Elizabeth Blair Lee
American woman of letters
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Elizabeth Blair Lee was an American woman who lived through the American Civil War and wrote hundreds of letters describing the events of the times to her husband, Samuel Phillips Lee. Wikipedia
Born: June 20, 1818, Frankfort, KY
Died: September 13, 1906 (age 88 years), Washington, D.C.
Spouse: Samuel Phillips Lee (m. 1843)
Children: Blair Lee I
Grandchild: E. Brooke Lee
Parents: Francis Preston Blair and Eliza Violet Blair
Siblings: Francis Preston Blair Jr. and Montgomery Blair