[ Autographs ] VARINA H. DAVIS (1826 - 1906) Wife of Jefferson Davis,President of the Confederate States of America. Mrs. Davis remained astaunch supporter of the "lost cause" until her death. A.L.S. "Jefferson Davis" 2pp. small 4to., Beauvoir, Miss., Nov. 10, 1882 to Col. R. N. Scott of the War Records Office providing information from her files, in part, "...I find a rough draft of a letter supposed to be of Sept 11th. being instructions to R.. E. Lee. E. K. Smith & B. Bragg Genls Comndg. in several Departments, which I infer is that desired by you as propositions for peace..." The War Records Office was responsible for the publication of The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Clean fold-split neatly repaired, otherwise very good to finecondition.