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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09253 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | Letter from Jefferson Davis to Charles Stoess regarding family and business news |
| Date | 26 December 1870 |
| Author | Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Recipient | Stoess, Charles |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | To his brother-in-law Charles Stoess, Bavarian Consul in Liverpool. From Memphis, relating family and business news: "The fall has been the most favorable for gathering the cotton crop ever seen by 'the oldest inhabitant'. The low price has acted unfavorably on the laborers, though there will be nevertheless it is thought more cotton sent to market than there was last year." |
| Subjects | Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Economics Finance |
| People | Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Stoess, Charles (fl. 1870) |
| Place written | Memphis |
| Theme | Agriculture; Banking & Economics; Children & Family |
| 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 |