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. read more...Sale Price $8,500.00
$10,000.00
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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. read more...Sale Price $1,700.00
$2,000.00
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JEFFERSON DAVIS. ALS: "Jeffer Davis" as U.S. Senator, 1p, 8x10. Senate Chamber, 1848 February 3. The future President of the Confederacy writes to Polk's Secretary of War W.L. Marcy. In full: "I enclose to you a letter from J.M. read more...Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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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. read more...Sale Price $2,720.00
$3,200.00
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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. read more...Sale Price $4,250.00
$5,000.00
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JEFFERSON DAVIS. ALS: "Jefferson Davis", 1p, 8x10. Carolina Life Insurance Company, Memphis, Tenn., 1873 June 25. To Governor Harris. In full: "I send you the result of my consideration of the papers you left with me. read more...Sale Price $2,720.00
$3,200.00
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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. read more...Sale Price $3,740.00
$4,400.00
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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. read more...Sale Price $2,550.00
$3,000.00
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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." read more...Sale Price $13,600.00
$16,000.00
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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" read more...Sale Price $2,890.00
$3,400.00
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JEFFERSON DAVIS. ALS: "Jefferson Davis" as U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1p, 5x8. Washington, D.C. 1860 December 1. To Major J.G. Reynolds in full: "Permit me to present Lt. Geo W. Collier U.S. read more...Sale Price $3,060.00
$3,600.00
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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: read more...Sale Price $20,400.00
$24,000.00
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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. read more...Sale Price $2,720.00
$3,200.00
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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. read more...Sale Price $7,650.00
$9,000.00
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JEFFERSON DAVIS. Manuscript LS: "Jeffn Davis" as Pierce's Secretary of War, 1p, 8x9¾. War Department, Washington, 1855 February 19. To Henry C. Freeman Esq., Cincinnati, Ohio. read more...Sale Price $1,700.00
$2,000.00
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY TRANSMITS A REPORT OF SECRETARY OF WAR JUDAH P. BENJAMIN TO CONGRESS; THE SENATE READS IT IN "SECRET LEGISLATIVE SESSION", WHILE THE HOUSE ORDERS 2,500 COPIES PRINTED AND THE "INJUNCTION OF SECRECY BE REMOVED" read more...Sale Price $10,200.00
$12,000.00
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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 read more...Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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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" read more...Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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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. read more...Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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As Confederate President and Secretary of War, both signed this printed document on vellum, commissioning privateers to wage war against the US on the high seas. This copy was signed but never used. Printed early in the war, it includes a handwritten correction of the location of the CSA capital, with Montgomery struck out and Richmond written in. read more...Sale Price $8,500.00
$10,000.00
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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 Jefferson read more...Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
