American military officer and politician (1808–1889) who, after serving as senator and U.S. Secretary of War, was the first and only president of the Confederacy, from 1861 until its collapse at the end of the Civil War. Carte-de-visite bust photo bearing the backstamp of Washburn, New Orleans, 2.5 x 4, signed in ink on the reverse “Cordially yours, Jefferson Davis, May 1875.” Mild soiling and faint foxing to image, otherwise fine condition. Auction LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and Auction LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
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