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Bullock, C. Seymour,. C. Seymour Bullock letters, 1823-1889 [manuscript].

Title: C. Seymour Bullock letters, 1823-1889 [manuscript].

Letters to and from Jefferson Davis, including an 1856 invitation from A. T. Bledsoe to Jefferson Davis to an evening party; a typescript copy of a letter, June 1823, from Sam Davis to his son Jefferson concerning family and personal news; and typescript and photostatic copies of a letter from Jefferson Davis to Major Walker Taylor in 1889, denying the rumor that he had intended to capture or assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Also included are photostatic copies of other items, including a bill, 1854, from Oak Hill Cemetery for burial expenses for Jefferson Davis' son; a letter, 20 March 1862, from S. Mullens, secretary of the Navy, C.S.A., to Jefferson Davis regarding the battle of the Monitor and the Virginia (Merrimac); a letter, 27 February 1865, from Mrs. M. E. Trotter and Miss E. P. Buel, to Jefferson Davis, offering their services, perhaps as spies, to the Confederacy; and a letter, 18 December 1878, from Jefferson Davis to C. E. Hooker responding to inquiries about former personal belongings. Additional items include a typescript copy of a letter, 3 September 1883, from Jefferson Davis to Hancock Taylor, Gen. Abe Buford, and R. H. Taylor, declining an invitation to appear at the dedication of a monument to Zachary Taylor; and a printed reproduction of a portrait of Stonewall Jackson, with a photostatic copy of an explanation from the artist, J. R. Graham.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. Letter: Beauvoir, Mississippi to Major Walker Taylor, 1889 August 31.

Title: Letter: Beauvoir, Mississippi to Major Walker Taylor, 1889 August 31.

Davis requests Walker's recollections on the plan to capture Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, which Davis declined to entertain for fear Lincoln would be killed rather than kidnapped, to help disprove the accusations that Davis was involved in assassination attempts on Lincoln.

ArchivalResource: 1 item: negative photostat.

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Taylor, Walker. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1953.

Title: Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1953.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

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Vol. XV. (ft. 489). T-Wa.includes:ff. 1-10 Rear-Admiral James Haldane Tait: Biographical notes: 1844.ff. 11-17 Captain Robert Tait, RN: Biographical notes: 1847.ff.18-33 Captain Charles Talbot, RN: Biographical notes: 1848.f. 34 Comm. John Th...

Title: Vol. XV. (ft. 489). T-Wa.includes:ff. 1-10 Rear-Admiral James Haldane Tait: Biographical notes: 1844.ff. 11-17 Captain Robert Tait, RN: Biographical notes: 1847.ff.18-33 Captain Charles Talbot, RN: Biographical notes: 1848.f. 34 Comm. John Th... Unspecified

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