LAWSUIT FILED IN D.C. TO DIVIDE GENERAL LEE'S FAMILY RELICS & HEIRLOOMS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 8, 1923, Mrs. Mary M. Lee, widow of General Robert E. Lee's grandson, Colonel Robert E. Lee, filed a lawsuit here in the District of Columbia "to effect a division of family relics and heirlooms" that once belonged to General Lee and George Washington.
The relics and heirlooms are currently being stored in a trunk by the National Savings and Trust Company of Washington, D.C.
The trunk includes a sword belt, camp stool, gauntlets, flasks and brush used by General Lee during the War Between the States. Among the other items is a gold watch and two pistols once owned by George Washington.
SOURCE
"Sues for Share of Heirlooms Of George Washington & Lee," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 8, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
