birtannia

Updated: June 5, 2025

Birtannia Kennon, of "Tudor Place," my mother's first cousin. It is better to use what we have than to buy others. They have been tossed about for four years, and may be lost or ruined. They can come by express to Lynchburg, and then up the canal, or by Richmond. The merchants say the former is the best way much more expeditious and but little more expensive."

General Robert Edward Lee - Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee