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Box 128

 Container

Contains 13 Collections and/or Records:

Jefferson Davis Letters, 1882 January-August

 File — Box: 128, Folder: 9
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: 1882 January-August

Husband to My dear Wife. Beauvoir, Harrison Co., Miss., 1882 January 23

 Item — Box: 128, Folder: 9
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: 1882 January 23

Your Husband to My dear Wife. New Orleans., 1882 January 30

 Item — Box: 128, Folder: 9
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: 1882 January 30

Jefferson Davis to Dear Addison (Hayes). New Orleans., 1882 February 23

 Item — Box: 128, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents Apprehension for the fate of Brierfield because of high water and insufficient levees.
Dates: 1882 February 23

Jefferson Davis to My dear Mr. Blackburn. Beauvoir, Harrison Co., Miss., 1882 February 28

 Item — Box: 128, Folder: 9
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: 1882 February 28

Jefferson Davis to Dear Addison (Hayes). Beauvoir, Harrison Co., Miss., 1882 March 4

 Item — Box: 128, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents Mostly concerns business pertaining to the plantation.
Dates: 1882 March 4

Jefferson Davis to Dear Addison (Hayes). Vicksburg., 1882 April 20

 Item — Box: 128, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents Writes of business concerning note and plans to go to Brierfield.
Dates: 1882 April 20

W.N. Pendleton to My dear and honored Friend (Jefferson). Lexington, Va., 1882 July 14

 Item — Box: 128, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents A letter thanking Jefferson Davis for his promise to deliver the Lee Memorial address at the inauguration of Gen. Lee’s mausoleum.
Dates: 1882 July 14

Your Husband to Dear Wife. At Home., 1882 July 14

 Item — Box: 128, Folder: 9
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: 1882 July 14

Devoted Husband to My dear Wife. Beauvoir, Harrison Co., Miss., 1882 July 22

 Item — Box: 128, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents Writes of his anxiety over Pollie and mentions plantation affairs.
Dates: 1882 July 22

Jefferson Davis to Dear Addison (Hayes). Beauvoir, Harrison Co., Miss., 1882 July 28

 Item — Box: 128, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents Says that he is intensely solicitous about Maggie. That he is as well as usual.
Dates: 1882 July 28

Jefferson Davis to My darling La Pollie. Beauvoir, Harrison Co., Miss., 1882 August 7

 Item — Box: 128, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents Expresses his happiness in hearing that her health is much improved and that she and the children are coming to Beauvoir for a visit.
Dates: 1882 August 7