| Title: |
Letter from Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis to Jefferson Finis Davis, November 15, 1860
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| Document type: |
Letter
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| Accessibility: |
Paid Only
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| Repository: |
Alexander Street Press
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| Collection: |
North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
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| URL: |
http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/nawld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S193-D062
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1860
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| Speaker: |
Davis, Varina Anne Banks Howell, 1826-1906
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
07-May-1826
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Natchez, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
First Lady; Politician's wife; Writer
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| Age at speaking: |
34
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| Document location: |
District of Columbia
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| Document date: |
15-Nov-1860
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| People discussed: |
Abraham Lincoln; Buchanan, James, 1791-1868; James Buchanan; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Louis Trezevant Wigfall; Wigfall, Louis Trezevant, 1816-1874
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| Historical events discussed: |
Abraham Lincoln elected President of U.S., November 6, 1860
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln elected President of U.S., November 6, 1860; Buchanan, James, 1791-1868; District of Columbia; James Buchanan; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Louis Trezevant Wigfall; North America; United States; Wigfall, Louis Trezevant, 1816-1874
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Entertainment and recreation; Gossip; Heads of state; Life Styles; Political life; Politicians; Politics; Secession
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
S193-D062-11
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