Box 130
Container
Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:
Varina Howell Davis Letters, 1851
File — Box: 130, Folder: 4
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:
1851
V. Davis to Father. Hurricane Plantation., 1851 February 20
Item — Box: 130, Folder: 4
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:
1851 February 20
V. Davis to Mother. Brierfield., 1851 July 22
Item — Box: 130, Folder: 4
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:
1851 July 22
(Varina) to Parents. Brierfield., 1851 October 28
Item — Box: 130, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Refers to Southern Rights and mentions her gardens, servants, etc.
Dates:
1851 October 28
V. D. to Mother. Brierfield., approximately April 1848
Item — Box: 130, Folder: 4
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:
approximately April 1848