Elizabeth Blair Lee, portrait by Thomas Sully, when she was 19[1]
Born
Elizabeth Blair
(1818-06-20)June 20, 1818
Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S.
Died
September 13, 1906(1906-09-13) (aged 88)
Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Spouse
Samuel Phillips Lee
(m. 1843)
Children
Blair Lee
Parent(s)
Francis Preston Blair Eliza Violet Blair
Relatives
Montgomery Blair (brother) Francis Preston Blair Jr. (brother)
Elizabeth Blair Lee (June 20, 1818 – September 13, 1906)[2] was an American woman who lived through the American Civil War and wrote hundreds of letters[3] describing the events of the times to her husband, Samuel Phillips Lee. She played a pivotal role in several Washington, D.C. charities, particularly the Washington City Orphan Asylum where she was a manager and director for decades.
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^"Blair and Lee family papers, 1764-1946 (bulk 1840-1920)". Princeton University Library. Archived from the original on June 10, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
^Lass, Virginia Jeans (August 3, 1999). Wartime Washington: The Civil War Letters of Elizabeth Blair Lee. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-06859-1.
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