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  3. Series 1: James McNeill Whistler Collection, 1863-1906, circa 1940
  4. From Whistler to George Washington Custis Lee, circa 1879

James McNeill Whistler collection, 1863-1906, circa 1940

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: From Whistler to George Washington Custis Lee, circa 1879

(draft of a letter recommending the sculptor Joseph Boehm for the commission of an equestrian statue of Lee's father Robert E. Lee. Whistler and G. W. Custis Lee had been cadets at West Point when Robert E. Lee had been the Academy's superintendent. Letter closes with "Let me recall myself to your recollection as an old West Point comrade who has never forgotten the high opinion all held of yourself and the veneration we had of your Father.")
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