Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/
Ellen Welch
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation
MSS 16816, Jefferson Davis comic carte de visites, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased from David Lesser by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 1 March 2023.
Biographical / Historical
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War. He was the United States Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857.
Source: Davis, Jefferson. Wikipedia. Accessed 2/14/24 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
- United States History Civil War 1861-1865
- political cartoons