Manuscript Collections
Smith, Anna Davis, 1841-1938
Description
Smith, Anna Davis, 1841-1938. Reminiscences, 1927, 1928, 1938. 3 items (one photostatic copy). Location: Misc. Resident of Solitude and Locust Grove Plantations, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and of Baton Rouge; daughter of Joseph Davis Smith and grandniece of Jefferson Davis. Reminiscence recalls events in the life of Jefferson Davis and describes Smith's relationship with him. Collection includes a newspaper obituary of Smith and a copy of CONFEDERATE VETERAN magazine which contains an article written by Smith. Original in the Robert McElroy Papers in the New York Public Library. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2630.
Manuscript Topic
Civil War
Women
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1927