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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Papers

Photographs and pictorial materials

University of Texas, Center for American History

A Guide to the Jefferson Davis Papers, 1861-1869, 1878, 1887-1891



Descriptive Summary

CreatorDavis, Jefferson
TitleJefferson Davis Papers
Dates: 1861-1891
Extent80 items; manuscript, printed, pictorial, photographic
LanguageMaterials are in English.
RepositoryCenter for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

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

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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.

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Index Terms

Subjects (Persons)
Davis, Jefferson.
Reagan, John Henninger.
Subjects
Cartoons.
Civil War - Naval affairs.
Confederate States of America.

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Related Material

See also Confederate States of America Records..

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Administrative Information

Cite as

Jefferson Davis Papers, 1861-1869, 1878, 1887-1891, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Papers

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2D51 Photostat of the certificate naming John H. Reagan as Postmaster General of the Confederacy
List of nominations for officers in the Confederate Navy, February 8, 1865

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Photographs and pictorial materials

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3Y24 Photographs
Negatives
Cartoons and engravings from magazines, newspapers, and envelopes

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