Jefferson Davis collection, 1862-1894.

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Jefferson Davis collection, 1862-1894.

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Bound volume of letters of Jefferson Davis, Varina Howell Davis, and Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis to Sidney Root and members of his family, autograph book, seal of the Confederacy, and books.

.5 cubic ft.

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7260503

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Root, Sidney, 1824-1897

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A pioneer in developing Atlanta's international trade, Sidney Root also played several high-stakes roles in service of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Aside from these capitalistic and political ventures, his public life included developing green space in Atlanta, and pioneering forest conservation in Georgia, higher education for African Americans and religious training for both blacks and whites. J. H. DeVotie was hired as the first professional leader of the Geo...

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...

Root family

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Davis, Varina Anne, 1864-1898

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"Daughter of the Confederacy". From the description of Letter to Bradley Tyler Johnson [manuscript], 1885 March 13. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647861131 ...

Confederate States of America. President

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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...