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Lot #155
Jefferson Davis

Former Confederate president Davis sends condolences to his nephew, Colonel Farrar, “With me indeed it is more than sympathy, for your Mother was so highly esteemed and loved by me that I have with you community of grief in the loss of her presence among us.”

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Former Confederate president Davis sends condolences to his nephew, Colonel Farrar, “With me indeed it is more than sympathy, for your Mother was so highly esteemed and loved by me that I have with you community of grief in the loss of her presence among us.”

President of the Confederacy. ALS, one lightly-lined page, 5 x 8, August 13, 1885. Condolences for his bereaved nephew, Col. E. H. Farrar, in part: “Though not among the first to express sympathy with you in your domestic affliction, no one has more deeply felt than I. With me indeed it is more than sympathy, for your Mother was so highly esteemed and loved by me that I have with you community of grief in the loss of her presence among us.” In fine condition, with light toning and soiling and some slight separations along edge of horizontal folds. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #300 - Ended August 17, 2005