Box 126
Container
Contains 18 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1857 - 1859
File — Box: 126, Folder: 5
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:
1857 - 1859
Correspondence of The Daily Delta. Letter from Washington, 1857 January 3
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
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:
1857 January 3
Jefferson Davis to W.B. Howell, Brierfield, 1857 May 12
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Note announcing their arrival at Brierfield.
Dates:
1857 May 12
Lucinda to My dear Brother (Jefferson), Rosemont, 1857 May 29
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Personal
Dates:
1857 May 29
Jefferson Davis to Gentlemen (Committee of INV) Brierfield, 1857 June 5
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Acceptance of an invitation by the citizens of Leake and the adjoining counties to attend a barbecue on July 4.
Dates:
1857 June 5
Jefferson Davis to My dear Wife, Brierfield, 1857 August 23
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Personal.
Dates:
1857 August 23
Alex M. Clayton to My dear Sir, Wood Cote, Miss., 1857 October 11
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Writes of financial and politicial affairs in Mississippi.
Dates:
1857 October 11
Jefferson Davis to N. R. Stinson, Washington, D.C. , 1857 December 14
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
A letter objecting to allegations against him which have recently been published in his paper. A letter concerning a letter written 11/27/57.
Dates:
1857 December 14
Jefferson Davis to N. R. Stinson, Washington, D.C. , 1857 December 14
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
A note objecting to articles being published in papers which were hostile to him.
Dates:
1857 December 14
Warner Lewis to Jefferson Davis, Dubuque, 1858 May 9
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Expresses his thanks and gratitude for Davis' letter to the president urging him to reappoint him to the office of Surgeon General of the state of Wisconsin and Iowa.
Dates:
1858 May 9
Beverly Mathews to Jefferson Davis, Columbus, Miss. , 1858 July 16
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
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:
1858 July 16
Thomas J. Coe to Col. Davis, Brierfield, 1859 January 31
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
A report on the plantation, (Brierfield).
Dates:
1859 January 31
Jefferson Davis to Dear Ma (Mrs. Margaret Howell), Brierfield, 1859 March 28
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
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:
1859 March 28
Jefferson Davis to Mr. W.B. Howell, Brierfield, 1859 April 18
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
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:
1859 April 18
Jefferson Davis to Mr. W.B. Howell, Brierfield, 1859 April 24
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
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:
1859 April 24
C.C. Clay, Jr., to My dear Genl., Huntsville, Ala. , 1859 May 23
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
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:
1859 May 23
A.D. Bache to Dear Mr. Davis, New York, 1858 September 2
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Writes of his plans of meeting and going to camp with Davis.
Dates:
1858 September 2
Jefferson Davis to My dear Sir. (Mr. W.B. Howell), Brierfield, 1859 November 24
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Concerns business and also mentions Varina and the children.
Dates:
1859 November 24