Box 133
Container
Contains 7 Collections and/or Records:
Jefferson Davis, Jr. (son of Jefferson Davis) Letters
File — Box: 133, Folder: 2
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
Jefferson Davis to Father., approximately 1866 May
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 2
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:
approximately 1866 May
Jeff to Mother. Waterloo., 1869 November 6
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 2
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:
1869 November 6
Jefferson Davis, Jr. to Mother. Lexington, Va., 1873 June 19
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Writes of his anxiety over his mother’s illness and asks many questions about happenings at home.
Dates:
1873 June 19
Jeff to Father. V.M.I., 1874 November 2
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 2
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 November 2
Jefferson Davis, Jr. to Mother. Memphis Tennessee., 1876 December 1
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Writes of his distress over his mother’s illness, thanks her for the gifts she sent to him by his father and his sorrow that the family is so scattered.
Dates:
1876 December 1
Jefferson Davis, Jr. to (Dearest Mother). Beauvoir., 1877 May 7
Item — Box: 133, Folder: 2
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:
1877 May 7