnecessary to
line 11: make any arrangements for its
line 12: publication. Should I ever
line 13: accomplish it I will consider your kind proposition.
line 14: very sincerely
line 15: your obedient Servant
line 16: R E Lee
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line 18: Messrs Sampson Low & Co