Box 128
Container
Contains 138 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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 Addison (Hayes). Beauvoir, Harrison Co., Miss., 1882 February 27
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Business concerning the plantation.
Dates:
1882 February 27
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
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1882 September-October
File — Box: 128, Folder: 10
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 September-October
Jefferson Davis to Dear Addison (Hayes). Beauvoir, Harrison Co., Miss., 1882 September 4
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Writes of his ideas of having some levees built in order to control the water at flood stage at the plantation.
Dates:
1882 September 4
Husband to Wife. New Orleans., 1882 September 12
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
An appeal for an answer to his letter sent two months earlier.
Dates:
1882 September 12
W.N. Pendleton to friend (Jefferson Davis). Lexington, Va., 1882 September 13
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Pertains to business matters.
Dates:
1882 September 13
Your Father to Pollie. Beauvoir, Harrison Co., Miss., 1882 October 12
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Writes of his loneliness after her departure.
Dates:
1882 October 12
Jefferson Davis to Sir (General A.C. Dodge) Beauvoir., 1882 October 26
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 10
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 October 26
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1882 November-December
File — Box: 128, Folder: 11
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 November-December
Husband to Wife. New Orleans., 1882 November 13
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 11
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 November 13
Jefferson Davis to daughter. Beauvoir, Miss., 1882 December 19
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Christmas greetings.
Dates:
1882 December 19
Jefferson Davis to Addison (Hayes). Beauvoir, Miss., 1882 December 31
Item — Box: 128, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Pertains to business concerning the plantations.
Dates:
1882 December 31