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040 _aDLC
_cDLC
_dDLC
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072 7 _aW
_2lcmd
100 1 _aDavis, Jefferson,
_d1808-1889.
245 0 0 _aJefferson Davis papers,
_f1795-1913
_g(bulk 1850-1859 and 1870-1906).
300 _a625
_fitems.
300 _a2
_fcontainers.
300 _a2
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a0.6
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aIncludes 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.
530 _aMicrofilm edition of a portion of these papers is available,
_dno. 14,931.
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1971.
533 _aIn part, photocopies.
_b[S.l.].
544 _3A photograph
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aPresident of the Confederate States of America.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007040
600 1 0 _aCorwine, Amos B.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDavis, Varina,
_d1826-1906
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHarris, Hamlet J.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMaynadier, William,
_d1807-1871
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRoach, Philip A.
_q(Philip Augustine),
_d1820-1889
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWright, Crafts J.
_q(Crafts James),
_d1808-1883
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aDavis family.
610 1 0 _aConfederate States of America.
_bArmy.
650 0 _aMexican War, 1846-1848.
650 0 _aMonterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846.
650 0 _aPlantations
_zMississippi.
650 0 _aRailroads
_zSouthern States.
651 0 _aBeauvoir (Biloxi, Miss.)
_xHistory.
651 0 _aCalifornia
_xPolitics and government
_y1846-1850.
651 0 _aConfederate States of America
_xHistory.
651 0 _aMississippi
_xPolitics and government.
651 0 _aSouthern States
_xPolitics and government.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_y1815-1861.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xVeterans.
656 7 _aPresidents
_zConfederate States of America.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aStephenson, Nathaniel W.
_q(Nathaniel Wright),
_d1867-1935.
_tNathaniel W. Stephenson papers.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007040
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007040.3
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_d42182