Lot 264
Lee, Robert E. Partly-printed Document Signed ("R.E. Lee") as President of Washington College, one page, 10½ x 8 inches, Lexington, Virginia, June 18, 1868. Being the university report card for A.F. Laird. Fine; not examined out of frame. Atrractively matted with a First Day Cover for the 200th Anniversary of Washington and Lee University, color images of Generals George Washington and Lee, and biographical plaques, and framed to an overall size of 25½ x 22½ inches.
Washington College changed its name to Washington and Lee University after Lee's death in 1870; he had served as its president from 1865-70. Established in 1749 as Augusta Academy, then remaned Liberty Hall Academy in 1776, the school changed its name to Washington Academy in 1796 after George Washington gave it $20,000 in stock. In 1813 it was then chartered Washington College.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000.
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