I write a line to say good-by to you and Mary. I had hoped
to be able to come in and see you both tonight, but I find it impossible to
enjoy that pleasure. I have had much to do, which with preparation for my
departure renders it impossible. Good-by, my dear children. May God bless and
guard you both. Tell your mother when she arrives that I was unable to stop to
see her. I go to Gordonsville. My after movements depend on circumstances that
I cannot foresee.
Truly and aff'y.,
your father,
R. E. LEE.
COL. G. W. CUSTIS LEE.
P. S. — I send in my straw-hat, to which please give house
room, also a summer under-jacket which I find out of my trunk. If you have the
key put it in, or ask your mother to mend it and keep it for me.
R. E. LEE.
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters of
Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 189
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