President Jefferson Davis (Confederate States Of America) Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS (CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA)
Born: June 3, 1808 in Fairview, Kentucky
Died: December 6, 1889 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Died: December 6, 1889 in New Orleans, Louisiana
JEFFERSON DAVIS (1808-1889), the only President of the Confederate States of America (1861-1865), had been Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Franklin Pierce from 1853-1857. A West Pointer and veteran of the Mexican War battles of Monterrey and Buena Vista (under Zachary Taylor), Davis was also an experienced legislator. He represented Mississippi in the House (1845-1846) and the Senate (1847-1851, 1857-1861) leaving the U.S. Senate after his state seceded. After the Civil War, Davis was charged with treason and other crimes and imprisoned at Fortress Monroe. Denied the trial he demanded, Davis' treatment brought outcries from admirers in both the North and the South, and he was finally released on bond.
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Davis signs an autograph endorsement forwarding to Confederate Secretary of War Benjamin a handwritten letter from Green, a former general in the army of independent Texas, warning that Confederate soldiers were carrying CSA weapons home with them. General Winder adds a handwritten note to the same document, ordering that guards be posted at depot and they confiscate these weapons.Sale Price $5,525.00
$6,500.00
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JEFFERSON DAVIS. Autograph Letter signed: "Jeffn..Davis", 1p, 3¾x6. No place, no date. On stationery embossed with the seal of Taylor and Maury [publishers], Washington, to "My Dear Madam". Davis has designated the letter for "Quarter to 5 hr. Pick.Sale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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JEFFERSON DAVIS The Confederacy's only President visits the House of Commons Autograph Letter signed: "Jefferson Davis", 1p, 5¼x8¼. 18 Upper Gloucester Place, Dorset Square (London), 1869 March 2. To W. H. Gregory.Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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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.Sale Price $1,700.00
$2,000.00
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THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY WRITES TO FORMER CONFEDERATE GENERAL JUBAL EARLY, REQUESTING INFORMATION THAT WILL "ANSWER [JOSEPH EGGLESTON] JOHNSTON'S SHAMELESS DRIVEL OF AN EVENT".JEFFERSON DAVIS.Sale Price $2,210.00
$2,600.00
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THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY WRITES TO HIS STATE'S GOVERNOR ON BEHALF OF A MAN WHO IS REPUTED TO BE "UNJUSTLY SUFFERING CAPTIVITY." JEFFERSON DAVIS. ALS: "Jefferson Davis", 1p, 5x8 lined sheet. Beauvoir, (Biloxi), Mississippi, 1888 October 5. To Mississippi Governor Robert Lowry.Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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Davis writes to Colonel Robert Scott concerning a text of his Civil War recollections, intended for publication. Davis speaks of his dissatisfaction with General Beauregard's actions during the war. Here he claims he told Beauregard: "The last sentence of my telegram conveyed to Genl. Beauregard my dissatisfaction at the change and doubt as to the expected result."Sale Price $6,375.00
$7,500.00
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JUST 11 DAYS AFTER LOSING THE ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI, JEFFERSON DAVIS WRITES TO A FRIEND ABOUT PAYING A BILL RELATING TO A "MILEAGE ACCOUNT" JEFFERSON DAVIS. Autograph Letter signed: "Jeffn Davis". 1p, 7¾x9¾. No place, 1851 November 15. To "My Dear Sir".Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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JEFFERSON DAVIS Five days after General Lee's surrender, the Confederate President, determined to fight on, signs instructions to General Beauregard, framed in the Gallery of History style to 37x21. ALS: "J.D.Sale Price $10,200.00
$12,000.00
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Jefferson Davis' Hair Seven authenticated strands of Jefferson Davis' hair mounted on an 81/2x11 page containing facsimile reproductions of an engraving of Davis and the following handwritten statement under which the original lock of hair had been affixed with a pin and framed with the letter: "Montreal.Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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FUTURE CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT WRITES TO FUTURE CONFEDERATE OFFICER ABOUT THE STAFFING OF THE ARMORY AT HARPER'S FERRY, WHICH WAS RAIDED THREE YEARS LATER BY JOHN BROWN. JEFFERSON DAVIS. Manuscript LS: "Jeffn Davis" as Secretary of War, 2p, 7½x9¼ front and verso.Sale Price $3,400.00
$4,000.00
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JEFFERSON DAVIS. Manuscript Letter signed: "Jefferson Davis" as U.S. Secretary of War, 1p, 7¼x9¾. Washington, D.C., 1854 June 10. To Miss Eunice Andrews,Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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JEFFERSON DAVIS. Manuscript LS: "Jefferson Davis", 2½p, 5x8¼. 61 Avenue Friedland (Paris, France), 1881 November 15. Unnamed recipient beginning "Dearest Friend".Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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JEFFERSON DAVIS. Manuscript LS: "Jeffn Davis" as Secretary of War, 1p, 7¾x9¾. Washington, 1853 December 13. To Congressman H.L. Stevens.Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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JEFFERSON DAVIS. Carte-de-Visite, unsigned. B/w, 2½x3¾ overall, image 2¼x3¼ (two surfaces). Captioned at lower margin of image: "Now therefore I JeffersonSale Price $360.00
$400.00
