Benjamin, J. P.  1811-1884. <br/><br/>
J.P. Benjamin papers, 1827-1871. 

 - 9  items. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>In part, negative photocopy and typewritten transcripts. <br/>[S.l.]. 
<br/><br/><br/>U.S. senator from Louisiana, Confederate cabinet officer, and lawyer. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 79000172  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Breckinridge, John C. 1821-1875 --Correspondence.<br/>Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. <br/>Mason, J. M. 1798-1871 --Correspondence.<br/>McRae, John J., 1815-1868. <br/>Memminger, C. G. 1803-1888 --Correspondence.<br/>North, Simeon, 1802-1884 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Yale College (1718-1887)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Civil rights.<br/>American Confederate voluntary exiles--Belize.<br/>American Confederate voluntary exiles--England.<br/>Practice of law--England.<br/>Slavery.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Cabinet officers--Confederate States of America.<br/>Lawyers.<br/>Senators, U.S. Congress--Louisiana.