Jefferson Davis, The President of the Confederate States and Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States, 1861-1865

Creator Display

Mildred Lewis Rutherford

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Description

A comparative biography of the two Presidents from a Southern pro-Confederate viewpoint. The section ""Wy did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Lincoln?""(page 46-47), suggests that Booth's motive was anger over Lincoln's refusal to pardon his friend John Y. Beall.

Donor

Williams, Frank J.; Williams, Virginia

Date

1916

Measurement Display

48 pages; 23 cm

Format (Digital)

PDF

Subjects

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Work Type

pamphlet

Class

ephemera

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Item Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights Management

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Related Works

Monaghan 2268; not in Stern.

Digital ID#

E467.1.D26R97 1916

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Publisher

Richmond, Va., Virginia stationery Co., printers

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.