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[CIVIL WAR]. DAVIS, Jefferson. Autograph letter signed ("Jefferson Davis") to "Mildred", New Orleans, 5 March 1886. 1 page, 8vo, corners trimmed, framed with an envelope bearing postmarked five-cent Confederate stamp, a patriotic political ribbon and photograph, unexamined out of frame. [With:] An 1861 Virginia election ticket "For President, Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi; For Vice-President, Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia," n.p., [6 November 1861]. 6 1/8 x 3 15/16 in., blue paper, in fine condition.
DAVIS EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR A VISIT DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT. Twenty years after the war's conclusion and his imprisonment at Fort Monroe, Davis writes to an old friend who called upon him during those dark days: "I have but this moment learned that you were in the city and I am now preparing to leave on the afternoon R.R. train for Beauvoir, so that I am deprived of the pleasure of calling on you. Ms. McDonna proposes to visit us tomorrow and promised to convey to you my entreaties that you accompany her. Mrs. & Miss Davis are at home and would be delighted to see you. Ever with loving remembrance of the angel visit you made to me when in prison." (2)
DAVIS EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR A VISIT DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT. Twenty years after the war's conclusion and his imprisonment at Fort Monroe, Davis writes to an old friend who called upon him during those dark days: "I have but this moment learned that you were in the city and I am now preparing to leave on the afternoon R.R. train for Beauvoir, so that I am deprived of the pleasure of calling on you. Ms. McDonna proposes to visit us tomorrow and promised to convey to you my entreaties that you accompany her. Mrs. & Miss Davis are at home and would be delighted to see you. Ever with loving remembrance of the angel visit you made to me when in prison." (2)
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