Box 128
Container
Contains 6 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1880
File — Box: 128, 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:
1880
Elizabeth T. Eggleston to Mr. Jefferson Davis. Vicksburg, Miss., 1880 January 11
Item — Box: 128, 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:
1880 January 11
(Jefferson Davis) to My own sweet little Nan. Beauvoir, Miss., 1880 February 29
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Business letter concerning a court decision.
Dates:
1880 February 29
Your Husband to My dear Wife. New Orleans., 1880 March 10
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Tells of happenings at home.
Dates:
1880 March 10
(Jefferson Davis) to My darling little girl. Beauvoir, Harrison Co., Miss., June 9, 1880
Item — Box: 128, 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:
June 9, 1880
Alvan I. Ryan to My dear & honored President. Mobile, Ala., 1880 November 5
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Offers and copy.
Dates:
1880 November 5