J.P. Benjamin papers,
Benjamin, J. P. 1811-1884.
J.P. Benjamin papers, 1827-1871. - 9 items.
Open to research.
ALsS and photocopies and typewritten transcripts of correspondence concerning Benjamin's years at Yale College, New Haven, Conn.; the rights of free African Americans in slave states; charges that Benjamin and Jefferson Davis profited from the Civil War; imprisonment of Davis; Confederate John J. McRae's voluntary exile in Belize; and Benjamin's exile and career in law in England. Correspondents include John C. Breckinridge, J.M. Mason, C.G. Memminger, and Simeon North.
In part, negative photocopy and typewritten transcripts.
[S.l.].
U.S. senator from Louisiana, Confederate cabinet officer, and lawyer.
Collection material in English.
Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
mm 79000172
Breckinridge, John C. 1821-1875 --Correspondence.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Mason, J. M. 1798-1871 --Correspondence.
McRae, John J., 1815-1868.
Memminger, C. G. 1803-1888 --Correspondence.
North, Simeon, 1802-1884 --Correspondence.
Yale College (1718-1887)
African Americans--Civil rights.
American Confederate voluntary exiles--Belize.
American Confederate voluntary exiles--England.
Practice of law--England.
Slavery.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Cabinet officers--Confederate States of America.
Lawyers.
Senators, U.S. Congress--Louisiana.
J.P. Benjamin papers, 1827-1871. - 9 items.
Open to research.
ALsS and photocopies and typewritten transcripts of correspondence concerning Benjamin's years at Yale College, New Haven, Conn.; the rights of free African Americans in slave states; charges that Benjamin and Jefferson Davis profited from the Civil War; imprisonment of Davis; Confederate John J. McRae's voluntary exile in Belize; and Benjamin's exile and career in law in England. Correspondents include John C. Breckinridge, J.M. Mason, C.G. Memminger, and Simeon North.
In part, negative photocopy and typewritten transcripts.
[S.l.].
U.S. senator from Louisiana, Confederate cabinet officer, and lawyer.
Collection material in English.
Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
mm 79000172
Breckinridge, John C. 1821-1875 --Correspondence.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Mason, J. M. 1798-1871 --Correspondence.
McRae, John J., 1815-1868.
Memminger, C. G. 1803-1888 --Correspondence.
North, Simeon, 1802-1884 --Correspondence.
Yale College (1718-1887)
African Americans--Civil rights.
American Confederate voluntary exiles--Belize.
American Confederate voluntary exiles--England.
Practice of law--England.
Slavery.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Cabinet officers--Confederate States of America.
Lawyers.
Senators, U.S. Congress--Louisiana.