By the government of the United States, and his tardy release by due process of law / contained in a letter from George Shea.
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Pronounced in the Opera House in Augusta Georgia : December 11th, 1889, upon the occasion of the memorial services in honor of President Jefferson Davis / by Charles C. Jones, Jr
Signed and dated: Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Va., March 13, 1865.
Addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives, reviewing domestic and military conditions and urging legislation necessary to the pursuit of the war.
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Addressed to the House of Representatives of the C.S.A.; signed: Jefferson Davis, October 13, 1862.
Incldues (p. [4]) text of "An act to reorganize and promote the efficiency of the Medical Department of the Provisional Army."
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Speech of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 7th, 1860, on the resolutions submitted by him on 1st of March, 1860
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Communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 2, 1857, information respecting the purchase of camels for the purposes of military transportation.
Delivered in the United States Senate on the 10th day of January, 1861, upon the message of the President of the United States on the condition of things in South Carolina.
"News of former Confederate president Jefferson Davis’s capture by Union forces on May 10, 1865--and especially reports that, in an effort to evade arrest, he was wearing his wife’s dress--afforded P. T. Barnum with an opportunity to create an attraction for the American Museum that would appeal to the northern public. "
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