Manuscript Collection

Jefferson Davis: A Statement Concerning The Imputed Special Causes - Accession 1178 M546 (599)

Jefferson Davis: A Statement Concerning The Imputed Special Causes - Accession 1178 M546 (599)

Identifier

Accession 1178 - M546 (599)

Inclusive Dates

1877

Restrictions

Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Collection Size

6 pieces

Language

English;

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of Jefferson Davis: A Statement Concerning the Imputed Special Causes of His Long Imprisonment by the Government of the United States, and of His Tardy Release by Due Process of Law, presented in a letter from the Honourable George Shea of New York, one of Davis’s legal counsel. The text was originally published in the New York Tribune on January 24, 1876, and later reprinted as a booklet in London by Edward Stanford in 1877.

Included as part of this publication are typescript copies of two letters: one from Horace Greeley to George Shea dated April 8, 1867, and Shea’s reply dated April 17, 1867.

Additional Notes

Transferred from Special Collections

Provenance

The Jefferson Davis: A Statement Concerning the Imputed Special Causes were given to the Winthrop Library on February 21, 1950 by R.O'Hare and transferred to the the Archives in 2005.

Copyright

For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.

Jefferson Davis: A Statement Concerning The Imputed Special Causes - Accession 1178 M546 (599)

LC Subject Headings

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889--Imprisonment

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