Lee Last Letter From Lee

[CCMDCSA]

A Maryland school with strong historical ties to the confederacy and my place of employment currently has the last letter written by general Lee in there archives the letter addressed to a Mr Target and the man responsible for the schools chapel was a close personal friend of Lee's the letter written two weeks before Lee's death even says how general Lee is feeling much better from a recent ailment

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

I hope they are conserving it. Is it also on display in some fashion?

 

[CCMDCSA]

Yes they are conserving it have it framed up nice and translated the cursive is very hard to read

 

[Zella]

Very cool!

Is the cursive hard to read because of the age or is it just not very legible? As a general rule, I always thought Lee had gorgeous penmanship, but now that I think of it, all the stuff I've seen was either from before or during the war. I can see how his handwriting may have inevitably declined toward the end of his life.

 

[CCMDCSA]

To be honest the difficulty in reading it was probably on my part but the ink is fairly faded but im sure the particular ailment he suffered or age could have affected it as well

 

[Zella]

Makes sense! Some of the letters back then look like they can be formed differently than they are now, from what I have noticed, and that can make it hard to read too.

 

[CCMDCSA]

But like I admitted I don't really have a eye for that type of writing but it was very neat and easy to admire the school itself as a very interesting history but the Lee letter tops it all

 

[Zella]

But like I admitted I don't really have a eye for that type of writing but it was very neat and easy to admire the school itself as a very interesting history but the Lee letter tops it all

Yes, that is really cool!

Truthfully, I notice lovely penmanship like Lee's because my own is so bad. LOL I have actually been banned from writing things by hand at multiple jobs.