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Here are the excerpts from Dowdey, Clifford (1969). The Virginia Dynasties: The Emergence of 'King' Carter and the Golden Age. New York: Bonanza Books.
No love was ever lost between their families, even after - or especially after - Robert Carter's great-granddaughter married a collateral kinsman of Thomas Lee, and the couple produced the greatest Virginian of both families, Robert Edward Lee (p.354)
One family of consequence since Robert Carter's father's day, into which no Carter married, was the Lee family. The feeling between the "King" and the no longer young Thomas Lee influenced some of their immediate descendants. Through Thomas Lee's marriage to Hannah Harrison Ludwell, their children were cousins of Carter's Harrison grandchildren, but the younger Harrisons and the younger Lees shared an aggressive dislike which continued even while they were working for the same ends in the Revolution. (pp. 368-369)
But there's more describing Lee and his home, his job as some kind of land agent (which I think might be the reason for the animosity), etc., too much to type out, so if you can get your hands on the book, I think it would be worth it... -- plange 01:47, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
On hold for 7 days due to three issues:
This article has come on alot - any link to the status vote?-- Shtove 22:47, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Just a few... nothing major enough to withhold the GA-status, but probably need to be addressed before it can be advanced to A-class.
1. The numerous redlinks-I am a big fan of redlinks because it leads to article creation. However some of them are very unlikely to ever be created.
2. The references section-You don't need to list the same books over and over. You can use <ref>Author (Year), page #</ref> in a notes section and list the book title under references (see
Hugh Ewing, another GA).
3. The tables of contents doesn't really make sense to me. It begins with section 1 (biography). Isn't the entire article a biography?
4. There are more categories that this article fits into.
That's about it. Anyway, congratulations, excellent work. MrPrada 10:00, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
www.whosyomama.com should not be used as a reference. It's hardly considered reliable. Toddstreat1 16:10, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
According to the Northern Neck Historical Magazine (Dec. 1991), Hannah Ludwell Lee died in 1750, not 1749. 216.48.60.35 ( talk) 20:45, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing Sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria. I went through the article and made various changes, please look them over. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good Article. Altogether the article is well-written and is still in great shape after its passing in 2007. Continue to improve the article making sure all new information is properly sourced and neutral. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I have updated the article history to reflect this review. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 06:40, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Significant amount of uncited text, including most of the "Planter and naval officer" section. Z1720 ( talk) 14:56, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
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Here are the excerpts from Dowdey, Clifford (1969). The Virginia Dynasties: The Emergence of 'King' Carter and the Golden Age. New York: Bonanza Books.
No love was ever lost between their families, even after - or especially after - Robert Carter's great-granddaughter married a collateral kinsman of Thomas Lee, and the couple produced the greatest Virginian of both families, Robert Edward Lee (p.354)
One family of consequence since Robert Carter's father's day, into which no Carter married, was the Lee family. The feeling between the "King" and the no longer young Thomas Lee influenced some of their immediate descendants. Through Thomas Lee's marriage to Hannah Harrison Ludwell, their children were cousins of Carter's Harrison grandchildren, but the younger Harrisons and the younger Lees shared an aggressive dislike which continued even while they were working for the same ends in the Revolution. (pp. 368-369)
But there's more describing Lee and his home, his job as some kind of land agent (which I think might be the reason for the animosity), etc., too much to type out, so if you can get your hands on the book, I think it would be worth it... -- plange 01:47, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
On hold for 7 days due to three issues:
This article has come on alot - any link to the status vote?-- Shtove 22:47, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Just a few... nothing major enough to withhold the GA-status, but probably need to be addressed before it can be advanced to A-class.
1. The numerous redlinks-I am a big fan of redlinks because it leads to article creation. However some of them are very unlikely to ever be created.
2. The references section-You don't need to list the same books over and over. You can use <ref>Author (Year), page #</ref> in a notes section and list the book title under references (see
Hugh Ewing, another GA).
3. The tables of contents doesn't really make sense to me. It begins with section 1 (biography). Isn't the entire article a biography?
4. There are more categories that this article fits into.
That's about it. Anyway, congratulations, excellent work. MrPrada 10:00, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
www.whosyomama.com should not be used as a reference. It's hardly considered reliable. Toddstreat1 16:10, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
According to the Northern Neck Historical Magazine (Dec. 1991), Hannah Ludwell Lee died in 1750, not 1749. 216.48.60.35 ( talk) 20:45, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing Sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria. I went through the article and made various changes, please look them over. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good Article. Altogether the article is well-written and is still in great shape after its passing in 2007. Continue to improve the article making sure all new information is properly sourced and neutral. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I have updated the article history to reflect this review. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 06:40, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Significant amount of uncited text, including most of the "Planter and naval officer" section. Z1720 ( talk) 14:56, 9 November 2023 (UTC)