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     The framed Carte De Visite of General Lee shown here has a little more history than most.  Around the year two thousand, I personally purchased this CDV in the frame along with a war time Jeb Stuart letter, out of a family home in Richmond, Virginia’s near west end.  The CDV shows General Lee in his General’s uniform and has a bold and well preserved ink signature that is second to none.  I thought perhaps that there was something written on the back, so I unframed it.  General Lee had written nothing on the back, but the address of the framer was on the frame.  The framer was on Main St. Richmond, though I do not recall the exact address, nor does it matter.

     Knowing that the image was framed and remained in Richmond, it was likely signed there as well.  I suppose the signature has remained so strong because it was framed during the Victorian era.