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I am very much obliged to you, dear Major/for the uniform and blanket you so kindly aent me. I beg that you will not add to your troubles by administering to my comfort. We have, partly owing to your efforts and partly to the exertions of our people, everything we actually want. All else we can dispense with.
Truly and gratefully yours,
R. E. Lee.
Every written word of Gen. Lee should be preserved as an inspiration to all people down through the ages that are to come.
This letter was in the possession of (William Wirt Henry, ■ grandson of Patrick Henry. William Wirt, named for the .southern historian, friend and admirer of his illustrious grandfather. Mr. Henry grew up at Patrick Henry's , old home, *MUd Hill,” in Charlotte county. He -wee-tall, slender, not good-looking in a “flesh and blood” style, but of striking appearance. Possessing a brilliant niind, gifted in conversation, and one of those “born readers;” to hear him read ‘‘Uncle Remus” was indeed a treat
I always felt that he was a creature of* circumstance and might have been a second Patrick Henry, had he been called on to
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