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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04054 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | Jefferson Davis to Sarah Dorsey |
| Date | 20 February 1879 |
| Author | Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Promise to pay $2,500 by January, 1882 for the Beauvoir plantation owned by Dorsey in Harrison County, Mississippi. The note was to serve as a lien against the property. Davis and his wife moved onto the estate grounds in 1877, so that Davis could write his memoirs. Dorsey died before the note came due, but left Beauvoir and three other plantations to Davis in her will. |
| Subjects | Women's History Land Transaction Finance Contract Confederate General or Leader |
| People | Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Place written | Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; The American Civil War; Government & Politics; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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