Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 to Sarah Dorsey
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04054 Author/Creator: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Place Written: Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 20 February 1879 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy
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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