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Thomas Jefferson to Augustine Davis, September 15, 1791

Thomas Jefferson to W. L. and W. A. Davis, December 21, 1800

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Thomas Jefferson to John Davis, September 11, 1801

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Thomas Jefferson to Thomas T. Davis, December 16, 1802

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Thomas Jefferson to John Davis, January 18, 1824

Why don't you take it? [Copy 2.]

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Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...

The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More

Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...

The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More

State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama

The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. Thebuilding has grown over ... More

State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama

The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. Thebuilding has grown over ... More

State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama

The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More

State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama

The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More

Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...

The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol'sfoundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over ... More

Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...

The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol'sfoundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over ... More

Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...

The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More

Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...

The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More

State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama

The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More

Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...

The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More

State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama

The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More

General map of explorations and surveys in California /

Scale 1:600,000. At head of title: Routes in California to connect with the routes near the 32nd. and 35th. parallels. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad... More

Map and profile of the Cañada de las Uvas : from explorations and surv...

Scale 1:60,000. At head of title: Routes in California to connect with the routes near the 32nd and 35th Parallels. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Ro... More

Map of passes in the Sierra Nevada from Walker's Pass to the Coast Ran...

Scale 1:240,000. At head of title: Routes in California to connect with the routes near the 32nd and 35th Parallels. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad R... More

General Jefferson Davis, U.S.A. Mathew Brady photograph of American Ci...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, in ink: Davis. Annotation from negative, glass side: illegible. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congres... More

From the valley of Green River to the Great Salt Lake.

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pa... More

General Jefferson Davis, U.S.A., Glass negative photograph, American C...

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From Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains.

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 2. Relief shown by hachures. LC copy missing data on left side of map. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad ... More

Crane ; Croskey ; Davis, Jefferson ; Davis, L.R

Page in album contains cartes de visite portraits of a Union officer named Crane; a man in civilian dress named Henry Croskey by photographer Edward P. Hipple, 820 Arch Street, Philadelphia, which is signed on ... More

General Jefferson Davis, U.S.A. Mathew Brady photograph of American Ci...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, in pencil: Jeff C. Annotation from negative, glass side: illegible. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Con... More

General Jefferson Davis, U.S.A., Glass negative photograph, American C...

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From the Humboldt Mountains to the Mud Lakes.

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 3. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pa... More

General Jefferson Davis, U.S.A. Mathew Brady photograph of American Ci...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, in pencil: Davis. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; ... More

General Jefferson Davis, U.S.A., Glass negative photograph, American C...

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Jefferson Davis in uniform with sword in front of painted backdrop sho...

In album: U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period, leaf 5, lower left.

From the valley of the Mud Lakes to the Pacific Ocean.

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 4. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pa... More

Jefferson Davis, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

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General Jefferson Davis, U.S.A. Mathew Brady photograph of American Ci...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Gene... More

Map of routes for a Pacific railroad, compiled to accompany the report...

Outline sketch map of the United States west of the Mississippi River designed to show the relationship of the proposed railroad routes. First edition of the map appears in U.S. War Department, Report of the Se... More

General Jefferson Davis, U.S.A., Glass negative photograph, American C...

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Jefferson Davis / William S. Pendleton, photographer, no. 5 Chatham Sq...

Photograph shows a full length portrait of Jefferson Davis, holding his hat in hand. Verso image shows the slave quarters on his plantation. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: CDV60. "Jefferson Davis" inscr... More

Map of routes for a Pacific railroad, compiled to accompany a report o...

Scale 1:6,000,000. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

[Jefferson Davis, three-quarter length portrait, facing right]

Gift; Miss M. Sweedale; April 23, 1921; (DLC/PP-46294) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of... More

From Fort Smith to the Rio Grande : from explorations and surveys /

Scale 1:950,400. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Route near the 35th Parallel. Map no. 1. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pa... More

[Jefferson Davis, Senator from Mississippi, Thirty-fifth Congress, hea...

Title devised by Library staff based on name provided in book's index. Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washingt... More

From San Francisco Bay to the northern boundary of California : from e...

Scale 1:760,320. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Routes in Oregon and California. Map no. 1. "Drawn by John Young." From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the M... More

From the Pimas villages to Fort Fillmore : from explorations and surve...

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 32nd parallel of north latitude. Map no. 2. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississip... More

Riviere des Lacs to the Rocky Mountains : from explorations and survey...

Scale 1:1,200,000. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Route near the 47th and 49th Parallels. Map no. 2. "Drawn by John Lambert. Topographer of the exploration, assisted by J. R. P. Mechlin." From U.S.... More

Brady's political photography, Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

Photograph shows a composite photograph of the members of the thirty-sixth Senate; Jefferson Davis (first figure, second row), Southern secessionists Judah P. Benjamin, (third from the left, fifth row from the ... More

From the northern boundary of California to the Columbia River : from ...

Scale 1:760,320. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Routes in Oregon and California. Map no. 2. "Drawn by John Young." From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the M... More

From the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean : from explorations and surve...

Scale 1:950,400. At head of title: Route near the 35th Parallel. Map no. 2. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pa... More

Jefferson Davis - Public domain portrait print

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St. Paul to Riviere des Lacs : from explorations and surveys /

Scale 1:1,200,000. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Route near the 47th and 49th Parallels. Map no. 1. "Drawn by John Lambert. Topographer of the exploration." From U.S. War Department, Explorations ... More

From San Francisco Bay to the Plains of Los Angeles : from exploration...

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Coast route, California Map no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific ... More

From the Red River to the Rio Grande

Scale 1:950,400. At head of title: Route near the 32nd Parallel. Map and Profile no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi Riv... More

Rocky Mountains to Puget Sound : from explorations and surveys /

Scale 1:1,200,000. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Route near the 47th and 49th Parallels. Map no. 3. "Drawn by John Lambert, topographer of the exploration." From U.S. War Department, Explorations ... More

Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Pertinent questions'. Why does Jefferson Davis look so thin? Why is St...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 205, Folder 61.

Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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[Jefferson Davis] (1808 - 1889), J. Paul Getty Museum

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Slave quarters of Jefferson Davis plantation

Photograph shows the slave quarters on Brierfield, the Jefferson Davis plantation. Title from inscription on item. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: CDV60. "Sent home by Elizabeth Findley Missionary to the ... More

[Jefferson Davis]. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain photogra...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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General Jefferson Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, in pencil, on emulsion: 2021. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congre... More

Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Lithograph of Abraham Lincoln on horseback within a border of furled U...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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[Mrs. Jefferson Davis, full-length studio portrait, standing, facing s...

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Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Papers Relating to Citizens

Virginia electoral ticket. Election November 6th, 1861. For President ...

C. S. A. - Electoral ticket. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 187, Folder 12.

Why don't you take it? [Copy 3.]

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The Honorable Jefferson Davis, president-elect of the new southern con...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 March 16, p. 257.

The Dis-United States. Or the Southern Confederacy

The Confederate leaders are portrayed as a band of competing opportunists led by South Carolina governor and secessionist Francis Pickens (far left). The artist criticizes the January 1861 secession of five sta... More

Why dont you take it?, Confederate States of America.

In February 1861 Washington was alarmed by rumors that secessionists planned to seize the city and make it the capital of the Confederacy. The print may have been produced in that context, or during Lincoln's c... More

Great battle at Bull's Run between the Federal Army, commanded by Majo...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 12, no. 298 (1861 Aug. 3), p. 180. Typographical error on caption corrected.

Uncle Sam protecting his property against the encroachments of his cou...

Northern fears of European intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South are manifest here.Uncle Sam, in the form of a bearded Union soldier (closely resembling Abraham Lincoln), unceremoniously routs Jo... More

Jefferson Davis, first president of the new Southern Confederacy / pho...

Jefferson Davis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, framed by wreath of corn, tobacco, and flowers.

Don't want it now. We want to be let alone.

Comments on the defense of Washington. A lion with the head of Union General Winfield Scott defends Washington, while a goat with the head of Jefferson Davis declares "Don't want it now, we want to be let alone... More

Jeff Davis on the right platform, or the last "act of secession"

A caricature of Jefferson Davis, probably issued not long after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, but certainly postdating his February 1861 election as president of the Confederacy. Davis is shown standing on a ... More