Jefferson Davis Letter
Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865. Davis died in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 6, 1889. Davis wrote his letter Dec. 24, 1886, from Beauvoir, Mississippi, to Thomas B. Wilder in appreciation for a copy of the resolutions passed by the North Carolina CSA veterans at their Louisburg, North Carolina, reunion.
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- Jefferson Davis Letter
- Creator
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
- Date
- 1886
- Extent
- 0.1 linear feet / 1 folder
- ID
- MS28
Biographical and Historical Note
Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865. He served Mississippi in the U.S. House and Senate before his role as CSA president. Davis died in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 6, 1889.
Collection Overview
Davis wrote his letter Dec. 24, 1886, from Beauvoir, Miss. to Thomas [Thos.] B. Wilder in appreciation for a copy of the resolutions passed by the North Carolina CSA veterans at their Louisburg, North Carolina, reunion.
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- Finding aid prepared by Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex, 2005
- Revision Description
- Revised by Stephanie Bennett, 2019
- Access Restrictions
- Collection is open.
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- Preferred Citation
- Jefferson Davis Letter (MS28), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.