Box 128
Container
Contains 8 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1879
File — Box: 128, 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:
1879
Jefferson Davis to L.B. Northrup., 1879 January 11
Item — Box: 128, 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:
1879 January 11
Your Husband to Dear Wife. (Beauvoir)., 1879 February 9
Item — Box: 128, 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:
1879 February 9
Sarah Anne Dorsey to Hon. Jefferson Davis. St. Charles Hotel., 1879 March 28
Item — Box: 128, 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:
1879 March 28
Ban (Jeff. Davis) to My dear Wife. Beauvoir., 1879 April 7
Item — Box: 128, 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:
1879 April 7
Rasalie Friedlander to Dear Sir (Jefferson Davis), 1879
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
(Plus a record of Winnie Davis’ expenses for journey during the summer vacation of 1879)
Dates:
1879
Jefferson Davis to My dear Mary. Beauvoir., 1879 August 4
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
A letter defending himself against criticism in certain newspapers.
Dates:
1879 August 4
Your Husband to My dear Wife. New Orleans., 1879 December 18
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Mentions his purchases and also mentions domr legal proceedings.
Dates:
1879 December 18