Series 1. Papers. 1851-1889; n.d.

Box 1:

Folder 1: May 8, 1851, letter, Jefferson Davis, Brandon, Mississippi, to Varina Howell Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 2: May 27, 1853, letter, Jefferson Davis, Washington, D.C., to Varina Howell Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 3: October 10, 1855, letter, Jefferson Davis, Washington, D.C., to Frank Gildart, Austin, Texas.

Folder 4: April 3, 1859, letter, Varina Howell Davis, Washington, D.C., to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 5: April 15, 1859, deed (Harrison County, Mississippi), Helen M. Cook, grantor, Jefferson Davis, grantee.

Folder 6: July 17, 1859, letter, Jefferson Davis, Brierfield, Warren County, Mississippi, to William Burr Howell, [s.l.]

Folder 7: May 26, 1862, letter, Varina Howell Davis, Raleigh, North Carolina, to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 8: June 3, 1862, letter, Varina Howell Davis, Raleigh, North Carolina, to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 9: June 5, 1862, letter, Varina Howell Davis, Raleigh, North Carolina, to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 10: June 12, 1862, letter, Varina Howell Davis, Raleigh, North Carolina, to Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Virginia; envelope (no postmark), Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Virginia, addressee.

Folder 11: June 26, 1862, letter, Varina Howell Davis, St. Mary's Seminary, North Carolina, to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 12: June 28, 1862, letter, Varina Howell Davis, Raleigh, North Carolina, to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 13: July 6, 1862, letter, Varina Howell Davis, St. Mary's Seminary, North Carolina, to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 14: July 27, 1862, letter, Varina Howell Davis, Raleigh, North Carolina, to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 15: July 31, 1862, letter, Varina Howell Davis, [s.l.], to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 16: August 13, 1862, letter (fragment), Varina Howell Davis, St. Mary's Seminary, North Carolina, to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 17: December 21, 1862, letter, Varina Howell Davis, Richmond, Virginia, to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 18: 1863, letter, Varina Howell Davis, Montgomery, Alabama, to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 19: February 17, 1863, letter, Joseph Emory Davis, Fleetwood Plantation, near Bolton, Hinds County, Mississippi, to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 20: April 8, 1864, letter, Joseph Emory Davis, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Virginia

Folder 21: [May 10, 1865], statement of Jefferson Davis regarding his capture (typescript).

Folder 22: June 30, 1867, letter, Joseph Emory Davis, Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Jefferson Davis, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (J. D. Nicholson, copyist).

Folder 23: September 25, 1869, letter, A. Dudley Mann, Paris, France, to Varina Howell Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 24: April 1, 1870, letter, Varina Howell Davis, [s.l.], to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 25: February 11, 1871, letter, Jefferson Davis, Memphis, Tennessee, to Margaret Howell Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 26: January 22, 1873, letter, Bishop Ignatius Persie, Savannah, Georgia, to Jefferson Davis, Memphis, Tennessee; envelope postmarked Savannah, Georgia, Jefferson Davis, Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 27: April 13, 1874, letter, Jefferson Davis, Paris, France, to Margaret Howell Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 28: April 19, 1874, letter, Jefferson Davis, Jr., Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, to Jefferson Davis, England.

Folder 29: October 30, 1874, letter, Jefferson Davis, Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Varina Howell Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 30: October 30, 1874, letter, Stephen Dill Lee, Columbus, Mississippi, to Jefferson Davis, Vicksburg, Mississippi; envelope postmarked Columbus, Mississippi, Jefferson Davis, Vicksburg, Mississippi, addressee.

Folder 31: January 19, 1876, letter, Jefferson Davis, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Margaret Howell Davis Hayes, [s.l.]

Folder 32: July 7, 1876, letter, Jefferson Davis, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, to Jefferson Davis, [London, England]; envelope postmarked New York, New York, and Liverpool, England; forwarded to London, England, Jefferson Davis, addressee.

Folder 33: March 1, 1877, letter, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi City, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., [s.l.]; envelope (postmark illegible), Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 34: April 28, 1877, letter, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi City, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., [s.l.]

Folder 35: June 7, 1877, letter, Jefferson Davis, Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., [s.l.]

Folder 36: June 29, 1877, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee

Folder 37: December 29, 1877, letter, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi City, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., [s.l.]; envelope postmarked Mississippi City, Mississippi, Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 38: January 23, 1878, letter, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi City, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee

Folder 39: January 24, 1878, letter, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi City, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee; envelope (postmark illegible), Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 40: March 21, 1878, postcard, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi City, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee

Folder 41: March 30, 1878, letter, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi City, Mississippi, to Varina Howell Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 42: April 28, 1878, postcard, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi City, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee

Folder 43: June 24, 1878, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., [s.l.]

Folder 44: September 18, 1879, last will and testament (fragment) of Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi.

 

Box 2:

Folder 1: July 18, 1881, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Margaret Howell Davis Hayes, Memphis, Tennessee; envelope postmarked Beauvoir, Mississippi, Margaret Howell Davis Hayes, Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 2: December 16, 1881, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Margaret Howell Davis Hayes, Memphis, Tennessee; envelope postmarked Beauvoir, Mississippi, Margaret Howell Davis Hayes, Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 3: February 23, 1882, letter, Jefferson Davis, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., [s.l.]

Folder 4: March 9, 1882, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee; envelope (postmark illegible), Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 5: March 16, 1882, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., [s.l.]

Folder 6: March 29, 1882, letter, Jefferson Davis, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Margaret Howell Davis Hayes, [s.l.]

Folder 7: July 4, 1882, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., [s.l.]

Folder 8: July 12, 1882, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Margaret Howell Davis Hayes, [s.l.]

Folder 9: September 19, 1882, letter, Jefferson Davis, Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee; envelope (postmark illegible), Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 10: September 23, 1882, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee; envelope postmarked Beauvoir, Mississippi, Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 11: October 13, 1882, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee; envelope postmarked Beauvoir, Mississippi, Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 12: October 19, 1882, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., [s.l.]; postscript, Varina Howell Davis; envelope postmarked Beauvoir, Mississippi, Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 13: November 7, 1882, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee; envelope postmarked Beauvoir, Mississippi, Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 14: November 16, 1882, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., [s.l.]; postscript, Varina Howell Davis.

Folder 15: December 14, 1882, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee; envelope postmarked Beauvoir, Mississippi, Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 16: January 10, 1883, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee; envelope (postmark illegible), Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 17: January 28, 1883, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee; envelope postmarked Beauvoir, Mississippi, Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 18: June 3, 1883, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee; envelope postmarked Beauvoir, Mississippi, Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 19: July 17, 1883, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee; envelope postmarked Beauvoir, Mississippi, Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 20: March 17, 1884, letter, Jefferson Davis, Brierfield, Warren County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee; envelope postmarked Ursino, Mississippi, Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., addressee.

Folder 21: April 22, 1884, deed of trust (Locust Grove, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana), Jefferson Davis, grantor, Lucy I. Boyle, grantee.

Folder 22: April 25, 1884, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., [s.l.]

Folder 23: May 28, 1884, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., [s.l.]; postscript by Varina Howell Davis.

Folder 24: July 5, 1884, letter, Jefferson Davis, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., [s.l.]

Folder 25: July 18, 1884, letter, Jefferson Davis, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., [s.l.]

Folder 26: December 1, 1885, deed (Jefferson Davis birthplace, Fairview, Kentucky), W. L. Reeves, grantor, Jefferson Davis, grantee.

Folder 27: January 6, 1887, letter, Jefferson Davis, [s.l.], to Mary Elizabeth (Lize) Davis Mitchell Hamer, [s.l.]

Folder 28: September 25, 1888, Jefferson Davis's management plan for Brierfield, Warren County, Mississippi, 1888-1889.

Folder 29: April 26, 1889, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Margaret Howell Davis Hayes, [s.l.]

Folder 30: June 11, 1889, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Margaret Howell Davis Hayes, Colorado Springs, Colorado; envelope (postmark illegible), Margaret Howell Davis Hayes, Colorado Springs, Colorado, addressee.

Folder 31: June 18, 1889, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Colorado Springs, Colorado; envelope postmarked Beauvoir, Mississippi, Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Colorado Springs, Colorado, addressee.

Folder 32: August 28, 1889, deed (Harrison County, Mississippi), Margaret Soria, grantor, Jefferson Davis, grantee.

Folder 33: September 12, 1889, letter, Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Margaret Howell Davis Hayes, [s.l.]

Folder 34: December 6, 1889, telegram, E. H. Farrar, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Margaret Howell Davis Hayes, Fort Worth, Texas.

Folder 35: Undated letter, Jefferson Davis, Jr., Emmorton, Harford County, Maryland, to Jefferson Davis, Memphis, Tennessee; envelope postmarked Lexington, Virginia, Varina Howell Davis, Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

Folder 36: Undated letter, Jefferson Davis, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 37: Undated letter, Varina Howell Davis, Raleigh, North Carolina, to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 38: Undated letter, Varina Howell Davis, Raleigh, North Carolina, to Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Virginia; envelope (no postmark), Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Virginia, addressee.

Folder 39: Undated letter, Varina Howell Davis, [s.l.], to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 40: Undated letter, Varina Howell Davis, [s.l.], to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 41: Undated letter, Varina Howell Davis, [s.l.], to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 42: Undated letter (fragment), Varina Howell Davis, [s.l.], to Jefferson Davis, [s.l.]

Folder 43: Undated item (fragment), [s.n.], [s.l.]

Folder 44: Three undated envelopes: (1) Undated envelope postmarked Mississippi City, Mississippi, Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee; (2) Undated envelope postmarked New Orleans, Louisiana, Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee; (3) Undated envelope postmarked Savannah, Georgia, Joel Addison Hayes, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, addressee.

 

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