Jefferson Davis Portrait

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COPYRIGHT 1907 BY JAMESTOW N A. & V. Co. JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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AMESTO PLACE STAMP 1607-JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION-1907 HERE X UNITED STATES CUBA,CANADA AND MEXICO ONE CENT OFFICIAL SOUVENIR POST CARD FOREIGN TWO CENTS CPOSTIO COPYATONT AMESTOWN Ex.CO OFFICIAL SEAL PUBLISHED BY THE CONCESSIONAIRE, THE JAMESTOWN AMUSEMENT &VENDING CO., INC., NORFOLK VA. FOR COMMUNICATION THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR ADDRESS ONLY No. 50. JEFFERSON DAVIS. Born in Kentucky, June 3, 1808; at sixteen entered the West Point Military Academy, graduated in 1828, and was appointed Lieuten- ant in the U.S. Cavalry, Fort Crawford, Wisconsin ; took part in the Black Hawk War, in which Abraham Lincoln was also engaged; at its close left the army and became a cotton planter in Mississippi ; sent from there to Con- gress, 1845-6; left to take part as Colonel in the Mexican War, through which he served with great gallantry and distinction; was straightway chosen to the United States Senate, where he served 1847-51 and 1857-61, and in the interim was Secretary of War under President Pierce, 1853-57. Was elected provisional president of the Con- federate States of America February 9, 1861, and Presi- dent in November of the same year. He was in 1865 indicted for treason, arrested and imprisoned at Fortress Monroe, released on bail and the trial dropped. He passed the remainder of his life at "Beauvoir,' and died December 6, 1889, sincerely mourned by the whole South. "Mr. Davis's" life illustrated virtue, patriotism, and cour- age in a degree rarely seen among men. He was greater in defeat and misforfune than in victory. (See cards No. 51 to 54.) M. T1 1907