Davis, Jefferson 1808-1889 creator mixed material monographic eng 625 2 2 0.6 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. Open to research. 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 Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright), 1867-1935 mm 79017921 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007040 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007040.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007040 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007040.3 Open to research. DLC 791030 20260227111655.0 mm 79017921