03826cpcaa2200637 a 4500 mm 79017921 DLC 20260227111655.0 cr ||||||||||| 791030|||||||||||| eng mm 79017921 ms 63000339 DLC DLC DLC dacs W lcmd Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. Jefferson Davis papers, 1795-1913 (bulk 1850-1859 and 1870-1906). 625 items. 2 containers. 2 microfilm reels. 0.6 linear feet. Open to research. 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. Microfilm edition of a portion of these papers is available, no. 14,931. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1971. In part, photocopies. [S.l.]. A photograph transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. President of the Confederate States of America. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007040 Corwine, Amos B. Correspondence. Davis, Varina, 1826-1906 Correspondence. Harris, Hamlet J. Correspondence. Maynadier, William, 1807-1871 Correspondence. Roach, Philip A. (Philip Augustine), 1820-1889 Correspondence. Wright, Crafts J. (Crafts James), 1808-1883 Correspondence. Davis family. Confederate States of America. Army. Mexican War, 1846-1848. Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846. Plantations Mississippi. Railroads Southern States. Beauvoir (Biloxi, Miss.) History. California Politics and government 1846-1850. Confederate States of America History. Mississippi Politics and government. Southern States Politics and government. United States History 1815-1861. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Veterans. Presidents Confederate States of America. itoamc Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright), 1867-1935. Nathaniel W. Stephenson papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007040 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007040.3 42182 42182