| Summary: | Across the top: "1711 Mobile's Souvenir 1911." Evidently this is memorabilia from the two hundredth anniversary of the establishment of Mobile at its present location. Clockwise, from the top: 1) "Jefferson Davis, only President, C.S.A., youngest child of Samuel Davis and Jane Cook; born Christian County, Ky., June 3rd, 1808. West Point Cadet, Colonel U.S.A., Senator, Secretary of War, died New Orleans, Dec. 6th, 1899." 2) "Robert Edward Lee, Commander-in-Chief C.S.A. Youngest son of 'Light Horse Harry' Lee and Anne Hill Carter. Born at Stratford, Jan. 19, 1807, died, Lexington, Oct. 12, 1870." 3) "Raphael Semmes, son of Richard Thompson Semmes and Catherine Middleton; born, Charles County, Maryland, Sept. 27, 1809; Cadet and Commander US.N., Admiral C.S.N., died Mobile, Aug. 30, 1877." 4) "Abram Joseph Ryan, Chaplain, Poet and Priest; son of Matthew Ryan, born Hagerstown, Maryland, May 29, 1838, died Louisville, April 23, 1886."
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