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Browsing named entities in Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1.
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Lexington (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
Jeff (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
Mount Sterling, Ky. (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
Dublin (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
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Chapter 4: enters West Point.
Mr. Davis continued his autobiography by saying:
I passed my examination for admission to the senior class, and as it was so long ago I may say that I had taken an honor, when I received intelligence of the death of my father.
He died on July 4, 1824, at the age of sixty-eight.
No son could have loved a father more tenderly.
When Mr. Davis was thirty-nine, he came accidentally upon a letter of his father's which he tried to read aloud, but handed it Mr. Davis was thirty-nine, he came accidentally upon a letter of his father's which he tried to read aloud, but handed it over unread and left the room unable to speak.
Below is a quaint, pitiful letter from the bereaved boy to his sister-in-law, after hearing of his father's death.
The formal manner of the letter he retained as long as he lived.
Lexington, August 2, 1824. Dear Sister:
It is gratifying to hear from a friend, especially one from whom I had not heard from so long as yourself, but the intelligence contained in yours was more than sufficient to mar the satisfaction of hearing from anyone.
September 1st (search for this): chapter 4
Albert Sidney Johnston (search for this): chapter 4