Jefferson Davis Letters 1846-1888

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Jefferson Davis Letters 1846-1888

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Original handwrittenletters between U.S. Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his governmentand military colleagues, and his wife, Varina. Colleagues inlcude GeneralWilliam H. Emory, Senator Stephen A. Douglas, E.E. Bradbury, Sullivan W.Burbank, Secretary of War Jno. B. Floyd, General Joseph E. Johnston, Col.Abraham Myers, General James Chesnut, Martin W. Philips and W.H. Sanders. Thebulk of the letters date from the 1850s and 1860s.

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Davis, Varina, 1826-1906

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Second wife of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis. From the description of Letter and article: New York [N.Y.], 1905 Oct. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29417912 First Lady of Confederacy. From the description of Letter: Montgomery [Al.], 1863 March [1]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122415155 Author; wife of Jefferson Davis [1808-1889], president of the Confederacy. From the description of V...

Philips, Martin W.

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Chesnut, James, General.

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Emory, William H., General.

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Myers, Abraham, Colonel.

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Sanders, W. H.

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Bradbury, E. E.

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Floyd, Jno. B., U. S. Senator and Secretary of War.

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Johnston, Joseph E.

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Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1850-1908

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...