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Significant Lock of Robert E. Lee's Hair - From Washington & Lee Department Head
Significant Lock of Robert E. Lee's Hair - From Washington & Lee Department Head
Significant Lock of Robert E. Lee's Hair - From Washington & Lee Department Head
Significant Lock of Robert E. Lee's Hair - From Washington & Lee Department Head

Significant Lock of Robert E. Lee's Hair - From Washington & Lee Department Head

$ 1188

Availability: 87 in stock
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  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    ROBERT E. LEE
    .  Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) was a General of the Confederate States Army who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia.  He is arguably the most brilliant commander of field armies in American History. Within months of his surrender to Grant and the close of the Civil War, Lee became the President of Washington College where he would remain until his death.
    SIGNIFICANT LOCK OF ROBERT E. LEE’S HAIR, ACCOMPANIED WITH A CIVIL WAR PERIOD AUTOGRAPH NOTE AUTHENTICATING THE HAIR AND A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY ACKNOWLEDGING THE HAIR CAME FROM THE COLLECTION OF A WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT HEAD
    A significant lock of Robert E. Lee’s hair measuring approximately 3 inches long and housed in a leather wallet that is worn.  The hair comes from the personal collection of Dr. Robert Foster Bradley, a professor and head of the Roman Languages Department at Washington and Lee University in the early 20th century.  The hair is accompanied with a Civil War period autograph note handwritten on the back of a partial calling card acknowledging the hair belonging to Lee, “General Robt. E. Lee’s Hair,” and a copy of a typed letter of authenticity from Bradley’s granddaughter acknowledging the hair came from Bradley’s collection, “My grandfather, Dr. Robert Foster Bradley was head of Romance Languages at W&L and was given a calling card of General Lee’s”.