Box 133
Container
Contains 11 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis Howell (brother of Varina Davis) Letters
File — Box: 133, Folder: 11
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence of various family members of both the Davis and Howell Families. There is correspondence from non-family members as well as a notice of sale of Beauvoir house in Mississippi, newspaper clippings, and a Davis Family tree.
Dates:
1823-1917
Jeff Davis Howell to Father. Wash., 1854 October 3
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 11
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence of various family members of both the Davis and Howell Families. There is correspondence from non-family members as well as a notice of sale of Beauvoir house in Mississippi, newspaper clippings, and a Davis Family tree.
Dates:
1854 October 3
Jeff D. Howell to Sister. Montreal, C.E., 1868 May 14
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 11
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence of various family members of both the Davis and Howell Families. There is correspondence from non-family members as well as a notice of sale of Beauvoir house in Mississippi, newspaper clippings, and a Davis Family tree.
Dates:
1868 May 14
Jeff D. Howell to Bro. Jeff. Montreal., 1868 May 16
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 11
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence of various family members of both the Davis and Howell Families. There is correspondence from non-family members as well as a notice of sale of Beauvoir house in Mississippi, newspaper clippings, and a Davis Family tree.
Dates:
1868 May 16
Jeff D. Howell to Brother (Jeff). Porto Portugal., 1868 June 28
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 11
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence of various family members of both the Davis and Howell Families. There is correspondence from non-family members as well as a notice of sale of Beauvoir house in Mississippi, newspaper clippings, and a Davis Family tree.
Dates:
1868 June 28
Jeffie D. to unknown One incomplete letter., approximately 1868
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Letter apparently written to Varina Davis from her brother after learning of their mother’s death.
Dates:
approximately 1868
Little Bud to Sister. Pacific Mail, S.S. Constitution, Panama-New Grenada., 1870 June 7
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 11
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence of various family members of both the Davis and Howell Families. There is correspondence from non-family members as well as a notice of sale of Beauvoir house in Mississippi, newspaper clippings, and a Davis Family tree.
Dates:
1870 June 7
Jeff D. Howell to Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Pelican. At Sea., 1873 April 23
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 11
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence of various family members of both the Davis and Howell Families. There is correspondence from non-family members as well as a notice of sale of Beauvoir house in Mississippi, newspaper clippings, and a Davis Family tree.
Dates:
1873 April 23
(J.D. Howell) to Sis. S.S Pelican—At sea. One incomplete letter., approximately 1872 May 17
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
His reminiscences and description of the hard life at sea.
Dates:
approximately 1872 May 17
Jeffy D. Howell to Sis. Occidental Hotel, San Francisco., 1874 September 28
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 11
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence of various family members of both the Davis and Howell Families. There is correspondence from non-family members as well as a notice of sale of Beauvoir house in Mississippi, newspaper clippings, and a Davis Family tree.
Dates:
1874 September 28
Jeff D. Howell to Bro. Jeff. Montreal., May 16
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Says that he will be unable to come up and see him before he returned to New York. Mentions also that he has been ill and that he expects to return to Brazil on his next voyage.
Dates:
May 16