Davis, Jefferson comic carte de visite engravings Jefferson Davis comic carte de visite engravings MSS 16816

Jefferson Davis comic carte de visite engravings MSS 16816

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/

Ellen Welch

Repository

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Identification

MSS 16816

Title

Jefferson Davis comic carte de visite engravings 1865

URL:

https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/195776

Quantity

.03 Cubic Feet, 5 cards in 1 folder (letter-size)

Language

English .

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16816, Jefferson Davis comic carte de visites, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from David Lesser by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 1 March 2023.

Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War. He was the United States Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857.

Source: Davis, Jefferson. Wikipedia. Accessed 2/14/24 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
United States History Civil War 1861-1865
political cartoons