Davis, Varina
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1826 - 1889
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0404
Abstract
This is a collection of mostly personal correspondence of Jefferson Davis and his family members, in both the United States and Europe. This collection also includes three folders of photographs and other visual materials.
Dates:
1823-1917
Newspaper articles on Confederate artifacts, 1940-1978
File — Box WSC002: [Barcode: 1006241709], Folder: W0150.09
Scope and Contents
Of these two articles from Birmingham, Alabama, newspapers, one describes Confederate First Lady Varina Davis's jewelry that is on display at the White House of the Confederacy in Montgomery, Alabama; several of the pieces are photographed. The other is a letter to the editor debunking the romantic story of General Robert E. Lee's surrendering his sword to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomatox, Virginia. The writer ends with a quote from General Grant, written years later, that states "The...
Dates:
1940-1978
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- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Government, Law and Politics 1
- Governors -- Alabama 1
- International relations 1
- Jewelry 1
- Medicine 1
- Mississippi 1
- Plantations -- Alabama 1
- Politics and government 1
- Presidents -- Confederate States of America -- Correspondence 1
- Swords -- Confederate States of America 1
- United States -- History -- 1783-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Press coverage 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and Prisons 1
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861 1
- War and Military 1
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