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