DAVIS, JEFFERSON F. (1808-89) Confederate President - 1861-65; U.S. Secretary of War – 1853-57; U.S. Senator – Mississippi – 1847-51 & 1857-61; U.S. Congressman - Mississippi – 1845-46; Veteran of the Mexican War
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Signature, dated from the former Confederate president’s post-war home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, “Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Miss[issipp]i, 4th March 1882,” on a 1 ¾” x 4 ¾” slip of paper. Affixed to heavier backing.
Lightly toned; the signature is noticeably light and lacking in contrast.
