It says “Jeff Davis”.
That seems significant, but no mention in the article.
That seems significant, but no mention in the article.
It would have been, had he finished as he intended: "... sucks dirty donkey d---." But just then the boss walked in and he had to close up the watch.
The “1864” that’s there as well.
Jefferson Davis ordered Gen P.G.T. Beauregard to demand the surrender of Ft Sumter, and if it did not, to reduce the fort before a relief expedition could arrive. The Confederate cabinet, meeting in Montgomery, endorsed Davis’s order on April 9. Only Secretary of State Robert Toombs opposed this decision: he reportedly told Jefferson Davis the attack “will lose us every friend at the North.
"Jeff Davis" is in a different handwriting than "Jonathan Dillon." Compare the "J" in Jeff and Jonathan and the "D" in Davis and Dillon.