Varina Davis letters : 1890-1901.

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Varina Davis letters : 1890-1901.

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This two item collection consists of letters written by Varina Davis concerning the removal of her husband, Jefferson's, remains to Fairview, Kentucky. The first letter, dated Feb. 4, 1890, was written to R.W. Downer, the church clerk at Bethel Church in Fairview, Kentucky. Mrs. Davis was declining to have her husbands remains moved to the Bethel Church, which was built on his birth site. The second letter, written in 1901, was to Mrs. Grant. Davis was responding to a letter from Mrs. Grant about a picture of Jefferson Davis.

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7393398

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Downer, R. W.

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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...