Fundraising the Monument

ID: 4497 ~ Source:

Behan, W. J., Mrs. "Erection of Jefferson Davis Monument." Memorial Association Papers, Louisiana Historical Association collection, Louisiana Research Collection, Tulane University.

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Potential individual donors to the Jefferson Davis monument received a letter like this one, requesting a monetary donation to the monument project.

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Jefferson Davis Monument

By Amber Nicholson, Karolyn Eilertsen (media curation) & Olivia Simkins (media curation)

Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, died in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 6, 1889. Residents hung black bunting from buildings along St. Charles…