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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03574 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1880s |
| Title | Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Randall L. Hunt declining an invitation to visit a church festival due to a prior engagement |
| Date | 18 August 1882 |
| Author | Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Additional authors | Davis, Varina (1826-1906) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written entirely and signed by Varina Davis, for her husband. Declines an invitation to visit a church festival because he has a prior engagement and must be in New Orleans at that times. Explains that his daughter "would be very glad to contribute by a song to the laudable purpose you have in view" if someone could be sent to rehearse with her beforehand. Written at Davis's home, Beauvoir. |
| Subjects | Confederate General or Leader Women's History Entertaining and Hospitality Religion Children and Family Art, Music, Theater, and Film |
| People | Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Davis, Varina (1826-1906) Hunt, Mrs. Randall L. (fl. 1882) |
| Place written | Biloxi, Mississippi |
| Theme | Religion; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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