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Growing Up in the 1850s: The Journal of Agnes Lee

By Agnes Lee, Mary Custis Lee deButts (Editor), Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek (Contribution by), Robert E. Lee deButts Jr. (Introduction)
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By Agnes Lee, Mary Custis Lee deButts (Editor), Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek (Contribution by), Robert E. Lee deButts Jr. (Introduction)
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Eleanor Agnes Lee, Robert E. Lee’s fifth child, began her journal in December 1852 at the early age of twelve. An articulate young woman, her stated ambitions were modest: “The everyday life of a little school girl of twelve years is not startling,” she observed in April 1853; but in fact, her five-year record of a southern girl’s life is lively, unpredictable, and full of interesting detail.

The journal opens with a description of the Lee family life in their beloved home, Arlington. Like m...

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