 | Aesthetics - 1834 - 428 pages
...remonstrances were unavailing. As soon as they were fairly lodged in prison, Lee prevailed on the jailer to carry a note to Gen. Lincoln, informing him of...about him, and he had not been shaved for a fortnight ; he wished, very naturally, to improve hie appearance before presenting himself before the Secretary... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1834 - 438 pages
...remonstrances were unavailing. As soon as they were fairly lodged in the prison, Lee prevailed on the jailor to carry a note to Gen. Lincoln, informing him of...The General received it as he was dressing in the morning1, and immediately sent one of his aids to the jail. That officer could not believe his eyes... | |
 | Sherman Day - Pennsylvania - 1843 - 754 pages
...remonstrances were unavailing. As soon as they were fairly lodged in the prison, Lee prevailed on the jailer to carry a note to Gen. Lincoln, informing him of...to the jaiL That officer could not believe his eyes that he saw Capt Lee. His uniform, worn out when he assumed it, was now hanging in rags about him ;... | |
 | Sherman Day - Pennsylvania - 1843 - 766 pages
...remonstrances were unavailing. As soon as they were fairly lodged in the prison, Lee prevailed on the jailer to carry a note to Gen. Lincoln, informing him of...his aids to the jail. That officer could not believe hia eyes that he saw Capt. Lee. His uniform, worn out when he assumed it, was now hanging in rags about... | |
 | Oliver Bell Bunce - United States - 1852 - 484 pages
...remonstrance were unavailing. As soon as they were fairly lodged m prison, Lee prevailed on the jailor to carry a note to Gen. Lincoln, informing him of...about him, and he had not been shaved for a fortnight ; he wished, very naturally, to improve his appearance before presenting himself before the Secretary... | |
 | Randall P. Prosser - English language - 1855 - 390 pages
...remonstrances were unavailing. As soon as they were fairly lodged in prison, Leo prevailed on the jailor to carry a note to Gen. Lincoln, informing him of his condition. The General received it as ho was dressing in the morning, and immediately sent one of his aids to the jail. That officer could... | |
 | Courage - 1861 - 346 pages
...weight it seemed to require. As soon as they were fairly lodged in prison, Lee prevailed on the jailer to carry a note to Gen. Lincoln, informing him of...about him, and he had not been shaved for a fortnight ; he wished, very naturally, to improve his appearance before presenting himself before the Secretary... | |
 | Jacob Isidor Mombert - Lancaster County (Pa.) - 1869 - 832 pages
...remonstrances were unavailing. "As soon as they were fairly lodged in prison, Lee prevailed on the jailor to carry a note to Gen. Lincoln, informing him of...the jail. That officer could not believe his eyes that he saw Capt. Lee. His uniform, worn out when he assumed it, was now hanging in rags about him,... | |
 | Oliver Bell Bunce - United States - 1870 - 462 pages
...remonstrance were unavailing. As soon as they were fairly lodged m prison, Lee prevailed on the jailor to carry a note to Gen. Lincoln, informing him of...about him, and he had not been shaved for a fortnight; he wished, very naturally, to improve his appearance before presenting him self before the Secretary... | |
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Lee. His uniform, worn out when he assumed it, was now hanging in rags about him, and he had not been shaved for a fortnight ; he wished, very naturally, to improve his appearance before presenting himself before the Secretary of War ; but the orders... 
