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Document Details


Title: Letter from Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis to William Burr Howell, February 13, 1857
Document type: Letter
Accessibility: Paid Only
Repository: Alexander Street Press
Collection: North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
URL: http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/nawld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S193-D036
Original Language: English
Time span: 1857
Speaker: Davis, Varina Anne Banks Howell, 1826-1906
Speaker gender: Female
Speaker date of birth: 07-May-1826
Speaker place of birth: Natchez, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
Speaker race: White
Speaker occupation: First Lady; Politician's wife; Writer
Age at speaking: 31
Document location: District of Columbia
Document date: 13-Feb-1857
People discussed: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868; James Buchanan
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868; James Buchanan
Topics discussed - Other terms: Childbed fever; Children; Domestic life; Entertainment and recreation; Heads of state; Health; Home management; Life Styles; Political life; Politics; Presidential cabinets; Relationships; Travel preparations
ASP release: 2006-01
Document code: S193-D036-11