Box 127
Container
Contains 11 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1875 June
File — Box: 127, 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:
1875 June
Your Husband to My dear Wife. Vicksburg., 1875 June 5
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Writes mostly about business matters concerning Brierfield.
Dates:
1875 June 5
Your Husband to My dear Wife. Vicksburg., 1875 June 9
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Legal business concerning Brierfield.
Dates:
1875 June 9
Your Husband to dear Wife. Vicksburg., approximately 1875 June 9
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Legal business over Brierfield continues and Mr. Davis plans for trip to New Orleans.
Dates:
approximately 1875 June 9
Your Husband to My dear Wife. Vicksburg., 1875 June 12
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Legal battle continues over Brierfield.
Dates:
1875 June 12
Richard Coke to My dear Sir (Jefferson Davis). Austin, , 1875 June 14
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Letter from The Story of Texas A and M (1951).
Dates:
1875 June 14
Jefferson Davis to My Dear Sir (Richard Coke). Memphis, Tenn. , 1875 July 8
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Letter from The Story of Texas A and M (1951).
Dates:
1875 July 8
Your Husband to My dear Wife. , 1875 June 14
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Controversy over Brierfield continues and Mr. Davis Also mentions plans for a short trip to New Orleans.
Dates:
1875 June 14
Your father to My dear Daughter. New Orleans, La., 1875 June 20
Item — Box: 127, 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:
1875 June 20
Your Husband to My dear Wife. New Orleans, La., 1875 June 24
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Speaks mostly of business negotiations and his hopes of seeing her the first part of July.
Dates:
1875 June 24
Your Husband to My dear Wife. New Orleans, La., 1875 June 25
Item — Box: 127, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Writes that the notice for taking depositions of the negroes and hearing of the case has been postponed.
Dates:
1875 June 25