^Lot 170 Varina Davis

Wife of Jefferson Davis (1826-1906). ALS signed “V. Jefferson Davis,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.75 x 6, July 11, 1897. Letter to Mrs. Fowler following the loss of her father. In part: “I have just learned 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, with a central horizontal fold.