Davis, Jefferson,  1808-1889. <br/><br/>
Jefferson Davis papers, 1795-1913  (bulk 1850-1859 and 1870-1906). 

 - 625  items. 2  containers. 2  microfilm reels. 0.6  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, articles, speeches, photocopies of land grants, newspaper clippings, notes of historian Nathaniel W. Stephenson summarizing letters and writings by Davis which were printed in The War of the Rebellion : A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (1880-1902), and drafts of military reports concerning the Battle of Monterrey (1846) in the Mexican War.  Subjects include admission of California as a state, Mississippi state politics, a southern transcontinental railroad, and other prewar national issues.  Correspondents include Amos B. Corwine, Hamlet J. Harris, William Maynadier, Philip A. Roach, and Crafts J. Wright.  Includes Varina Davis's correspondence, 1889-1906, relating primarily to her husband's capture on May 10, 1865; to family and personal matters; and to the conversion of Beauvoir, Davis's home in Biloxi, Miss., to a home for Confederate veterans. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1971. <br/>In part, photocopies. <br/>[S.l.]. 
<br/><br/><br/>A photograph <br/>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>President of the Confederate States of America. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007040 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 79017921  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Corwine, Amos B.--Correspondence.<br/>Davis, Varina, 1826-1906 --Correspondence.<br/>Harris, Hamlet J.--Correspondence.<br/>Maynadier, William, 1807-1871 --Correspondence.<br/>Roach, Philip A. 1820-1889 --Correspondence.<br/>Wright, Crafts J. 1808-1883 --Correspondence.<br/>Davis family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Confederate States of America. Army. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mexican War, 1846-1848.<br/>Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846.<br/>Plantations--Mississippi.<br/>Railroads--Southern States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Beauvoir (Biloxi, Miss.)--History.<br/>California--Politics and government--1846-1850.<br/>Confederate States of America--History.<br/>Mississippi--Politics and government.<br/>Southern States--Politics and government.<br/>United States--History--1815-1861.<br/>United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>United States--History--Veterans.--Civil War, 1861-1865
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Presidents--Confederate States of America.