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Box 132

 Container

Contains 14 Collections and/or Records:

Varina Howell Davis Letters, 1899 - 1900

 File — Box: 132, Folder: 5
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: 1899 - 1900

Robert Henry Savage to Madam. Camp Columbia, Marinao, Cuba., 1899 February 4

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Writes of the discomforts and hardships and of his unhappiness while on duty in Cuba during the Spanish American War. Also mentions General Lee being on duty there.
Dates: 1899 February 4

Lady Nina Napier to Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Selkirk, Scotland., 1899 February 7

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 5
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: 1899 February 7

V.D. to Mrs. Beale. Beauvoir House., 1899 April 16

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 5
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: 1899 April 16

Wm. Preston Johnson to Mrs. Davis. New Orleans., 1899 April 18

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Mentions his disgust with the present administration and the events in Cuba and the Philippines.
Dates: 1899 April 18

(Varina) to Daughter. 157 State Street., 1899 June 21

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Concerns statue of Jefferson and the difficulties involved in the process of its being completed.
Dates: 1899 June 21

Jno. W. Daniel to Madam. Lynchburg, Virginia., 1899 July 18

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Writes Mrs. Davis that she has done him a very great honor in inviting him to write the epitaph of Jefferson Davis.
Dates: 1899 July 18

V. Jefferson Davis to Carrie. Montpelier, Vermont., 1899 July 31

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 5
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: 1899 July 31

John Dimity to Mrs. Davis. New Orleans., 1899 December 25

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Expresses profound reverence for Jefferson Davis and encloses a tribute to him.
Dates: 1899 December 25

Julia d. Grant to Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Washington., 1900 March 6, 1900.

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Note thanking Mrs. Davis for her kind attention to her and to her daughter. Also mentions that she hopes Mrs. Davis will soon be coming to Washington and that they will have the pleasure of seeing her.
Dates: 1900 March 6, 1900.

W.J. Green to Friend. Fayetteville, N.C., 1900 May 16

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Asks if she can make them the long promised visit. Would also like to know if she will attend the Louisville Reunion.
Dates: 1900 May 16

Isaiah T. Montgomery to Mrs. Varina. Mount Bayou, Miss., 1900 September 8.

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 5
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: 1900 September 8.

Varina Jefferson Davis to Cousin. New York City., 1900 October 16

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 5
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: 1900 October 16

V. Jefferson Davis to Carrie. The Girard., 1900 November 9

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents -to Carrie Phelan-information supplied by Rice University.
Dates: 1900 November 9