Jefferson Davis President of CSA Promises and Intents Start Price USD 3,600.00 Current Price USD 3,600.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, July 18, 2008 End Time Monday, July 28, 2008 Location White Plains, New York See more about 'Jefferson Davis President of CSA Promises and Intents' Description Promises and Intents   “there is a wide difference between the expression of an intent, and a promise, and neither is free from the condition of practice ability.”   Jefferson Davis. Autograph Letter Signed as President of the Confederate States of America, to “Madam”.  February 16, 1863. [5" x 8"] 2 pages.    Draft Transcript: "Madam, The letter you sent to me this morning substitute's assumption of wrong for inquiry and reviling and curses for fair not to say charitable construction. It is due to myself hoping that you are mistaken as well as excited to say to you that there is a wide difference between the expression of an intent, and a promise; and neither is free from the condition of practicability. I had an intention which I may have expressed to you, but it did not extend to the grade of General. Having no purpose to explain that of which you did not choose to inquire, and no expectation that such predisposition to [2] censure and malign would be benefitted by explanation is only remained for me to subscribe myself with true sympathy for your domestic affliction, very respectfully, Jeffer Davis"   Jefferson Davis (June 3, 1808 - December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War. During his presidency, Davis was never able to find a strategy that would defeat the larger, more industrially developed Union. Davis's insistence on independence even in the face of crushing defeat prolonged the war, and while not exactly disgraced, he was displaced in Southern affection after the war by the leading general, Robert E. Lee     Condition: Fine, has separations in folds, some foxing. Check out other great letters from the Civil War at http://www.sethkaller.net/civil-war/index.php ABOUT THE SELLER For over 20 years, Seth Kaller has been the largest buyer of important and authentic historic documents. More than ten thousand rare manuscripts, documents, maps, and books handled by Kaller are now in museum collections, including working drafts of the United States Constitution that were acquired for the Gilder Lehrman Collection at the New-York Historical Society, and a signed copy of the 13th Amendment that was acquired for the Lincoln Museum of Fort Wayne, Indiana.   Kaller is a member of the Manuscript Society and the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America.  References are available upon request.   For more information about us, see www.sethkaller.net/about/   TERMS This document comes with my absolute guarantee that it is original and authentic.  If this is ever proven not to be authentic, it may be returned for a full refund.   I accept personal checks and money orders.  If paying by personal check, the item will not ship until the check has cleared.  Credit card payments are accepted through paypal.  We are also happy to use www.escrow.com.  All bids are considered purchases and payment must be received within 7 days. Please inquire for international shipping rates.   We are always willing to have 10% of the purchase price paid to a mutually agreeable charity.  Among the organizations we already support: Seeds of Peace, Monticello, Mount Vernon, The Lincoln Museum, The University of Virginia, The National Constitution Center, The New-York Historical Society, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, American Red Cross, American Friends of Magen David Adom, and Armed Forces Relief Trust.  Contact us for details.   Start Your Own Collection As a collector of history, you can enjoy a unique and personal connection with your favorite historic event, figure, or idea. 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