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Jefferson Davis Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Box and folder list compiled by Kelsey Kavanagh, SCRC staff, in October 2011.
Papers include correspondence, 1884-1885, of Jefferson Davis and correspondence, 1890-1904, of Varina Howell Davis with Flora Adams Darling; and a ledger, 1858, believed to be the mailing list for Davis while United States Senator from Mississippi; and correspondence, 1904, of Jefferson Davis Monument Association of Richmond, Va. Includes letter, 25 January 1890, of Varina Davis to Benjamin Stoddert Ewell. Also includes broadside, 1862, of Davis' Inaugural Address; and program, 1893, of exercises at the re-interment of Davis' remains and engravings and prints of Davis.
Believed to be Davis' mailing list while serving as U. S. Senator from Mississippi.
Item 1: Inaugural address, 22 February 1862 Inaugural address of Jefferson Davis, president of the confederate States of America. Broadside. 1 piece. Item 2: Printed facsimile of a letter to Samuel M. Duncan, 12 April 1882 Printed facsimile of a letter from Jefferson Davis to Samuel M. Duncan. 1 piece. Item 3: Four letters from Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, 1884-1885 One incomplete. 4 pieces. Item 4: Four letters from Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, 1884-1885 One incomplete. 4 pieces. Item 5: Four letters from Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, 1884-1885 One incomplete. 4 pieces. Item 6: Four letters from Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, 1884-1885 One incomplete. 4 pieces. Item 7: The Richmond Dispatch, 12 December 1889 The Richmond Dispatch, 12 December 1889, containing notices of the death of President Davis. 1 piece. Item 8: Program of exercises upon the occasion of the re-interment of the remains of Jefferson Davis, 31 May 1893 Program of exercises upon the occasion of the re-interment of the remains of Jefferson Davis at Richmond. 1 piece. Item 9: Programs of a memorial service No date. 1 piece. Item 10: Correspondence of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association, 1904 Correspondence of the Jefferson Davis Monument Assocation of Richmond, Va. 9 pieces. Item 11: Portrait photographs, engravings and prints of Jefferson Davis Portrait photographs, engravings and prints of Jefferson Davis. 4 pieces. Item 12: Other prints relating to Jefferson Davis Other prints relating to Jefferson Davis. 2 pieces. Item 13: An envelope depicting a Confederate flag An envelope depicting a Confederate flag with the words "Jeff Davis, Prest., Alexr. H. Stephens, Vice Prest." 1 piece. Item 14: Letters from Mrs. Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling and to Benjamin Ewell Letters from Mrs. Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling and to Benjamin Ewell