Travel diary by witness of Jefferson Davis bail hearing
Confederate president Jefferson Davis spent two years imprisoned for treason before appearing in federal court in Richmond, Virginia, for a bail hearing on May 13, 1867. Davis was freed on $100,000 bail, and his planned trial never came to pass. President Andrew Johnson pardoned all former Confedera...
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Confederate president Jefferson Davis spent two years imprisoned for treason before appearing in federal court in Richmond, Virginia, for a bail hearing on May 13, 1867. Davis was freed on $100,000 bail, and his planned trial never came to pass. President Andrew Johnson pardoned all former Confederates of treason in December 1868. An unidentified English woman attended and described the hearing in this diary. |
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Travel diary by witness of Jefferson Davis bail hearingText1867-1871engelectronic; image/jpeg; 86 p.Confederate president Jefferson Davis spent two years imprisoned for treason before appearing in federal court in Richmond, Virginia, for a bail hearing on May 13, 1867. Davis was freed on $100,000 bail, and his planned trial never came to pass. President Andrew Johnson pardoned all former Confederates of treason in December 1868. An unidentified English woman attended and described the hearing in this diary.Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; International travel; diariesRichmond (Va.); Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Boston (Mass.); Washington (D.C.); Baltimore (Md.); New York (N.Y.); Ottawa (Ont.); Guernsey; Brittany (France)The University of Alabama Libraries Special CollectionsTravel diary by witness of Jefferson Davis bail hearingBox 4238.001u0003_0004238_0000001http://purl.lib.ua.edu/186323https://archives.lib.ua.edu/repositories/3/resources/4810Images are in the public domain or protected under U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code), and both types may be used for research and private study. For publication, commercial use, or reproduction, in print or digital format, of all images and/or the accompanying data, users are required to secure prior written permission from the copyright holder and from archives@ua.edu. When permission is granted, please credit the images as Courtesy of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. http://cdm17336.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17336coll70/id/179 |
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