General correspondence to and from Jeff Davis or his business and political associates. Very little of the correspondence dates from 1877-1906, during which time Davis worked as a private attorney, Attorney General, and Governor. As a result, this correspondence has been arranged chronologically in the first thre folders. Beginning with Davis's tenure as United States Senator in 1907, the correspondence becomes more voluminous and has been arranged first chronologically by year and then alphabetically; by author in the case of incoming mail, and by the addressee in the case of mail issued from Davis's office. Most of the correspondence is routine issue mail, requests for government publications, and applications for military academy appointments. Significant political correspondence from Davis's law partner, Frank Pace, and his senatorial assistant, Harold Stewart, have been separated from the alpha/chronological files and placed separately in files found in Box 9. Other political correspondents with letters in justifiable numbers have been similarly arranged in box 9, along with those pertaining to Davis's sons, Jeff Davis and Wallace Davis, and his grandson, Jeff Davis, Jr. Correspondence with no date or signature has been placed in the final folder. Four of Harold Stewart's stenographic notebooks have been placed with the oversize materials in Box 14.