Box 127
Container
Contains 9 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1875 February-May
File — Box: 127, 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:
1875 February-May
Jefferson Davis to my dear Sir (Jerome S. Ridley). Memphis., 1875 February 3
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Letter giving information concerning history of Jefferson Davis’s family.
Dates:
1875 February 3
Your Husband to dear Wife. Kellog Mines., 1875 February 22
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Writes of his trip and plans while on mining expedition.
Dates:
1875 February 22
Your Husband to My dear Wife. , approximately 1875 February 27
Item — Box: 127, 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:
approximately 1875 February 27
Your Husband to dear Wife. Jackson., 1875 May 6
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Writes of his very unpleasant business dealings with relatives over ownership of Brierfield.
Dates:
1875 May 6
Your Husband to dear Wife. Houston, Texas., 1875 May 15
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Tells of his plans to go to Austin and Dallas after having been strongly urged to do so.
Dates:
1875 May 15
Braxton Bragg to My dear Sir (Jefferson Davis). Galveston., 1875 May 18
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Writes that until that day he had hoped to join him in the visit to Dallas, but due to the pressure of business he will be unable to come.
Dates:
1875 May 18
Western Union Telegram from W.B. Pittman. Jackson, Miss. , 1875 May 20
Item — Box: 127, 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:
1875 May 20
Your Husband to My dear Wife. Vicksburg, Miss., 1875 May 31
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
States that business dealings drag on very slowly.
Dates:
1875 May 31