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a Confederate plot to assassinate President Lincoln, and that
Davis had been disguised as a woman at the time he was
captured.
Microfilm copy (2 reels) available.
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Davis, John Chandler Bancroft (1822-1907) U.S. Diplomat
Papers, 1851-1902. ca. 13,000 items.
Includes letterbooks and records on the Alabama claims.
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Davis, John E. 5th Pennsylvania Volunteers
Letter, 1863. 1 item.
Letter from Davis to his mother, Aug. 24,1863, concerning
the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Dawes, Henry Laurens (1816-1903) U.S. Representative,
Massachusetts
Papers, 1833-1933. ca. 22,000 items.
Includes a letter from Pvt. Clifton L. Roth, 10th Massachusetts
Volunteers, to Dawes, Sept. 18,1861, concerning Roth's
enlistment bounty; a letter from Lt. Col. George Wells to Dawes,
July 12, 1862, about a leave of absence from the Army of the
Potomac; a letter from Col. J. H. Belknap to Dawes, Dec. 17,
1862, Alexandria, Va., concerning three soldiers being held at
a convalescent camp in Virginia; and a letter from Lt. Col.
A. W. Dwight to Dawes, Dec. 22, 1862, Falmouth, Va., relating
to the resignations of several officers of the 10th Massachusetts
Volunteers over the appointment of Maj. Dexter
Parker.
Finding aid available.
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Dawson, Henry Barton (1821-1889) Editor; Historian
Letter, 1872. 1 item.
Letter from Dawson to Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, July 11
[1872], Morrisania, N.Y., concerning Maj. Robert Anderson and
the surrender of Fort Sumter.
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Deaderick, David Anderson (1797-1873) Tennessee
Collection, 1824-1940. 3 items.
Transcript and photocopies.
Chiefly a register of events in the Deaderick family (59 p.).
Includes genealogical notes and copies of letters to Deaderick
from his sons, Inslee and Robert (East Tennessee Cavalry, CSA),
1861-65, concerning skirmishes in Kentucky and Tennessee,
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