Box 127
Container
Contains 14 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1874
File — Box: 127, 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:
1874
Your husband to My dear Wife. New Orleans., 1874 January 5
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Writes that he has arrived in New Orleans. Mentions that he found a letter from her waiting for him. Shows concern for her health and says that his own is about the same as when he left her
Dates:
1874 January 5
(possibly Jefferson) to My dear Wife. New Orleans., 1874 January 8
Item — Box: 127, 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:
1874 January 8
Husband to My own dear Love (Varina). New Orleans, , 1874 January 16
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Worries over business matters and mentions small operation that will be necessary.
Dates:
1874 January 16
Husband to Beloved Wife (Varina). New Orleans. , 1874 January 18
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Assures her that his health is much better after small operation and expects to sail on the S. S. Alabama in a day or two.
Dates:
1874 January 18
(possibly Jefferson) to My own darling Wife (Varina). New Orleans., 1874 January 21
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Concerns business and his plans to sail on the Alabama for Liverpool.
Dates:
1874 January 21
Your Husband to Dear Wife (Varina). S.S. Alabama., 1874 January 26
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
His loneliness in leaving all that is near and dear to him.
Dates:
1874 January 26
Your Husband to Dear Wife. S.S. Alabama., 1874 February 15
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
States that they have entered the Irish Channel and his longing for family and home increase.
Dates:
1874 February 15
Your devoted Husband (possibly Jefferson Davis) to Dearest Winnie. (Carlsruche) Liverpool. , 1874 February 26
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Speaks with distress over financial matters and anxiety over lack of mail from home.
Dates:
1874 February 26
Jefferson Davis to My dear Wife. 47 Princess Square, Bayswater., 1874 March 15
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Disappointments over business matters and worries over Mrs. Davis’s health.
Dates:
1874 March 15
Your Husband to My dear Wife. 51 Rue de Luxembourg, Paris., 1874 March 23
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Writes of his plans, his state of health and also business matters.
Dates:
1874 March 23
Your Husband to My dear Wife. Paris., 1874 April 13
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Expresses his disappointment over business matters and anxiety for his family.
Dates:
1874 April 13
(possibly Jefferson) to My dear Wife. 47 Princess Square, Bayswater., 1874 April 26
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Refers to a conference with a company which was contemplating transactions with southern landowners by advances on real estate and the sale of land to emigrants.
Dates:
1874 April 26
Your Husband to dear Wife. Vicksburg, Miss. , 1874 October 23
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
The worries over the ownership of Brierfield and legal procedures.
Dates:
1874 October 23