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Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings

Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings

Jefferson Davis

This volume, the first of its kind, is a selected collection of his writings culled in large part from the authoritative Papers of Jefferson Davis, a multivolume edition of his letters and speeches published by the Louisiana State ...
Letters from Prison: Jefferson Davis to His Wife, 1865-1866

Letters from Prison: Jefferson Davis to His Wife, 1865-1866

Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis to His Wife, 1865-1866 Jefferson Davis Felicity Allen. LETTERS FROM PRISON JEFFERSON DAVIS TO HIS WIFE, 1865-1866 Edited by Felicity Allen TexoS Review PreSS HUntsville, TexoS Copyright © 2014 by Felicity Allen  ...
"What Shall We Do with the Negro?": Lincoln, White Racism, ...

"What Shall We Do with the Negro?": Lincoln, White Racism, ...

Paul D. Escott

Eaton, Jefferson Davis, 39–41; Felicity Allen, Jefferson Davis, 115–16. William J. Cooper Jr. views with caution the most positive descriptions of Davis's relations with his slaves because the details were given years after the war. But he also ...
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

William Edward Dodd

Every schoolchild knows that Jefferson Davis was president of the Confederacy.
1849-1852:

1849-1852:

Jefferson Davis

In Volume 4 of The Papers Of Jefferson Davis, which covers the years 1849 to 1852, Davis had clearly chosen politics as his life's work.
Jefferson Davis: President of the South

Jefferson Davis: President of the South

H. J. Eckenrode

Published in 1923, this is a biography of the period of time that Jefferson Davis served as President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis, American

Jefferson Davis, American

William J. Cooper

Elegantly written and impeccably researched, Jefferson Davis, American is the definitive examination of one of the most enigmatic figures in our nation's history. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Jefferson Davis: President of the Confederacy

Jefferson Davis: President of the Confederacy

Jean Kinney Williams

After the secession of eleven southern states, Jefferson Davis gave up his U.S. citizenship to accept the presidency of the Confederate States of America and led the South in the Civil War.
After Secession: Jefferson Davis and the Failure of ...

After Secession: Jefferson Davis and the Failure of ...

Paul D. Escott

In After Secession Paul Escott focuses on the challenge that the South's widespread political ideals presented to Jefferson Davis and on the way growing class resentments among citizens in the countryside affected the war effort.
The Papers of Jefferson Davis: September 1864--May 1865

The Papers of Jefferson Davis: September 1864--May 1865

Jefferson Davis

... Jennie Rathbun, Harvard University; Rebecca Roberts, University of Alabama; James L Robertson, Jr., Virginia Tech; ... Taub Labban, Marjorie Landrin, B. R. Littlejohn, Frank Mercurio, Mark C. Pope, III, James W. Raab, William W. Rogers ...
The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1841-1846

The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1841-1846

Jefferson Davis

ALS (NA, RG 94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office, Records Relating to the U. S. Military Academy, Application Papers of Cadets, 1846/51 and 52: James W. Collier and Thomas Buck Reed), 2. Addressed: "Col. Totten." Endorsed: ...
A History of Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia: ...

A History of Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia: ...

Corliss Fitz Randolph

... Abner J. Davis, Austin M. Davis, A. S. Davis, Benjamin F. Davis, Daniel T. Davis , David Davis, Eastburn A. Davis, Eli Davis, Eli F. Davis, Ezra Davis, Franklin Davis, Granville H. Davis, Hezekiah S. Davis, James M. Davis, James W. Davis, ...
Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the ...

Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the ...

Jeffrey Hummel

103 David, Paul A.: 62, 65, 73 Davidson, Kenneth E.: 337 Davies, Wallace Evan: 346 Davis, Andrew McFarland: 241 Davis, Carl L.: 202 Davis, David Brion: works by, 30, 70, 99; quoted, 44 Davis, Jefferson: antebellum political career of, 96, ...
Thomas Jefferson's Image of New England: Nationalism Versus ...

Thomas Jefferson's Image of New England: Nationalism Versus ...

Arthur Scherr

For Jefferson's view of Montesquieu, see David W. Carrithers, “Montesquieu, Jefferson, and the Fundamentals of ... Jefferson to John Melish, January 13, 1813 , in J. Jefferson Looney, ed., Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Vol.
Jefferson Davis, Unconquerable Heart

Jefferson Davis, Unconquerable Heart

Felicity Allen

The author begins the story "with Davis's political imprisonment at the end of the Civil War and ... flashes back to his earlier life, interweaving Davis's private life as a schoolboy, a Mississippi planter, a husband, a father, and a ...
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 8: ...

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 8: ...

Thomas Jefferson

1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815 Thomas Jefferson J. Jefferson Looney ... OxfordshireOX20 1TW All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Jefferson, Thomas, 1743–1826 The papers of Thomas Jefferson .
American Wars Big Book Gr. 5-8

American Wars Big Book Gr. 5-8

Andrew Davis

Then, get a behind the scenes look at this new country's inner conflict with the American Civil War. Learn all about Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, and Robert E. Lee.
Rural Housing: Economic Subregions, Analytical Data on ...

Rural Housing: Economic Subregions, Analytical Data on ...

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MISSISSIPPI: Adams, Amite, Attala, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Hinds, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, ... Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Webster, Wilkinson, Winston.
Davis, Jones and Allied Families Genealogy Lineage

Davis, Jones and Allied Families Genealogy Lineage

Edith Delia Davis Schnitzke

JOHN VINCENT DAVIS John Vincenl Davis (Copper Smelter) Married 1836 Mary Terry Children — Benjamin Davis I John Davis Daniel Terry Davis Benjamin Davis II (died at sea) Mary Davis William Davis David Davis Benjamin Davis III ...
Dixie Betrayed: How the South Really Lost the Civil War

Dixie Betrayed: How the South Really Lost the Civil War

David J. Eicher

How the South Really Lost the Civil War David J. Eicher. Davis, Varina. Jefferson Davis: A Memoir by His Wife. Baltimore: Nautical and Aviation, 1990. Davis, William C. “A Government of Our Own”: The Making of the Confederacy. New York: ...
The Three Stars and Other Selections: More Amazing Hockey ...

The Three Stars and Other Selections: More Amazing Hockey ...

Jefferson Davis

To Liz, Ian, Zack, Emily, and my mom for a treat down East to keep me sane. Ieff Davis would like to thank the following providers of moral and practical support. To Peggy for all her love and patience and our children Ian and ]ulia for keeping  ...
Thomas Jefferson on Wine

Thomas Jefferson on Wine

John R. Hailman

Dr. J. Jefferson Looney, editor of the Retirement Series of the Jefferson Papers at Monticello, discovered in 2004 this last wine letter. For generations it was believed that Jefferson's last letter was written on June 24 to the mayor of Washington, ...
Black biography, 1790-1950: a cumulative index

Black biography, 1790-1950: a cumulative index

Randall K. Burkett

... Benton davis, Thomas Jethro davis, Thomas Russell davis, W. A. davis, W. H. davis, Walter Albert davis, William H. davis, William J. davis, William Leonard davis, William McHenry davis, 448 relIgIOUs WOrker blACk bIOgrAPhY 1790- 1050.
Traditions and Values: American Diplomacy, 1790-1865

Traditions and Values: American Diplomacy, 1790-1865

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Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, December 15, 1807, Jefferson to Gideon Granger, January 22, 1808, Jefferson to William Cabell, March 13, 1808, Jefferson Papers; Nathaniel Macon to Joseph Hooper Nicholson, February 20, 1808, Joseph ...
Jefferson's Extracts from the Gospels: The Philosophy of ...

Jefferson's Extracts from the Gospels: The Philosophy of ...

Dickinson W. Adams

LлвкАку от СомокEss САтАLocINo IN РuвысАтом DАТА Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Jefferson's extracts from the Gospels. (Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Second series) Includes index. 1. Вible. N.Т. Gospels—Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jefferson Davis in Blue: The Life of Sherman's Relentless ...

Jefferson Davis in Blue: The Life of Sherman's Relentless ...

Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, Jr.

But Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, Jr., and Gordon D. Whitney shatter the collective memory of "Jef" Davis as a grim, destructive child of war and replace it with a more rounded portrait of a complex military leader.
A Companion to Thomas Jefferson

A Companion to Thomas Jefferson

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Francis D. Cogliano. character to do so. But it was not celebrity during their lifetimes that mattered; the much longed-for goal was fame in posterity. Jefferson biographer Fawn Brodie observed that “Jefferson had a superb sense of history and ...

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