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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06890 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Elizabeth Keckley to James B. Bradwell regarding mementos of Jefferson Davis |
| Date | 16 June 1865 |
| Author | Keckley, Elizabeth (ca. 1818-1907) |
| Recipient | Bradwell, James B. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | These mementos belonged to Keckley, a freed slave and onetime seamstress to Mrs. Davis and later to Mrs. Lincoln. They include a "Bedstead taken from the House of Jefferson Davis, four (4) days after the evacuation of the city" and "some other curiosities... a piece of cloth taken from the desk of Jeff. Davis in the rebel capital -- the other a piece of the covering of the door of the rebel capital." She asks for the return of the bedstead. Judge Bradwell apparently knew Keckley through the Lincolns. |
| Subjects | Slavery Woman Author Women's History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Home Furnishings First Lady |
| People | Keckley, Elizabeth (ca. 1818-1907) Bradwell, James B. (1828-1907) Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882) Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Place written | Washington |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |