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Letter from former Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Mississippi, to the Senators and Representatives of Mississippi dated February 15, 1886, regretting that he could not address them personally but urging them to establish some type of organized relief for needy Confederate veterans. Includes transcription.

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sc.0120.001_011.001

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1886 February 15

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.

Jefferson Davis letter to Mississippi legislators, 1886

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