Raynors HCA 2017-12
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/7/2017
DAVIS, Jefferson. (1808-1889) President of the Confederate States of America 1861-65, Senator from Mississippi, Secretary of War 1853-57. Davis was captured by officers in the Union Calvary on May 10, 1865 in Irwinville, Georgia. Autograph Letter Signed, “Jefferson Davis,” Montgomery, Ala, April 16, 1861, to Hon. R(obert) F(rancis) W(ithers) Allston, 1pp., near fine. In full, “Dear Sir, I have received your letter of the 10th instant recommending Mr. John T. Cripps as Agent for the Confederate States in Mexico and have referred it to the Secretary of State for his due consideration. With highest regard and esteem I am very truly your, Jefferson Davis”. Robert Francis Withers Allston was a South Carolina politician, West Point graduate 1821, and large land owner. In addition to the family plantations at Matanza (name changed to Chicora Wood in 1853) and Waverly, Allston came to control Waties Point and Friendfield (inherited from his aunt in 1840, with Friendfield sold shortly thereafter), Exchange, Nightingale Hall, Waterford, Rose Bank (or Ditchford), Breakwater, Guendalos, Retreat, Holly Hill, and Pipe Down. In addition to these 4,000 acres, Allston owned at least 9,500 acres of pasture and timber lands. In 1863 he added another 1,900 acres with his purchase of Morven plantation in North Carolina. His slaveholdings totaled at least 690 in 1864.
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