Rare wooden shingle attributed to the McLean House at Appomattox Court House in which Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865. The shingle measures approximately 18.75″ x 4″ x .25″, and bears an affixed contemporary provenance note, signed "Henry T. Parrish, Judge Appomattox County Court." In full: "I hereby certify that the shingle delivered by J. J. Ragland to J. Coolidge Hills on December 8th, 1888, is from the roof of the house at Appomattox CH Virginia in which General Robert E. Lee on the 9th of April 1865 signed the Articles of Surrender and delivered the same to General U. S. Grant, and that it formed a portion of the said house at the time of the surrender." In very good to fine condition. In 1888, the McLean House was owned by the Ragland family.
