TY  - GEN
AU  - Davis,Jefferson
AU  - Stephenson,Nathaniel W.
TI  - Jefferson Davis papers,
KW  - Corwine, Amos B.
KW  - Davis, Varina,
KW  - Harris, Hamlet J.
KW  - Maynadier, William,
KW  - Roach, Philip A.
KW  - Wright, Crafts J.
KW  - Davis family.
KW  - Confederate States of America
KW  - Army
KW  - Mexican War, 1846-1848
KW  - Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846
KW  - Plantations
KW  - Mississippi
KW  - Railroads
KW  - Southern States
KW  - Beauvoir (Biloxi, Miss.)
KW  - History
KW  - California
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1846-1850
KW  - United States
KW  - 1815-1861
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Presidents
KW  - itoamc
N1  - 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.]
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007040
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007040.3
ER  -