Jefferson Davis letter,
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Jefferson Davis letter,
- Date
- 1886 June 13
- Creator
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
- Extent
- 0.1 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Correspondence.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 2011MS140: [identification of item], Jefferson Davis letter, 1886 June 13, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Jefferson Davis (1809-1889) was a Mexican War veteran, senator, secretary of war, and the only president of the Confederate States of America.
- Rafuse, Ethan S. "Jefferson Davis (1809-1889)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. 5 April 2011. Web. 2 December 2011.
- Scope and Content
- The collection contains a copy of a letter from Jefferson Davis to an unnamed correspondent, discussing the happenings of congress in the 1850s such as the Missouri Compromise.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
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