02412cpcaa2200481 a 4500 mm 79000172 DLC 20260227111628.0 790111|||||||||||| eng mm 79000172 DLC DLC DLC dacs W lcmd Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 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. 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. itoamc Lawyers. itoamc Senators, U.S. Congress Louisiana. itoamc 40171 40171