J.P. Benjamin papers, 1827-1871.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 9 itemsSubject(s): - Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 -- Correspondence
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
- Mason, J. M. (James Murray), 1798-1871 -- Correspondence
- McRae, John J., 1815-1868
- Memminger, C. G. (Christopher Gustavus), 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
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.
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