Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) Papers, PC.1085

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Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) Papers, PC.1085

Descriptive Summary

Title
Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) Papers
Call Number
PC.1085
Creator
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Date
1847-1906
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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    Restrictions on Access & Use

    Access Restrictions

    This collection is available for research but certain use restrictions apply. See use restrictions note.

    Use Restrictions

    This collection includes some materials that are loaned to the State Archives and have not been accessioned into the Archives' custody. They are available to researchers and may be copied for reference purposes, but requests for publication, loans, or any other use, should be referred to the Registrar.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], PC.1085, Jefferson Davis Papers, Private Collections, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.

    Collection Overview

    Papers relating to Davis, U.S senator from Mississippi, secretary of war (1853-1857), and president of the Confederacy, including his letters to President Polk (1847) and John H. Wheeler (1854) about military appointments and leaves; official letter (1861) to Hon. Weldon N. Edwards, president of Secession Convention in Raleigh, acknowledging receipt of ordinance turning over Fayetteville Arsenal to Confederacy; letter (1877) about his finances, the election of 1876, and Civil War history by the count of Paris; letters and copies of letters from Davis and his family to North Carolina friends and admirers (1879-1906), including Franklin P. McIntire, James A. Briggs, and their former free Negro coachman, James H. Jones; and lithograph of Davis's letter on centennial of North Carolina's ratification of the U.S. Constitution (1889). Also letters patent for Davis as justice of the peace in Mississippi (1851); copy of petition to President Johnson from ladies of Raleigh for release of Davis from prison (Dec., 1865); lithograph of bail bond for Davis and others (1867); and clippings about memorials to Davis and about James H. Jones.

    Contents of the Collection

    Subject Headings

  1. Davis, Jefferson
  2. Wheeler, John H.
  3. Edwards, Weldon N.
  4. Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
  5. Davis family
  6. Count of Paris
  7. McIntire, Franklin P.
  8. Briggs, James A.
  9. Jones, James H.
  10. Johnson, Andrew
  11. Confederate States of America
  12. United States. War Department
  13. Secession Convention (Raleigh)
  14. Fayetteville Arsenal
  15. United States. Congress. Senate
  16. United States. Constitution
  17. Presidents
  18. Appointments and Retirements
  19. Leaves
  20. Elections
  21. Freedmen
  22. African Americans
  23. Justices of the Peace
  24. Women in war
  25. Prisoners
  26. Prisoners of war
  27. Ratification
  28. Memorials
  29. Centennial Celebrations
  30. Bail
  31. Finance, Personal
  32. Mississippi
  33. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  34. Raleigh (N.C.)

    35. Acquisitions Information

    2 letters between Jefferson Davis and Mrs. Nannie D. McLean, March 1880, loaned by Mrs. Nash of New Bern, Feb 6, 1935.Other additions to this collection received as gifts or purchases at different dates. See control file for more information.