Box 126
Container
Contains 176 Collections and/or Records:
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
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1860 - 1862
File — Box: 126, Folder: 6
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:
1860 - 1862
Franklin Pierce to Jefferson Davis, New York. , 1860 January 6
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Original owned by Library of Congress.
Dates:
1860 January 6
Thomas J. Coe to Col. Davis, Brierfield., 1860 January 27
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 6
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:
1860 January 27
John H. Cook to Jefferson Davis, Pendleton, Ohio., 1860 February 24
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 6
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:
1860 February 24
H.B. Tyler to Jefferson Davis, Washington D.C., 1860 August 4
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Letter stating that Becket K. Howell (brother in-law of Davis’s) has been appointed a second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps.
Dates:
1860 August 4
Jefferson Davis to Professor A.T. Bledsoe. Montgomery, Ala. , 1861 May 18
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 6
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:
1861 May 18
Journal and letters of Mary Elizabeth Mitchell (“Lise”), written by Jefferson Davis., 1861 - 1866
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 6
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:
1861 - 1866
“The Inauguration” of and speech by Jefferson Davis. , 1861 February 16
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 6
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:
1861 February 16
Jefferson Davis to unnamed general about Howitzers, 1861 august 13
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 6
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:
1861 august 13
N.E. Barnes to President Davis, Brierfield., 1862 April 13
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 6
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:
1862 April 13
Jefferson Davis to Dearest Wife (Varina), Richmond., 1862 June 12
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Note saying that he had sent for doctor for their baby and that he should arrive in Raleigh shortly.
Dates:
1862 June 12
Yr B (Joeseph Davis to Jefferson Davis) O.B. Coxes, 1862 August 23
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Report of conditions on Davis’s plantation.
Dates:
1862 August 23
John Gill Shorter, Governor of Alabama, to Jefferson Davis, Montgomery, Ala. , 1862 October 22
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Letter of John Gill Shorter, Governor of Alabama, to Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, on the subject of the Confederate land force in the Gulf District.
Dates:
1862 October 22
Jefferson Davis to My dear Wife, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1862 December 15
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 6
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:
1862 December 15
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1863 - 1864
File — Box: 126, Folder: 7
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:
1863 - 1864
J.E. Johnston to Jefferson Davis, Jackson, Miss., 1863 January 3
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 7
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:
1863 January 3
Telegram from S. Jackson and answer from Jefferson Davis, Richmond., 1863 January 17
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 7
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:
1863 January 17
Jefferson Davis to My dear Ma (Mrs. Margaret Howell), Richmond, Va., 1863 March 19
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 7
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:
1863 March 19
Herschel V. Johnson to “My dear Sir,” Sandy Grove, Near Barton Ga., 1863 August 6
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 7
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:
1863 August 6
Mary Stamps to “My beloved Uncle,” Fincastle., 1863 August 16
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 7
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:
1863 August 16
Jefferson Davis to Col. L.B. Northrop, Richmond., 1864 January 4
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 7
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:
1864 January 4
C.S. Morehead to Jefferson Davis, Havana., 1864 April 27
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 7
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:
1864 April 27
Jefferson Davis to Robert Jemison, Richmond., 1864 May 4
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 7
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:
1864 May 4
Burton N. Harrison to Mr. Davis. , 1864 May 21
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 7
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:
1864 May 21
Lt. Gen. L. Polk to President Davis, Demopolis, Alabama., 1864 May 7
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 7
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:
1864 May 7
Jefferson Davis to Lt. Gen. L. Polk, Richmond, Virginia., 1864 May 8
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 7
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:
1864 May 8
Jefferson Davis’s memorandum on prisoners, C.C. Clay and J. Thompson., 1864
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 7
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:
1864
Proclamation appoint a day for public worship by Jefferson Davis., 1864 November 1
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 7
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:
1864 November 1
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1865
File — Box: 126, Folder: 8
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:
1865
Jefferson Davis to My dear Hugh (Hugh Robert Davis). Richmond, Virginia. , 1865 January 8
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 8
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:
1865 January 8
Jefferson Davis to Gen. Josiah Gorgas. , 1865 March 29
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 8
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:
1865 March 29
Jefferson Davis to Varina, Danville, Va. , 1865 April 5
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 8
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:
1865 April 5
Jefferson Davis to Varina, Danville, Va., 1865 April 6
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 8
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:
1865 April 6
Jefferson Davis to Gen. Robert E. Lee, Danville, Va., 1865 April 9
File — Box: 126, Folder: 8
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:
1865 April 9
Banny to Winnie, Greensboro, N.C. , 1865 April 14
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 8
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:
1865 April 14
Jefferson Davis to dear Winnie, Charlotte, N.C. , 1865 April 23
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 8
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:
1865 April 23
J. H. Wilson, Letter announcing capture of Davis with newspaper clipping on back. Macon, Ga., 1865 May 13
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 8
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:
1865 May 13
Jefferson Davis to Dear Sir, Fortress Monroe, Va. , 1865 June 30
Item — Box: 126, Folder: 8
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:
1865 June 30