Trivia 1-10-18 Going on a trip

[Trivia Master]

When May Curtis Lee departed Arlington whom did she leave the keys with?

credit: @JOHN42768

Edit - Players may want to consider the possibility that "May Curtis" is a misspelling.

hoosier

 

[hughes]

Selina Gray

 

[BlueNGrey]

May Curtis Lee?
Selina Gray, the chief house slave

www.nps.gov/arho/learn/historyculture/lees-leave-arlington.htm

 

[captaindrew]

Selina Norris Gray

 

[Stony]

Selina Norris Gray her personal slave.
source-https://www.nps.gov/arho/learn/historyculture/gray.htm

 

[DBF]

According to John Perry's Book "Mrs. Robert E. Lee - The Lady of Arlington - "At last the moment came when, with the family pets distributed among the slaves and the house keys turned over to a trusted personal maid, Selina Grey, a daughter of Old Nurse, Mary had nothing left to do but get into her waiting carriage and drive away." (Page 230).

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Mary Custis Lee left the keys to the head house slave and Mary's personal maid, Selina Norris Gray.

 

[Brenal]

" Mrs. Lee entrusted the keys to the house to Selina Gray, the chief house slave."
//www.nps.gov/arho/learn/historyculture/lees-leave-arlington.htm

 

[SWMODave]

'Mary Custis' Lee left the keys to the Arlington House with Selina Norris Gray

Source

 

[ErnieMac]

Selina Norris Gray, her personal maid (slave).

 

[Hawkeye Brehm]

Her personal slave, Selina Norris Gray.

 

[connecticut yankee]

....Mrs. Lee's arthritis restricted her role in the physical work of preparing the house for evacuation but she supervised the hasty preparations. The family silver was packed away along with the personal papers of George Washington, her father George Washington Parke Custis and her husband Robert E. Lee and were sent to Richmond.

Mrs. Lee informed her husband of the evacuation's progress on May 9, 1861. "I suppose ere this, dear Robert, you have heard of the arrival of our valuables in Richmond. We have sent many others to Ravensworth & all our wine & stores, pictures, piano etc."

Six days later, on May 15, 1861, Mrs. Lee entrusted the keys to the house to Selina Gray, the chief house slave, and the Lees left Arlington. The family headed first to the White House Plantation and eventually on to Richmond. Selina and the rest of the Arlingtons slaves were to run the estate as though the Lees were to any day return.

POSTSCRIPT:

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In 2014, the National Park Service acquired a rare and previously unknown Civil War era stereo view photograph of enslaved housekeeper Selina Gray and two of her daughters. This extraordinary find was made by National Park Service Volunteer Dean DeRosa while perusing the online auction website, eBay. The seller, based in England, had found the photograph in a box of "unwanted" photographs at a "boot fair" in Kent, England. The Arlington House friends group, Save Historic Arlington House, Inc., jumped into action to bid on the item and, against stiff competition, won the auction. The photograph itself is priceless and will be an invaluable addition to the park's museum collection, as identifiable period images of enslaved people are extremely rare. Only one other Civil War period photograph taken on site at Arlington House of an enslaved person owned by the Custis and Lee family has ever been known to exist prior to this discovery and that person is unidentified.

 

[Jimklag]

When May Curtis Lee departed Arlington whom did she leave the keys with?

credit: @JOHN42768

Selina Gray the chief house slave.

 

[Wallyfish]

She left them with Selina Gray.

https://www.nps.gov/arho/learn/historyculture/slavery.htm

 

[chellers]

Selina was the personal maid of Mrs. Robert E. Lee and the two enjoyed a very close relationship. In 1861, under the threat of union occupation, the Lee family evacuated Arlingtonand Mrs. Lee left the household keys, symbolizing authority, responsibility and her trust to Selina Gray.

https://www.nps.gov/arho/learn/historyculture/gray.htm

 

[WJC]

When May Curtis Lee departed Arlington whom did she leave the keys with?

credit: @JOHN42768

Selina Gray, a trusted slave.

 

[truthckr]

Selina Norris Gray

 

[Viper21]

Selina Gray

 

[Waterloo50]

When May Curtis Lee departed Arlington whom did she leave the keys with?

credit: @JOHN42768

She left the keys with Selina Gray.

 

[William G Hendry]

She took a final turn in the garden, entrusted the keys to Selina Gray, a slave, and followed her husband's path down the estate's long, winding driveway. Like many others on both sides, she believed that the war would pass quickly.
Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com