Thomas Jefferson to W. L. and W. A. Davis, December 21, 1800
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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
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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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
The pending conflict, Confederate States of America.
One of three similar prints published by Oliver Evans Woods, reflecting grave northern fears of British and French interference on behalf of the Confederacy in the Civil War. (See also "The Pending Conflict" an... More
"Jeff wants to get away", Confederate States of America.
An illustrated sheet music cover for an anti-Confederate comic song. Confederate president Jefferson Davis stands on a bale of cotton and asks John C. Breckinridge, former U.S. Vice President and fellow secess... More
[Grand Review of the Armies, Washington, D.C.; Jefferson Davis' cell a...
Full page includes four illustrations and an article describing Herold's role in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 441 (1865 June 10), p. 365. Herold's name erroneousl... More
Freedom's immortal triumph! Finale of the Jeff Davis Die-nasty." Las...
A vindictive Northern fantasy on the aftermath of the Civil War. Confederate president Jefferson Davis, dressed in a hoopskirt or crinoline, hangs from a "Sour Apple Tree" at left, a Bowie knife in one hand and... More
President Jefferson Davis. Arriving in the field of battle at Bulls's ...
Full-length, mounted on horse. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: President.
A proper family re-union, Confederate States of America.
A biting cartoon showing Confederate president Jefferson Davis in league with both the devil and Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold. Arnold and Davis stir a cauldron of "Treason Toddy," a brew into whic... More
The great national memorial / C. Inger.
Print showing portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Jefferson Davis, and Abraham Lincoln with portraits of their respective cabinet officers, two vignette scenes showing of the landi... More
Home of Jefferson Davis. The mansion
No. 1517. Photographed by the Centennial Photographic Co., published and copyrighted as part of their International Exhibition in New Orleans, La., 1884-5.
Home of Jefferson Davis. Three generations
Jefferson Davis with family on porch, including 2 black servants, Beauvoir, Biloxi, Miss. Stereo by Centennial Photographic Co. No. 1519. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tra... More
[Jefferson Davis Memorial (detail), Richmond, Virginia]
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Electric corn cob; Dog trot house; Jefferson Davis Memorial; Wiregrass...
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Electric corn cob; Dog trot house; Jefferson Davis Memorial; Wiregrass...
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Residence of Jefferson Davis (1201 East Clay Street), Richmond, Virgin...
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Residence of Jefferson Davis (1201 East Clay Street), Richmond, Virgin...
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[Portrait of Maj. General Jefferson Davis, officer of the Federal Army...
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The last offer of reconciliation in remembrance of Prest. A. Lincolns....
A sentimentalized allegory "Dedicated to the Memory of our most lamented late President Abraham Lincoln" of the reconciliation of the North and South after the Civil War. Kimmel and Forster also produced two si... More
Old State Capitol, 100 North State Street, Jackson, Hinds County, MS
Significance: The Old State Capitol is an excellent example of Greek Revival, conceived and erected on a monumental scale. The Capitol was the seat of government from 1840-1903. It was the site of addresses b... More
Old State Capitol, 100 North State Street, Jackson, Hinds County, MS
Significance: The Old State Capitol is an excellent example of Greek Revival, conceived and erected on a monumental scale. The Capitol was the seat of government from 1840-1903. It was the site of addresses b... More
Rosalie, 100 Orleans Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS
Significance: Built for a wealthy cotton broker in 1823, Rosalie influenced the design and construction of houses throughout the lower Mississippi Valley. Palatial proportions and Victorian detail represent ant... More
Monument on eighty-acre state memorial park, Jefferson Davis Park, bou...
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[Jefferson Davis, bust-length portrait, facing right] / E. Hor[...]
Includes quotation and biographical text. Artist's signature partially illegible. Copyright 1921 by Charles Dianeil Feet Company, Chicago, New York.
Beauvoir, 200 West Beach Road, Biloxi, Harrison County, MS
Significance: From 1877 until his death, this was the residence of Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), President of the Confederacy. Davis spent the last twelve years of his life at Beauvoir writing The Rise and Fall ... More
[Richmond, Virginia Residence of Jefferson Davis (1201 East Clay Stree...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.
Why don't you take it? [Copy 2.]
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[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
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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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 house that Jeff built - Public domain drawing
An extended and bitter indictment of Jefferson Davis and the Southern slave system. The work consists of a series of twelve vignettes with accompanying verse, following the scheme of the nursery rhyme "The Hous... More
Jeff's double quick. The last words of the Confederacy: "Jeff's war ho...
Another comic version of Confederate President Jefferson Davis's ignominious capture by Union troops in May 1865. (See also "The Chas-ed "Old Lady" of the C.S.A.," no. 1865-11.) Here Davis, clad as a woman and... More
Confederate Museum (Jefferson Davis's house), Richmond, Virginia
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Electric corn cob; Dog trot house; Jefferson Davis Memorial; Wiregrass...
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Jeff Davis House. Genl. Ords headquarters
Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: 4 + 6. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.325) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Portrait of Maj. General Jefferson Davis, officer of the Federal Army...
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Richmond, Virginia. General Edward O.C. Ord, wife and child at the res...
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Our heroes and our flag, Confederate States of America.
Print showing full-length portraits of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and G.T. Beauregard with four versions of the Confederate flag surrounded by bust portraits of Jefferson Davis and Confederate Army officers.
Jeff's last shift - Print, Library of Congress collection
Jefferson Davis with bucket, stopped by U.S. cavalryman, who lifts his dress with sabre and remarks ... "your mother wears very high boots!" answering appeal from the tent to let "old mother go to the spring fo... More
Richmond, Virginia. General Edward O.C. Ord, wife and child at the res...
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Jeff's last shift. Capture of Jeff. Davis, May 10th, 1865, at Irwinsvi...
One of the less outlandish variations on the popular theme of Jefferson Davis's capture by Union soldiers. (See "The Chas-ed "Old Lady" of the C.S.A.," no. 1865-11.) In a wooded setting Davis, wearing a bonnet ... More
First White House of the Confederacy, 625 Washington Street (moved fro...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-52 Survey number: HABS AL-624 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1920 National Register of His... More
First White House of the Confederacy, 625 Washington Street (moved fro...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-52 Survey number: HABS AL-624 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1920 National Register of His... More
Cabin John Aqueduct Bridge, MacArthur Boulevard, spanning Cabin John C...
Significance: The 220-foot span of its single arch made it the longest of masonry construction until the concrete arches of the twentieth century. Survey number: HAER MD-53 Building/structure dates: 1863 Init... More
Beauvoir, 200 West Beach Road, Biloxi, Harrison County, MS
Significance: From 1877 until his death, this was the residence of Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), President of the Confederacy. Davis spent the last twelve years of his life at Beauvoir writing The Rise and Fall ... 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
[Mrs. Jefferson Davis, full-length studio portrait, standing, facing s...
Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (gift, Gist Blair, 1936); 1963 July. Public domain photograph of female portrait, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Civil War envelope showing caricatures of Winfield Scott and Jefferso...
Addressed to Mr. David F. Gorham, Mount Kisco, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem
Ye conference. "Not any we thank you Mr. Davis"
Jefferson Davis's diplomatic overtures to France and Great Britain fail in an imaginary scene at court. Davis (right) bows before French ruler Napoleon III, extending toward him a tray of "bonds." Davis holds a... More
Jeff Davis on his own platform; or the last "act of succession."
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Union and liberty! And union and slavery!
An anti-McClellan broadside, contrasting Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln's advocacy of equality and free labor in the North to Democratic opponent McClellan's alleged support of the Southern slave system. ... More
John Brown exhibiting his hangman., engraving, Library of Congress
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[Jefferson Davis's attempted escape in woman's clothes with a knife in...
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"Time works wonders." Iago. (Jeff Davis) "For that I do suspect the lu...
Cartoon showing Jefferson Davis looking over his shoulder at Hiram Revels seated in the United States Senate. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1870 April 9, p. 232.
[Jefferson Davis mansion (Confederate Museum), Richmond, Virginia]
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[Jefferson (Jeff) Davis, 1862-1913, bust, left profile]
Shows Jeff Davis, governor of Arkansas. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Jefferson Davis - theatrical playbill, public domain image
Biltmore Theatre (venue) A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other d... More
Jeff's last skedaddle off to the last ditch
Signed in stone: F. Welcker. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2012-2013.
[Jefferson Davis, seated, facing left, during portrait session at Davi...
1885 13882 (2, 2) U.S. Copyright Office "1521." Copyright deposit; 1885 Feb. 24. CHECK: is this Edward L. Wilson (attribution based on copyright registration info?) the same as the photographer who lived 1838-1903
Rosalie, 100 Orleans Street, Natchez, Adams County, MS
Significance: Built for a wealthy cotton broker in 1823, Rosalie influenced the design and construction of houses throughout the lower Mississippi Valley. Palatial proportions and Victorian detail represent ant... More
Jeff Davis was inaugurated in this State House, Montgomery Ala. head o...
Stereograph shows horse-drawn wagons around fountain in Court Square with Alabama State Capitol building in the distance. Attributed to photographer C.I. Payne, Montgomery Alabama, based on similarity to anoth... More
Cabin John Aqueduct Bridge, MacArthur Boulevard, spanning Cabin John C...
Significance: The 220-foot span of its single arch made it the longest of masonry construction until the concrete arches of the twentieth century. Survey number: HAER MD-53 Building/structure dates: 1863 Init... More
Cabin John Aqueduct Bridge, MacArthur Boulevard, spanning Cabin John C...
Significance: The 220-foot span of its single arch made it the longest of masonry construction until the concrete arches of the twentieth century. Survey number: HAER MD-53 Building/structure dates: 1863 Init... More
Jefferson Davis' Library, [Beauvoir, Miss.] / R.E. Hinchey, photograph...
1898 74294 (2) U.S. Copyright Office "306." "View on the Line of the Mobile & Ohio R.R." Copyright deposit; 1898 Dec. 19.
[Richmond, Virginia Residence of Jefferson Davis (1201 East Clay Stree...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.
The casemate, Fortress Monroe, Jeff Davis in prison
Two guards stand in Davis' cell, while the prisoner sits on his bed. Signed lower left of image: ARW. Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.275) Forms part of: Morgan collection... 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
Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Jeff Davis's last appeal to arms
Jefferson Davis making address to soldiers missing arms and legs. Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, 1863.
The old general ready for a "movement."
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The true peace commissioners, Confederate States of America.
An angered response to false Confederate peace overtures and to the push for reconciliation with the South advanced by the Peace Democrats in 1864. (See also "The Sportsman Upset by the Recoil of His Own Gun," ... More
The capture of an unprotected female, or the close of the rebellion.
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[Home of Jefferson Davis, boyhood days]
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[Briars, where Jefferson Davis was married]
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You must make your choice. Birds of a feather flock together Miller's ...
A Republic campaign broadside making Horace Greeley the scapegoat for anti-Southern and ant-Democratic feeling. Greeley is shown together with Southern statesmen John C. Calhoun and former president of the Conf... More
[Jefferson Davis, seated, facing front, during portrait session at Dav...
1885 13881 (2, 3) U.S. Copyright Office CHECK: is this Edward L. Wilson (attribution based on copyright registration info?) the same as the photographer who lived 1838-1903
Major Planders at mansion formerly occupied by Jefferson Davis. In the...
Title devised by library staff. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)
Southern menagerie, stirring him up, Political Cartoon
Picture shows Jefferson Davis labeled "Southern Lion, J.D." in a cage on wheels labeled "Southern Menagerie" with an African American poking him with a stick. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope 4. ... More
First White House of the Confederacy, 625 Washington Street (moved fro...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-52 Survey number: HABS AL-624 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1920 National Register of His... More
Winnie Davis memorial, Hollywood [Cemetery], Richmond, Virginia
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The Hercules of the Union, slaying the great dragon of secession
A tribute to commander of Union forces Gen. Winfield Scott, shown as the mythical Hercules slaying the many-headed dragon or hydra, here symbolizing the secession of the Confederate states. At left stands Scott... More
Cabin John Aqueduct Bridge, MacArthur Boulevard, spanning Cabin John C...
Significance: The 220-foot span of its single arch made it the longest of masonry construction until the concrete arches of the twentieth century. Survey number: HAER MD-53 Building/structure dates: 1863 Init... More
Cabin John Aqueduct Bridge, MacArthur Boulevard, spanning Cabin John C...
Significance: The 220-foot span of its single arch made it the longest of masonry construction until the concrete arches of the twentieth century. Survey number: HAER MD-53 Building/structure dates: 1863 Init... More
Monument on eighty-acre state memorial park, Jefferson Davis Park, bou...
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Beauvoir, 200 West Beach Road, Biloxi, Harrison County, MS
Significance: From 1877 until his death, this was the residence of Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), President of the Confederacy. Davis spent the last twelve years of his life at Beauvoir writing The Rise and Fall ... More
Jeff. Davis! "As women and children." / Scattergood, eng.
Cartoon shows Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America, dressed as a woman and holding a Bowie knife, labeled "Arkansas tooth-pick" in order to avoid capture by Union soldiers after the A... More
White-Franklin House, 819 Jefferson Davis Avenue, Selma, Dallas County...
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The casemate, Fortress Monroe, Jeff Davis in prison
Two guards stand in Davis' cell, while the prisoner sits on his bed. Signed lower left of image: ARW. Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.275) Forms part of: Morgan collection... 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
Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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