STRAND OF GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE’S HAIR

STRAND OF GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE’S HAIR

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Item Code: 1054-1376

Small, ornate brass frame houses a strand of hair that was taken from a lock of hair that the General himself presented to a friend on April 19, 1869 in Lexington, Virginia. Letters of provenance by Charles Hamilton of Christie’s of New York and Louis Mushro of The Manuscript Society accompany this item.

Frame measures 1 ¼” by 1 ¾”.  [sl]

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