Varina Davis papers : letters, 1894-1898.

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Varina Davis papers : letters, 1894-1898.

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This three item collection consists of letters written by Varina Davis to Charles Herbst, "My Good Friend", and "My Good Friend Frank". They range in date from 1894 to 1898. The letter to Herbst is about thesale of canvasses to the state of Georgia. The other two letters concerning gardening and the shooting of her mule for damaging a neighbor's tree.

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7393399

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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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...

Herbst, Charles A.

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Biographical note: Charles Herbst was a member of the famous "Orphan Brigade," the First Kentucky Brigade of the Confederate Army. He worked for a time after the war for the Macon (Georgia) Historical Society and was a rare book dealer. He also kept up with his comrades through correspondence and reunions. He traveled across the South after the war, marking the graves of fallen Orphans or helping to have their bodies reburied in Kentucky. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1861]-18...