Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas L. Alfriend Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 00269
Scope and Contents
Chiefly letters, 1861-1865, from Thomas L. Alfriend (1843-1901) Sergeant, of Company B, 15th Virginia Infantry and Parken's Battery, Alexander's Battalion, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, from camps in Virginia and Tennessee to family members in Richmond, Virginia. Includes letter dated May 26, 1861 from Alfriend while stationed in Williamsburg, Virginia.The addition contains 25 typewritten pages of transcripts of letters by Jefferson Davis, James Seddon and others...
Dates:
1843-1901; Majority of material found in 1860-1865
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Jefferson Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 D31
Scope and Contents
Papers include correspondence, 1884-1885, of Jefferson Davis and correspondence, 1890-1904, of Varina Howell Davis with Flora Adams Darling; and a ledger, 1858, believed to be the mailing list for Davis while United States Senator from Mississippi; and correspondence, 1904, of Jefferson Davis Monument Association of Richmond, Va. Includes letter, 25 January 1890, of Varina Davis to Benjamin Stoddert Ewell. Also includes broadside, 1862, of Davis' Inaugural Address; and program, 1893, of...
Dates:
1858-1904
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Robert Ould Letters to Nathaniel Beverley Tucker
Collection
Identifier: SC 00677
Scope and Contents
Two letters from Robert Ould to Nathaniel Beverly Tucker.
The 1868 letter, written from Richmond, Virginia, is four pages and refers to the punishment being meted out to Southern rebels, especially Jefferson Davis. (Ould was the Confederate chief of the Bureau of the Exchange of Prisoners.)
The 1877 letter is two pages and concerns Ould's son who was on trial for a shooting. Ould attended the proceedings.
Dates:
1868, 1877
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- College of William and Mary--History--19th century 1
- Confederate States of America. Army Virginia Infantry Regiment, 15th. Company B 1
- Confederate States of America. Army. Longstreets I Corps Alexander's Battalion. Parker's Battery 1
- Constitutional law--United States. 1
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889--Iconography 1
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- Niagara Falls 1
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- Practice of law--Virginia--History--19th century 1
- Prisoners of war--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States 1
- Programs 1
- Publications 1
- Typescripts 1
- United States--Description and travel 1
- United States. Constitution. 1
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
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