Box 130

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.

Scope and Contents Writes of her illness and birth of son (Jeff Jr.).

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.

Scope and Contents Writes of her state of health of her family and events in Washington.

Scope and Contents Mentions having been ill.

Scope and Contents Writes that she has bought a piece of property on the coast, and mentions how she and the children have enjoyed their stay at the gulf.

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.

Scope and Contents Mentions Jefferson Davis’s being away and also how she longs to have a home of her own so that her parents can be with her often.

Scope and Contents Says that Jeff has returned. Urges parents to come over to hear a speech that Davis will make.

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.

Scope and Contents An apology for having waited so long to write and also mentions health of family and hopes of seeing her parents soon.

Scope and Contents Expresses her desire to take little Jeff Howell with them to Washington to educate him.

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.

Scope and Contents Writes that Maggie is very ill and urges her parents to come to the shore with her for a time.

Scope and Contents Letter partly relates to family, but most of it pertains to social gatherings in Washington which she has attended.