Box 128
Container
Contains 14 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1881
File — Box: 128, 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:
1881
An agreement between Mrs. M.E. Hamer and Joseph D. Mitchell parties of the first part and Jefferson Davis for Himself concerning the mortgage upon Brierfield and Hurricane plantations., 1881 January 18
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
An agreement between Mrs. M. E. Hamer and Joseph D. Mitchell parties of the first part and Jefferson Davis for himself and his children of the second part witnesseth. That Joseph E. Davis deceased hold a mortgage upon Brierfield and Hurricane Plantations.
Dates:
1881 January 18
Christina Rossetti to Jefferson Davis. London., 1881 February 12
Item — Box: 128, 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:
1881 February 12
Your Husband to My dear Wife. Montreal., 1881 May 27
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Writes of business concerning book and of seeing numerous friends and acquaintances.
Dates:
1881 May 27
Your Husband to My dear Wife. Montreal., 1881 May 29
Item — Box: 128, 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:
1881 May 29
Your Husband to My dear Wife. Montreal., 1881 June 4
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Note to the effect that he has completed his work in Montreal and is returning home.
Dates:
1881 June 4
Jefferson Davis to B.M. Blackburn. Beauvoir, Harrison Co., Miss., 1881 July 4
Item — Box: 128, 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:
1881 July 4
Jefferson Davis to My dear Sir (B.M. Blackburn). Beauvoir, Harrison Co., Miss., 1881 August 14
Item — Box: 128, 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:
1881 August 14
Your Husband to My dear Wife. Chantilly, France., 1881 September 13
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Note saying that he had arrived safely in Chantilly.
Dates:
1881 September 13
Husband to My dear Wife., 1881 September 16
Item — Box: 128, 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:
1881 September 16
Your Husband to My dear, dear Wife. Chantilly, France., 1881 September 22
Item — Box: 128, 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:
1881 September 22
Your Husband to My dear Wife. Chantilly, France., 1881 November 4
Item — Box: 128, 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:
1881 November 4
Jefferson Davis to My dear Wife. , approximately 1881
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
A note telling of his plans to go to her.
Dates:
approximately 1881
Your Husband to My dear Wife., approximately 1881
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Writes mostly of his health.
Dates:
approximately 1881