Descriptive Summary
Davis, Jefferson
Jefferson Davis
Papers
1861-1891
80 items;
manuscript, printed,
pictorial, photographic
Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
Materials are in English.
Biographical Note
Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), soldier, politician, United States
Congressman, United States Senator, United States Secretary of War, and
President of the Confederate States of America
Scope and Contents
Papers relate to the career of Davis (1808-1889), soldier, politician,
United States Congressman, United States Senator, United States Secretary of
War, and President of the Confederate States of America. Included are
photographs, engravings and cartoons, a list of nominations for officers in the
Confederate Navy, and a photostat of the certificate naming John H. Reagan as
Postmaster General of the Confederacy.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Davis, Jefferson.
Reagan, John Henninger.
Subjects
Cartoons.
Civil War - Naval
affairs.
Confederate States of
America.
Cite as
Jefferson Davis Papers, 1861-1869, 1878, 1887-1891, Center for American
History, University of Texas at Austin.
Related MaterialSee also
Confederate States of America
Records..
Papers
2D51
Photostat of the certificate naming John H. Reagan as
Postmaster General of the Confederacy
2D51
List of nominations for officers in the Confederate Navy,
February 8, 1865
Photographs and pictorial materials
3Y24
Photographs
3Y24
Negatives
3Y24
Cartoons and engravings from magazines, newspapers, and
envelopes