Jefferson Davis. President of the Confederacy, bold "Jefferson Davis Sec of War" free frank at top of legal-size cover with "Washington Cy. D.C. Free Dec. 22" (1856) circular datestamp, addressed to Rev. John W. French at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point N.Y., accompanied by 8-page photocopy of Davis's letter to French, in which he is returning two separate letters from French to Davis, dated Dec. 10 and Dec. 12, 1856, 18 pages in total and these two original letters from French accompany the lot, also accompanied by a handwritten dictionary presumably also written by French, cover with some soiling and edgewear, backflap tear extends slightly to front not affecting the free frank, otherwise Very Fine and rare with the letters, after serving as the chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, French was appointed chaplain of the U.S. Military Academy in 1856, serving there until his death in 1871

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