Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 to Sarah Dorsey

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GLC#
GLC04054
Type
Documents
Date
February 20, 1879
Author/Creator
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Title
to Sarah Dorsey
Place Written
Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
The Gilded Age

Promise to pay $2,500 by January, 1882 for the Beauvoir plantation owned by Dorsey in Harrison County, Mississippi. The note was to serve as a lien against the property. Davis and his wife moved onto the estate grounds in 1877, so that Davis could write his memoirs. Dorsey died before the note came due, but left Beauvoir and three other plantations to Davis in her will.

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