Box 126
Container
Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1846 - 1847
File — Box: 126, Folder: 3
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:
1846 - 1847
Jefferson Davis to (no salutation) , 1852
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 3
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:
1852
Davis’ Memorandum of the Battle of Monterey, 1846
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Original owned by Chicago Historical Society.
Dates:
1846
General John E. Wool report., undated
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 3
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:
undated
Jefferson Davis to dear Wife. Mouth of the Rio Grande, 1847 May 27
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Note telling of his arrival at mouth of Rio Grande and condition of his health.
Dates:
1847 May 27