The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-09
Imprisonment.
Buried the Great Seal.

Il buried, under his direction, the
great seal of the Confederate States,
nv pledge to him to keep its hiding
place secret being Kept invioiate, and
it will be SO kept forever. At Raj
eigh. on the occasion Of the removal
of the remains Of Mr.. Davis from
New Orleans to Richmond for burial.
I drove the horses which drew his
body, and performed that last service
at his tnterment. l have outlived all
Mr.. Davis family. I dressed with
Southern flowers the head OF Mrs.
Davis as she lay in her coffin, before
her burial at Richmond. | have at
tended the funerals Of all the mem
bers of the family except that Of Mrs.
Hayes (Miss Maggiel, who was ere
mated. I have attended several re-
unions. | feel that l have but a short
time and would have greatly liked to
be at his one. May I ask you to
convey to the reunion the assurance
of my profound regard for and de-
votion to the memory OF MI. Davis,
my admiration for the men who with
him fought in the great wa and my
desire to at any time do anything to
show the world my feeling towards
the C.onfed crate president, Who SO
grandly represented his section and
his people,
Secret Will Die With Jones.
The secret burial-place Of the great
seal of the C~onfederacy will die with
Jones: He sticks stOutly to this de-
termination, and ga - he would break
faith, pledged to Mr.. Davis, if he ever
told the location. All he would tell
me WIS that the seal was buried IN
Virginia.; that it was a large seal very
beautiful in design, in a handsome
box, the latter being inside a metal
lie box Presumably 1t must be
bIyrin1 nat for Frnr, IiohroanI LJa
says that the seal only reached MI.
Davis a few months before the Con
federacy 4 its existence. IT
seenfs that Impressions were made OF
it, and that these were used for some
but that the seal itself was
never out of Mr.. Davis possession I'M
til he gave it to Jones to secrete. The
young officer in the Confederate
States Navy and was made in Eng
Land, the designer being Mr.. Wyon,
then the maker Of seals, medals, etc,
at the Royal Mint. The cost of the
sea! was something like six hundred.
says regarding the movement OF Pres
ident Davis southwark that Judah p.
Benta-uin Of his cabinet wanted him
to 60 to Cuba with him, but Mr.. Davis
thought it best to make his way to-
wrads the Mississippi river, in order to
get Il TO the p2Ctlcuk harry
Texas and that section. Jones spoke
OF the intense affection Mr.. Davis felt
for the people of New Orleans, saying
that he w hat city more than any
other place An the country and that
the people there loved him and his
family and showed this in every pos
sible way. IN fact the people OF Iouisi-
ana and Mississippi had the deepest
and most sincere regard for him.
IGnpC has made q will IN which bA
has left to me, to be placed In the
North Carolina Hall OF History. the
remainder Of his relics of the Davis
some already there, including
camp candlesticks OF brass, used by
Mr.. Davis in the Wa of Mexico, at
Richmond and in his tent at the time
his capture by the Federal cavalry,
Washington. Ga. One of his |
last letters was to Jones. and one of
the last written by Mrs. Davis was to
this same q whose devotion is
something which seems quite out Of
the way these days, when it is the
fashion to be cold.
F. A. OLDS.