Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889 (SC 280)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

1-5-2012

Comments

This collection is archived in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-5083, mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 280. Photostat of a letter written at Washington, D.C. on 20 January 1861 by Jefferson Davis to President Franklin Pierce advising of his resignation from the U.S. Senate and his intention to return to Mississippi. Davis also comments on the unsettled conditions following Mississippi's secession from the Union. Original in Library of Congress.

Disciplines

American Politics | American Studies | History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889 (SC 280)" (2012). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 1869.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/1869