The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-08
~ CRAVE OF MIS- ANNE CARTER LEES SACREDY CARED FOR

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hand you this. He Is directed to see
YOU and execute the work Of which
YOU spoke to the. or rather about which
YOU wrote me. 1t was necessary to Use
some little circumspcction to keep Cen
eral Leo from Knowing the object, or
he never would have yielded his assent.
30 so good as to require him to finish
turn and report s04 e s G'fs a Is abe
Very iBERSlys y.fSySas'' BRAGG"
Letter to General Lee.
Mr.. Crowder resumed his work on
tho monument, which WAS nearing. com.
spletion. But war having ceased and
our social structure NIL torn asur,der.
e retusn as BY ssysla e
County asking that lie allow the COM
pletion OF the monument to be made
q day In which the public could share,
1fs tia ny aap father
assented, and a committee was formed
to hurry on the work, order the rail.
Ing and enter upon such duties as
General Lee and his family: "A commit
tee OF ladies was formed. with my mo th-
er as .chnirtl,nn. to lnvitc General Lee
and other distinguished gentlemen to
Isl $3.50. to- to witness the he u uryeiling. NJ.
mothers letter was selected, and Is as
follows:
General Robert Il. Lee:
zens of Warren county. n. G., we IN
wife you most respectfully and aflec-
tionnteiy. with your family aud friends,
e, e warsen waite Sulphur Springs ,,.s,ns on
the unwilling of monument ever the
remains OF your beloved daughter, An
ME. who died at the springs October
20. 1852.
When this great grief, witt, its crush
ing weight Of sorrow. was borne to
you, you were battling for our coun-
try's rights with the stern foe, whose
strong arm you braytely stayed 30 wa 'Gns
men with you forbade your presence
at the invalid's couch and you were
not permitted to- take long. last. lin
but a, mothers and sisters hands
smo0tlled her dying pillow. while ten
der. loving hands bore her slowly and
sadly to the silent tomb echoins IN
yonng and beautiful gone from the
earth forever
Size has slept sweetly amid the quiet
shades OF the family graveyard Of MIR.
Iof those springs. whose family watched
and ministered to her In her last Ill
ness. and whose hearts ond hands have
ever since added fresh memorials OF
love and affection in honoring her grave
and gracing IL with Gowers she loved
go well.
And now. dear general. 1T Ia meet
and proper that we should all unite
with one accord and pay her this ho-
mage. We do It with singleness Of
heart. with pure motives. with love
Iurfeigned Ard supremely blessed
shall we be to cherish thus "ink of
mattress nob'est race" as each hall
lowed stone shall wake bright memo
ries of thee In ages yet unborn. veg.
let her rest. There Is no prouder grave.
For thou art Freedoms now and
Fame's:
one OF the few. the immortal names,
That were not born to de-"
1t is bu. in unison with our fair
lcountrvwonen over all our sunny land,
who has first manifested her apprecia-
ton for the heroes. whose graves are
legion. and from shady deli and gor-
geous garden floral gifts and loving
mcmentoes have been lavishly brought
ard scattered in silence and IN tears
where they softly lie and sweetly sleep,
low in the ground"
And though the mounds that marked
each name.
Beneath the wings OF Time,
Have worn away. theirs Is the Fame.
Immortal and Sublime" q
And now may not the same sad