Box 130
Container
Contains 10 Collections and/or Records:
Varina Howell Davis Letters, 1836 - 1846
File — Box: 130, Folder: 1
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains correspondence, both outgoing and incoming. The majority of the correspondence is of a personal nature between Mrs. Davis and her husband, children and other family members. Though the bulk of this series is family correspondence it also includes a letters from Mary Custis Lee, Judah P. Benjamin, Lord Henry Percy, and a short note from Oscar Wilde.
Dates:
1836 - 1846
Varina Banks Howell to Mother. Philadelphia., 1836 April 17
Item — Box: 130, Folder: 1
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains correspondence, both outgoing and incoming. The majority of the correspondence is of a personal nature between Mrs. Davis and her husband, children and other family members. Though the bulk of this series is family correspondence it also includes a letters from Mary Custis Lee, Judah P. Benjamin, Lord Henry Percy, and a short note from Oscar Wilde.
Dates:
1836 April 17
Varina to Father. Brierfield., 1845 April 11
Item — Box: 130, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Writes him of her anxiety in hearing of his accident.
Dates:
1845 April 11
Varina to Mother., 1845
Item — Box: 130, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Mentions her worry over her father’s accident, and says that she will come if necessary.
Dates:
1845
Varina to Mother. Brierfield., 1845 July
Item — Box: 130, Folder: 1
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains correspondence, both outgoing and incoming. The majority of the correspondence is of a personal nature between Mrs. Davis and her husband, children and other family members. Though the bulk of this series is family correspondence it also includes a letters from Mary Custis Lee, Judah P. Benjamin, Lord Henry Percy, and a short note from Oscar Wilde.
Dates:
1845 July
V. B. H. Davis to Mother. Brierfield., 1845 September 5
Item — Box: 130, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Domestic problems encountered during the 1845’s.
Dates:
1845 September 5
(Varina) to Mother. Brierfield., 1845 November 21
Item — Box: 130, Folder: 1
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains correspondence, both outgoing and incoming. The majority of the correspondence is of a personal nature between Mrs. Davis and her husband, children and other family members. Though the bulk of this series is family correspondence it also includes a letters from Mary Custis Lee, Judah P. Benjamin, Lord Henry Percy, and a short note from Oscar Wilde.
Dates:
1845 November 21
(Varina) to Mother. Washington, D. C., 1846 January 30
Item — Box: 130, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Writes about dining at president Polk’s – the hectic social life in the capital city.
Dates:
1846 January 30
Varina B. H. Davis to Mother. Washington, District 6., 1846 April 3
Item — Box: 130, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Mentions the social gatherings in the capital city.
Dates:
1846 April 3
Varina Davis to Mother. (Washington)., 1846 June 6
Item — Box: 130, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Writes of her great fear over her husband volunteering with a regiment.
Dates:
1846 June 6