Jeffn Davis, (Jefferson Davis, CSA President), one page ALS, Nov. 6, 1855 pre-war letter as U.S. Sec. of War to 'Asbury Dickins, Secretary of the Senate', letter headed 'War Department, Washington (D.C.)', acknowledges receipt of Dickins' letter and encloses a receipt (not present) for three volumes of the Annals of Congress for the Sixteenth Congress, 7¾ x 9¾" on blue-lined stationery, couple light folds, small abrasion below, but not affecting signature, otherwise very fine