Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis autographs cover his term as President of the Confederate States of America, his service in the Mexican War, as Pierce's Secretary of State, and as Senator, as well as his postwar life. as well as
From North and South: Declarations of War
Lincoln Commences the Civil War; Orders the Blockade of the Confederacy. Also, from the Convention Floor, the Call for Secession.
$1,000,000.00
In the Lead-Up to the Compromise of 1850, Jefferson Davis Criticizes the North As Caring More for Money than Slavery, Strikes at the Wilmot Proviso, Mocks Southern Whigs
“The North would...become very wary of the slave question if it endangered their appropriations
$5,500.00
Jefferson Davis Asks For a Report on the Activities of the Yankees and His Own Partisans
Wardate letter as Confederate President
$8,500.00
Jefferson Davis Defends States Rights as the Constitutional Position
"The bonds of community independence, the supremacy of law, and adherence to the Constitution as it was interpreted by those who made it"
$5,800.00
Jefferson Davis Writes President Fillmore, Recommending for Promotion Future Major General David Hunter, On Whose Head He Would Later Place a Bounty
Promoted by Davis, Hunter would ravage the South, form the first unit of Black soldiers from the occupied south, and issued General Orders 11, freeing the slaves in 3 Southern states
$8,500.00
Jefferson Davis, Negotiator of the Surrender of Monterrey, Defends Himself and Taylor Over Terms
An important Mexican War date letter describing the situation of the armies, the details of the negotiations, and his assessment of the American options
$10,000.00
The Call for Secession
From the South Carolina Secession Convention floor documenting the original call for secession and the formation of the Confederacy
$100,000.00