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Box 131

 Container

Contains 15 Collections and/or Records:

Varina Howell Davis Letters , 1869

 File — Box: 131, 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: 1869

W. F. Brand to Mrs. Davis. Emmorton, Md., 1869 January 14

 Item — Box: 131, 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: 1869 January 14

Varina Davis to Lize. No. 18 Upper Gloucester Place, Dorset Square., 1869 April 20

 Item — Box: 131, 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: 1869 April 20

J. Greenwood to Mrs. Davis. 70 Lowndes Square., approximately 1869 June 23

 Item — Box: 131, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Expresses concern over her illness and his hopes of seeing her.
Dates: approximately 1869 June 23

Lord Henry Percy to Mrs. Jefferson Davis., 1869 July 10

 Item — Box: 131, 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: 1869 July 10

(Varina) to beloved. 18 Upper Gloucester Place., 1869 September 27

 Item — Box: 131, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Writes of her sadness and of the children’s in his absence.
Dates: 1869 September 27

(Varina) to Husband., 1869 October 2

 Item — Box: 131, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Writes of the necessity of getting a governess for Maggie because of a back ailment which will prevent her attending a convent.
Dates: 1869 October 2

Varina Davis to Husband., 1869 October 16

 Item — Box: 131, 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: 1869 October 16

V. Davis to Husband. 18 Upper Gloucester Place. season., 1869 December 3

 Item — Box: 131, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Tells him of her illness and the children’s and her loneliness for him especially at the Christmas season.
Dates: 1869 December 3

George Moffatt to Mrs. Jefferson Davis. London., 1869 December 18

 Item — Box: 131, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Expresses his admiration for Jefferson Davis.
Dates: 1869 December 18

Wife to Husband. 18 Upper Gloster Place. , 1869 December 20

 Item — Box: 131, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Tells him of her plans for Christmas and asking that he make the decisions for their future.
Dates: 1869 December 20

Charles and Ellen McKay to Mrs. Davis. Boxhill Surrey., 1869 December 21

 Item — Box: 131, 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: 1869 December 21

(Varina) to Husband., 1869 December 28

 Item — Box: 131, 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: 1869 December 28

Mary Ahern to Davis. (Liverpool)., approximately 1869

 Item — Box: 131, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Writes mostly of the children’s health. Also mentions some domestic problems.
Dates: approximately 1869

Evelyn DeWinton to Mrs. Davis. 3 St. Thomas' Terrace, Charlton Woolwith., approximately 1869 Friday

 Item — Box: 131, 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 1869 Friday