ALS signed “Jeffer. Davis,” one page, 6.75 x 8.5, May 26, 1854. Letter to "C. Hallowell," written as secretary of war, in full: "Beckett returned here sick and soon after his arrival the measles developed. This has detained him until the present date. I regret that he should have been exposed to this infectious disease, or if that was unavoidable, that I had not been informed of it, as serious inconvenience has resulted to my family from the want of early information Beckett's condition." In fine condition.
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