Elizabeth Blair Lee

Elizabeth Blair Lee
Elizabeth Blair Lee, portrait by Thomas Sully, when she was 19[1]
Born
Elizabeth Blair

(1818-06-20)June 20, 1818
DiedSeptember 13, 1906(1906-09-13) (aged 88)
Spouse
(m. 1843)
ChildrenBlair Lee
Parent(s)Francis Preston Blair
Eliza Violet Blair
RelativesMontgomery Blair (brother)
Francis Preston Blair Jr. (brother)

Elizabeth Blair Lee (June 20, 1818 – September 13, 1906)[2] was an American woman who lived through the American Civil War and wrote hundreds of letters[3] describing the events of the times to her husband, Samuel Phillips Lee. She played a pivotal role in several Washington, D.C. charities, particularly the Washington City Orphan Asylum where she was a manager and director for decades.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference EBL obit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Blair and Lee family papers, 1764-1946 (bulk 1840-1920)". Princeton University Library. Archived from the original on June 10, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  3. ^ Lass, Virginia Jeans (August 3, 1999). Wartime Washington: The Civil War Letters of Elizabeth Blair Lee. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-06859-1.