Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 to Alfred Edmund Burr
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02925.08 Author/Creator: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Letter signed Date: 9 April 1860 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20 x 25.6 cm. Order a Copy
Davis, a United States Senator from Mississippi, declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to attend a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. Writes "Although the state of my health & that of my family would not have allowed…I am sure I would have been much pleased with a visit to your state…My public duties however so completely engross my time as to leave me no opportunity for such enjoyments during the Session of Congress ...". Davis served as a U.S. congressman (1845-1846) and senator (1847-1851, 1857-1861) and as Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce (1853-1857). He was president of the Confederacy from 1861-1865.
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