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Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889 (Sc 280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889 (Sc 280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 280. Photostat of a letter written at Washington, D.C. on 20 January 1861 by Jefferson Davis to President Frankin Pierce advising of his resignation from the U.S. Senate and his intention to return to Mississippi. Davis also comments on the unsettled conditions following Mississippi's secession from the Union. Original in Library of Congress.