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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