ALS signed “V. Jefferson Davis,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.75 x 6, July 11, 1897. Letter to Mrs. Fowler. In part: “I have just heard the painful news which has plunged your house in mourning and brought grief to thousands who revered, trusted and admired your dear father as I did—I fear there are few great men left like him for his statesmanship was the outcome of a purer state of public morals than that of this day.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.
