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Box 129

 Container

Contains 10 Collections and/or Records:

Jefferson Davis Letters, 1889

 File — Box: 129, 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: 1889

J. Wilson MacDonald to My dear Sir. New York, New York., 1888 February 3

 Item — Box: 129, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents Enclosed a letter which he had placed in safe keeping over twenty six years earlier from a Mr. O’Conor. The letter gave evidence of Mr. O’Conor’s unalterable friendship for Jefferson Davis.
Dates: 1888 February 3

Jefferson Davis to Jeff (Addison Jefferson Hayes). Beauvoir., 1889 April 26

 Item — Box: 129, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents An affectionate letter written to his grandson telling him how much he missed him and the other grandchildren.
Dates: 1889 April 26

Jefferson Davis to Varina D. Hayes. Beauvoir., 1889 June 18

 Item — Box: 129, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents A letter thanking her for a birthday letter and presents.
Dates: 1889 June 18

Jefferson Davis to Joseph Milliamson. Beauvoir, Mississippi., 1889 July 3

 Item — Box: 129, 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: 1889 July 3

Jefferson Davis to Addison J. Hayes. Beauvoir., 1889 September 12

 Item — Box: 129, 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: 1889 September 12

Jefferson Davis to Friend (Mr. Mann). Beauvoir., 1889 October 22

 Item — Box: 129, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents Writes that Varina (Winnie) will be in Paris shortly and hopes to see him. Note on envelope: Mr. Mann was dead before I could deliver the letter. And he had gone before mine could get to him, he died while I was writing to him.
Dates: 1889 October 22

Jefferson Davis to (Varina Howell Davis). Brierfield, Mississippi., 1889 November 12

 Item — Box: 129, 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: 1889 November 12

Jefferson Davis to Dearest Betty. Beauvoir House., 1889

 Item — Box: 129, 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: 1889

Note on paper “For we were born freemen and will not die slaves.”, undated

 Item — Box: 129, 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: undated