Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip) 1811-1884 creator mixed material monographic eng 9 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. Open to research. 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 Lawyers Senators, U.S. Congress mm 79000172 Open to research. DLC 790111 20260227111628.0 mm 79000172