![LEE, ROBERT E., General C.S.A. Document signed ("R.E. Lee"), n.p. [on the Mississippi River], n.d. [contemporary date of 1838 on verso], one page, an oblong. Printed certificate, confirming that "the articles within charged have been received, were necessary for, and have been or will be applied, for the objects within stated, to the improvement of the Mississippi, above the Mouth of the Ohio."](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1998/NYE/1998_NYE_08177_0206_000(112444).jpg?w=1)
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LEE, ROBERT E., General C.S.A. Document signed ("R.E. Lee"), n.p. [on the Mississippi River], n.d. [contemporary date of 1838 on verso], one page, an oblong. Printed certificate, confirming that "the articles within charged have been received, were necessary for, and have been or will be applied, for the objects within stated, to the improvement of the Mississippi, above the Mouth of the Ohio."
Lee, a second Lieutenant in the Chief Engineer's Department, was at this time superintending engineer for St. Louis harbor and the upper Mississippi River. A very early Lee document.
Lee, a second Lieutenant in the Chief Engineer's Department, was at this time superintending engineer for St. Louis harbor and the upper Mississippi River. A very early Lee document.