Box 134
Container
Contains 152 Collections and/or Records:
John H. Reagan to friend (Mrs. V. Davis). Palestine, Tex., 1899 March 21
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 16
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:
1899 March 21
John H. Reagan to friend (Mrs. V. Davis). Austin, Tex., 1901 March 25
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
States his disbelief in an article that had appeared in the Washington Post stating that Davis had authorized Prince Polenac to offer Napoleon III, all that portion of the Louisiana purchase claimed by the Confederacy in return for an army to help whip the Yankees.
Dates:
1901 March 25
John H. Reagan to Friend (Mrs. V. Davis). Austin, Tex., 1901 April 3
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
Writes that he is sending a copy of a paper which he had prepared for newspapers concerning the Hampton Roads Conference. States that he felt it was his duty to give the real fact to the public.
Dates:
1901 April 3
Newspaper article “The Hampton Roads Conference and Vice-President Stephens.” Austin, Tex., 1901 April 3
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 16
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:
1901 April 3
David Sheean Letters
File — Box: 134, Folder: 17
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
David Sheean to Mrs. M.A. Gelston. Galena, Ill., 1863 February 16
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 17
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:
1863 February 16
Issac Stamps (nephew of Jeff Davis) Letters
File — Box: 134, Folder: 18
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
(Isaac) to Mary. Fredericksburg., 1863 January 1
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 18
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:
1863 January 1
(Isaac) to Mary., 1863 January 18
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 18
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:
1863 January 18
(Isaac) to Mary. Fredericksburg., 1863 March 20
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 18
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:
1863 March 20
Isaac to Mary. Brookhaven., 1863 May 7
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 18
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:
1863 May 7
Taylor Family Letters
File — Box: 134, Folder: 19
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
Daughter Knox to Papa (Col. Z. Taylor). Prairie du Chien., 1832 June 5
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 19
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:
1832 June 5
Z. Taylor to Col. (Jeff Davis). Headqrs. Army of Occupation or Invasion. Matamoras, Mexico., 1864 August 3
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
Original owned by Library of Congress.
Dates:
1864 August 3
Richard H. Taylor to Sir (Maj. H.T. Stanton). Frankfort, Ky., 1879 August 20
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 19
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:
1879 August 20
(Fall Taylor) to (Trist Wood) Atlanta, Ga., 1893 June 10
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 19
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:
1893 June 10
(Mrs. Betty Taylor Dandridge) to (Minette Trist Wood) Winchester., 1904 August
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 19
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:
1904 August
Serens Taylor Letters
File — Box: 134, Folder: 20
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
Serens Taylor to Dr. William Tegarden., 1861 January 29
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 20
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:
1861 January 29
H. Warren Letters
File — Box: 134, Folder: 21
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
H. Warren to Madam (Mrs. Mary Stamps). Gettysburg., 1866 February 21
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 21
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:
1866 February 21
George Winchester Letters
File — Box: 134, Folder: 22
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
George Winchester to Howell. Elm., 1850 June 30
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
Pertains mostly to business, does mention that Mrs. Broadhead. Has a son of which she is very, very proud.
Dates:
1850 June 30
George Winchester to Madam., 1835
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
Date supplied by Rice University.
Dates:
1835
White House of the Confederacy Letters
File — Box: 134, Folder: 23
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
Miss Anne C. F. Edwards to Gentlemen (Pres. And Board of Trustees, White House Association…). Philadelphia, Pa., 1935 June 21
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
Enclosed are handwritten copies of 4 other letters.
Dates:
1935 June 21
Other Related Items
File — Box: 134, Folder: 24
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
Notice of sale of property (Beauvoir). Mississippi City Post-Office, Miss., 1873 April 26
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 24
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 26
Newspaper clipping “Relics of the Rebellion.”, 1878
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
“Peeps at the Wife and Children of the President of the Late Alleged Confederacy—The reduced Circumstances of the Family.”
Dates:
1878
Facsimile of a card signed by Jefferson Davis from the Schaffer Library, Union College in New York., 1883
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 24
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:
1883
Excerpt from letter or book about Andrew Bee. Detroit, Mich., 1889 December 8
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 24
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:
1889 December 8
Final award in law suit of D. Appleton and Co. against executors of the Jefferson Davis Estate., 1892 March 15
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 24
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:
1892 March 15
Phelan Beale to Miss La Follette. New York., 1940 February 9
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 24
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:
1940 February 9
Newspaper clipping “lest We Forget” from the Vicksburg Herald. Loot of war, the Custis Bible, property of General George Washington Custis Lee” transcript., undated
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 24
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:
undated
Davis family tree., undated
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 24
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:
undated
Jefferson Davis after the death of his wife, Sarah Knox Taylor. Approximate age: 27, approximately 1835
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists of photographs and visual materials of Jefferson Davis, his family members, and other people associated with the Davis family, including a young Robert E. Lee. Few of the photographs and visual materials are original.
Dates:
approximately 1835
Portrait of Jefferson Davis as a United States Senator during the Zachary Taylor Presidency, at the time of his second marriage.
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists of photographs and visual materials of Jefferson Davis, his family members, and other people associated with the Davis family, including a young Robert E. Lee. Few of the photographs and visual materials are original.
Dates:
1823-1917
Jefferson Davis as he became a member of congress. Age: 37, 1845
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists of photographs and visual materials of Jefferson Davis, his family members, and other people associated with the Davis family, including a young Robert E. Lee. Few of the photographs and visual materials are original.
Dates:
1845
Jefferson Davis in Uniform., 1861
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
Date supplied by Rice University.
Dates:
1861
Jefferson Davis just after he became a United States Senator. Age: 41 , 1849
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists of photographs and visual materials of Jefferson Davis, his family members, and other people associated with the Davis family, including a young Robert E. Lee. Few of the photographs and visual materials are original.
Dates:
1849
Jefferson Davis cameo portrait. Age: 43, 1851
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists of photographs and visual materials of Jefferson Davis, his family members, and other people associated with the Davis family, including a young Robert E. Lee. Few of the photographs and visual materials are original.
Dates:
1851
Jefferson Davis. (unidentified portrait)., undated
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists of photographs and visual materials of Jefferson Davis, his family members, and other people associated with the Davis family, including a young Robert E. Lee. Few of the photographs and visual materials are original.
Dates:
undated
Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War in Franklin Pierce’s cabinet. Age: 45-49, 1853-1857
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists of photographs and visual materials of Jefferson Davis, his family members, and other people associated with the Davis family, including a young Robert E. Lee. Few of the photographs and visual materials are original.
Dates:
1853-1857
Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War in the Franklin Pierce administration. Age: 45-49, 1853-1857
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists of photographs and visual materials of Jefferson Davis, his family members, and other people associated with the Davis family, including a young Robert E. Lee. Few of the photographs and visual materials are original.
Dates:
1853-1857
Jefferson Davis during his last term in the United States Senate. Age: 49, 1857
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists of photographs and visual materials of Jefferson Davis, his family members, and other people associated with the Davis family, including a young Robert E. Lee. Few of the photographs and visual materials are original.
Dates:
1857
Jefferson Davis at about the time of his inauguration as President of the Confederacy. Age: 53, 1861
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists of photographs and visual materials of Jefferson Davis, his family members, and other people associated with the Davis family, including a young Robert E. Lee. Few of the photographs and visual materials are original.
Dates:
1861
Inauguration of Hon. Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States, at Montgomery, Alabama. Taking the oath of office. Age: 53, 1861 February 18
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists of photographs and visual materials of Jefferson Davis, his family members, and other people associated with the Davis family, including a young Robert E. Lee. Few of the photographs and visual materials are original.
Dates:
1861 February 18
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States. date. Age: 53, 1861
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists of photographs and visual materials of Jefferson Davis, his family members, and other people associated with the Davis family, including a young Robert E. Lee. Few of the photographs and visual materials are original.
Dates:
1861
Jefferson Davis. Approximate age: 52-57, approximately 1860-1865
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists of photographs and visual materials of Jefferson Davis, his family members, and other people associated with the Davis family, including a young Robert E. Lee. Few of the photographs and visual materials are original.
Dates:
approximately 1860-1865
Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Generals. Age: 53-57 , 1861-1865
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists of photographs and visual materials of Jefferson Davis, his family members, and other people associated with the Davis family, including a young Robert E. Lee. Few of the photographs and visual materials are original.
Dates:
1861-1865