Box 126
Container
Contains 8 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1869
File — Box: 126, Folder: 10
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains correspondence, both outgoing and incoming. Most of the materials are of a personal nature between Davis and his wife, children, or other family members. It includes letters from Mary Custis Lee and Braxton Bragg, as well as letters from Davis to General Robert E. Lee, General Josiah Gorgas, and prominent Tuscaloosa businessman, Robert Jemison. In addition to his correspondence, there are a few of Davis’s writings such as his inauguration speech and the first draft of...
Dates:
1869
Jefferson Davis to Varina, Paris., 1869 January 27
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Writes of his loneliness in her absence and his hopes of going to Swizterland even though he cannot apply for passport to U.S. Minister.
Dates:
1869 January 27
Jefferson Davis to Varina, Paris., 1869 February 9
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 10
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains correspondence, both outgoing and incoming. Most of the materials are of a personal nature between Davis and his wife, children, or other family members. It includes letters from Mary Custis Lee and Braxton Bragg, as well as letters from Davis to General Robert E. Lee, General Josiah Gorgas, and prominent Tuscaloosa businessman, Robert Jemison. In addition to his correspondence, there are a few of Davis’s writings such as his inauguration speech and the first draft of...
Dates:
1869 February 9
Jefferson Davis to Dear Friend (A.D. Mann), London., 1869 April 19
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Writes that Maggie is to leave that afternoon and would hand him the letter on her arrival in Paris. Mentions his sad memories and the forbidding clouds of the future. Also says that he is enclosing photographs (2) staken in the clothes that he wore when he was captured.
Dates:
1869 April 19
Jefferson Davis to My dear Pollie., 1869 May 10
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
News of the family and delay in plans for his departure to Mississippi.
Dates:
1869 May 10
Jefferson Davis, Jr., to My dearest Mother (Varina Davis)., 1869 May 15
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Note from Jefferson Jr., saying that he was looking forward to seeing his father and mother soon.
Dates:
1869 May 15
Napoleon III to Jefferson Davis, Paris., 1869 July 17
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 10
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains correspondence, both outgoing and incoming. Most of the materials are of a personal nature between Davis and his wife, children, or other family members. It includes letters from Mary Custis Lee and Braxton Bragg, as well as letters from Davis to General Robert E. Lee, General Josiah Gorgas, and prominent Tuscaloosa businessman, Robert Jemison. In addition to his correspondence, there are a few of Davis’s writings such as his inauguration speech and the first draft of...
Dates:
1869 July 17
Jefferson Davis to Varina, Ettrickbank Selkirk., 1869 July 30
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Tells of trip en route to Glasgow
Dates:
1869 July 30