Box 129
Container
Contains 12 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis Letters, 1883
File — Box: 129, Folder: 1
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:
1883
Husband to Wife. New Orleans., 1883 February 24
Item — Box: 129, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Asks that Gen. Fitz., Lee and Dr. J. Wm. Jones be met at the station. Encloses a letter from Dr. Jones.
Dates:
1883 February 24
Husband to Wife. New Orleans., 1883 March 14
Item — Box: 129, Folder: 1
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:
1883 March 14
Husband to Wife. New Orleans., 1883 March 28
Item — Box: 129, Folder: 1
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:
1883 March 28
Jefferson Davis to (William S. Farish). Beauvoir., 1883 May 19
Item — Box: 129, Folder: 1
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:
1883 May 19
Jefferson Davis to Mollie (Mary Stamps). Beauvoir, Harrison Co., 1883 May 30
Item — Box: 129, Folder: 1
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:
1883 May 30
Jefferson Davis to (Gen. George Washington Custis Lee). Beauvoir, Miss., 1883 June 18
Item — Box: 129, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
An explanation as to why he could not deliver the address at the inauguration of the Lee statue.
Dates:
1883 June 18
Jefferson Davis to (W.D. Northered). Beauvoir, Miss., 1883 September 10
Item — Box: 129, Folder: 1
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:
1883 September 10
Jefferson Davis to (Gen. George Washington Custis Lee). Beauvoir, Miss., 1883 October 22
Item — Box: 129, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
An answer as to why Lee was not assigned to command in W. Virginia during 1863-64.
Dates:
1883 October 22
Jefferson Davis to Friend (B.M. Blackburn). Beauvoir, Miss., 1883 October 22
Item — Box: 129, Folder: 1
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:
1883 October 22
Husband to Wife. New Orleans, LA., 1883 October 31
Item — Box: 129, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Pertains mostly to business.
Dates:
1883 October 31
Husband to Wife. Beauvoir., 1883 Monday Night
Item — Box: 129, Folder: 1
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:
1883 Monday Night