Letter from Varina Davis at Beauvoir House, Mississippi, to Mayor Warren S. Reese in Blount Springs, Alabama.
In the letter, which is marked "Personal," Davis discusses an article from the Montgomery Daily Dispatch that she considers "captiously critical" of her husband. She writes that "we expect thrusts from our enemies, and turn the shield of contimpt [sic] to them, but have no d...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | In the letter, which is marked "Personal," Davis discusses an article from the Montgomery Daily Dispatch that she considers "captiously critical" of her husband. She writes that "we expect thrusts from our enemies, and turn the shield of contimpt [sic] to them, but have no defence against our own dear people." (Warren S. Reese was a cotton merchant, planter, and former soldier, who served as Mayor of Montgomery for two terms from 1885 to 1887.) |
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