True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 160
rst in peace and first inthe hearts of his countrymen. Nearly twenty-five years after the American Revolutionended in success, when Light-horse Harry Lee had beenGovernor Lee of Virginia, and was writing a book about the ROBERT E. LEE 161 American Revolution, a little baby boy was born into… … V** N , V. YOUNG LEE RIDING IN FRONT OF STAFFORD, VIRGINIA, THE MANSION OF LIGHT-HORSE HARRY LEE. —the very year in which our great American poets, Longfel-low and Whittier, were born. His fathers house was at abeautiful country place in Virginia, called Stafford. It wasin Westmoreland County, on…
