2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
Absentee bidding for this session ends on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST.
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Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War. He was the United States Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857. Autograph Letter Signed “Jeffn. Davis” nd. c1855, np. likely Washington, written to Hon. R. McClelland (United States Secretary of the Interior), 1pp. In large part, “ Permit me to introduce my old comrade in Arms, Col. McCarty .. of Minnesota, and to request for him such attention as your convenience will permit. He has some business growing out of Indian relations ....”
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