PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS (CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA) - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/27/1848 - HFSID 32081
Price: $2,800.00
SENATOR JEFFERSON DAVIS TELLS A "FELLOW SOLDIER" HOW TO CLAIM BOUNTY LAND
ALLOWED HIM AS A RESULT OF BEING WOUNDED AND DISABLED IN THE MEXICAN WAR
JEFFERSON DAVIS. Autograph Letter signed: "Jeffn Davis"
as U.S. Senator, 1p, 7¾x9¾, front and verso. Washington, 1848 May 27.
To Frd. A Wolfe. In full: "I have the pleasure to acknowledge the
receipt of your kind letter of the 14th Inst. It always gives me pleasure to
hear from you, and from my young name sake, who I hope some day to see, also to
make the acquaintance of his Mother to whom please present my kindest regards
and esteem. The Commissioner of Pensions as you will perceive by his enclosed
letter [not included] had allowed your claim to bounty land and
provided the certificate. He also replied to my inquiry as to whether any
additional evidence was required to have your name placed on the pension rolls.
If you have the certificates of the Capt. and regimental surgeon, the first
setting forth the time, place, and manner of your wound, the second the
amount of disability, they will furnish the evidence required, if not the
printed sheet enclosed will point out the course to pursue in order to obtain
for you the allowance provided by law for such cases as yours. With sincerity
becoming a fellow soldier I am your friend." Jefferson Davis
(1808-1889), the only President of the Confederate States (1861-1865), served
two nonconsecutive terms in the U.S. Senate (1847-1851, 1857-1861). Davis, a
West Pointer, commanded the First Regiment of Mississippi Riflemen in the
Mexican War (1846-1847). He later served as Secretary of War under President
Pierce (1853-1857). Davis, a reluctant convert to secession and one of the last
southern legislators to leave Washington, nevertheless dedicated the rest of his
life to the Confederate cause, refusing to countenance surrender until his
capture by federal troops and devoting the rest of his life to justifying "the
lost cause." Lightly soiled. Paper loss at upper horizontal fold removes segment
of the two tails of "ff" in "Jefferson" and touches "s" of "Davis". 2¾-inch
paper separation at center of upper fold, connecting spots of paper loss
mentioned above. Slightly frayed at left and right edges, with paper separation
(¼-¾ inches) at edges of both folds. Writing on each side shows through lightly,
not affecting legibility.
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