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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Thomas McAdory Owen Papers, WLU Coll. 0093, Special Collections, Leyburn Library,
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.
In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.
This collection includes letters to and from Owen in connection with his efforts to compile a Robert E. Lee bibliography,
several Lee family letters, pictorial representations of the Lees, speeches, and clippings.
Nine items are housed in Oversize drawer 27 including several broadsides related to Robert E. Lee and the Confederacy and
a certificate naming Owen an honorary member of the Tennesse Historical Society.
The miscellaneous item is an envelope containing pieces of tree bark, purported to be from the tree under which Robert E.
Lee delivered General Order No. 9 at Appomattox.
