Lot 1188
(Confederate) Lee, Robert E. Document Signed ("R E Lee / Lt Engrs"), n.p., c. 1837, 1 p., 3 x 8 in. The document says, "I certify that the articles within enumerated have been received and that they were necessary for the buoys used in the surveying of the Mississippi River abouve the mouth of the Ohio and Missouri River." Small adhesion stains in corners and two small tape remnants on verso of top corners. The document is written on the back of another document dated 1837, with moderate show-through. Lee's signature is nice and strong.
Robert E. Lee graduated from West Point in 1829 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers. His first important command came in 1837, when, as a first lieutenant of engineers, he supervised the engineering work for St. Louis harbor and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. His work would earn him a promotion to captain.
Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,500.
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