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THBJefferson Davis, Autograph Envelope to his Wife from Fortress Monroe
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LiveJun 22, 2018
Cowan’s American History: Premier Auction, scheduled for June 22, 2018 is comprised of early photographs, documents, manuscripts, broadsides, flags, and more dating from the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Late Indian Wars, World War I and II and beyond. Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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Cover (3 x 5.75 in.) addressed in Jefferson Davis' hand: "For Mrs. Varina Davis, Augusta, Georgia." lower left corner with additional note by Davis: "To Hon. J. Speed / U.S. Atty. Genl / Washington D.C." In pencil at top: "Was erased when recd. by J.S."
What Davis was allowed to send while incarcerated at Fortress Monroe (see Lot 96) was examined by Attorney General James Speed. In a note sent to General Nelson Miles, then commander at Fortress Monroe, E.D. Townsend, AAG, wrote: "Any letters which Mr. Davis desires to send his wife must relate only family matters and be first submitted to the Attorney General's inspection...." (Aug. 18, 1865, ORs Vol. 8, Series 3) Although no postmark is on this cover, it is opened along the left end. Although Davis complained bitterly about this indignity, by the end of 1866 Varina and Winnie had moved into the fort with him and writing would not have been very common.
Just a few spots of foxing, otherwise very good.Condition
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