Significant Lock Of Robert E. Lee ' S Hair - From Washington & Lee Department Head
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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 AUTHENTICA...TING 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, five strands measuring approximately 1 inches long. 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”.
SIGNIFICANT LOCK OF ROBERT E. LEE’S HAIR, ACCOMPANIED WITH A CIVIL WAR PERIOD AUTOGRAPH NOTE AUTHENTICA...TING 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, five strands measuring approximately 1 inches long. 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”.
