Author: Mary Elizabeth DavisPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Letters from Mary Elizabeth Davis
Author: Mary Elizabeth DavisLetters from Cadet Thomas B. Davis of V.M.I. to His Father John Davis and Sister Mary Elizabeth Davis Mentioning Cadet Life and His Desire to Enlist in the Confederate Army
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Category : Lynchburg (Va.)
Languages : en
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Also one deed of trust signed by Camillus Christain, John Davis, George Davis, and Ed D. Christain and four bank notes issued by the Planters Saving Bank, Lynchburg, Va. in 1862 and one ten cent United States bank note.
The Papers of Jefferson Davis
Author: Jefferson DavisPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807158747
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Mary Seaton Dix, Associate Editor The fifth volume of The Papers of Jefferson Davis presents 9,000 of the approximately 21,000 known Davis letters, papers, and speeches from the years 1853 through 1855, when Davis served as secretary of war under President Franklin Pierce. Most of the documents are included in summary form in an extensive calendar; 93 are published in full with annotation.Well prepared for the War Department position by his military education and experience, Davis was already known as a champion of the army and West Point from his years in Congress. As secretary, Davis administered a department of eight bureaus and a military establishment spread thinly from coast to coast. An increase and reorganization of the army along with the establishment of new posts became top priorities as a tide of settlers encroached in Indian lands in the Mexican cession and Far West. Davis also supervised army engineering projects as varied as the Capitol extension, military roads, and river and harbor improvements. The curriculum of the Military Academy, new weapons and armaments development, the activities of the Crimea commission, the Pacific railroad surveys, and the camel expedition -- all commanded his minute attention.Despite the burdens of office, Davis maintained a lively interest in the issues of the day, among them Latin American filibustering, the purchase of Cuba, states' rights, slavery, and the conflict in Kansas. The wide attention accorded his travels and speeches brought national prominence to him and speculation about his future candidacy for governor, a return to the Senate, the vice-presidency, and even the presidency. Personal correspondence includes letters that touch on Davis' long estrangement from his brother, the death of his first child, persistent health problems, and relationships with friends and family. Much of hiss official correspondence, especially several angry exchanges with army officers, reveals even more about Davis' personality. In addition to the documents published in full and calendared, an appendix includes over one hundred recently discovered personal and political items dates from 1838 through 1852, before Davis' selection as secretary of war.
Marriage on the Border
Author: Allison Dorothy FredettePublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813179173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Not quite the Cotton Kingdom or the free labor North, the nineteenth-century border South was a land in between. Here, the era's clashing values—slavery and freedom, city and country, industry and agriculture—met and melded. In factories and plantations along the Ohio River, a unique regional identity emerged: one rooted in kinship, tolerance, and compromise. Border families articulated these hybrid values in both the legislative hall and the home. While many defended patriarchal households as an essential part of slaveholding culture, communities on the border pressed for increased mutuality between husbands and wives. Drawing on court records, personal correspondence, and prescriptive literature, Marriage on the Border: Love, Mutuality, and Divorce in the Upper South during the Civil War follows border southerners into their homes through blissful betrothal and turbulent divorce. Allison Dorothy Fredette examines how changing divorce laws in the border regions of Kentucky and West Virginia reveal surprisingly progressive marriages throughout the antebellum and postwar Upper South. Although many states feared that loosening marriage's gender hierarchy threatened slavery's racial hierarchy, border couples redefined traditionally permanent marriages as consensual contracts—complete with rules and escape clauses. Men and women on the border built marriages on mutual affection, and when that affection faded, filed for divorce at unprecedented rates. Highlighting the tenuous relationship between racial and gendered rhetoric throughout the nineteenth century, Marriage on the Border offers a fresh perspective on the institution of marriage and its impact on the social fabric of the United States.
Letters from A.J. Davis to His Daughter, Mary E. in Harrisburg, PA
Author: A. J. DavisPublisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
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Letters describing his trip to Sitka in 1885, comments on teaching, the school, life in Sitka, hunting, and the people; includes a letter from F.L. Moore, a Tlingit Indian, to Pres. Cleveland, 2/26/1893, recommending A.J. Davis for governor of Alaska.
Letters from England, 1846-1849
Author: Elizabeth Davis BancroftPublisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Totalitarian Claim of the Gospels
Author: Dora WillsonManuscripts of Davis Family of Lynchburg, Va., Including Letters of John T. Davis, His Wife, Margaret Davis and His Daughter, Mary E. Davis
Author: Pennington Pedigrees
Author: Pneumatic Tube Mail Service
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Commission to Investigate the Value of Pneumatic-tube Mail ServicePublisher:
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Category : Pneumatic-tube transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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