Letter from Jefferson Finis Davis to Howell Cobb, July 31, 1861
written by Jefferson Davis, 1808-1889 (1861); edited by James D. Richardson, fl. 1897; in A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy, Including the Diplomatic Correspondence, 1861-1865 (Nashville, TN: United States Publishing Company, 1905), 83-84