Mason, J. M.  1798-1871. <br/><br/>
J. M. Mason papers, 1838-1870  (bulk 1862-1865). 

 - 3,600  items. 9  containers. 1.8  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Chiefly diplomatic communications sent while Mason was Confederate commissioner.  Includes correspondence; dispatches; lists of supplies for the Confederate States from London; statements and depositions regarding piracy, claims, the blockade, and other naval and marine matters; cotton bonds and warrants; circulars; and printed matter.  Includes instructions to Mason from Confederate officials Judah P. Benjamin, William M. Browne, and R.M.T. Hunter as well as from the British Foreign Office and a 1862 log of the HMS Rinaldo (Sloop).  Subjects include the Trent Affair, 1861; British merchant vessels; the actions of the CSS Virginia (Ironclad) at the Battle of Hampton Roads, Va., 1862; and Confederate ships in European waters.  Correspondents include William M. Browne; James Dunwody Bulloch; Alexander Collie; Henry Hotze; Caleb Huse; L.Q.C. Lamar; W.S. Lindsay; A. Dudley Mann; C.G. Memminger; James H. North; Charles O'Conor; John Russell, Earl Russell; George T. Sinclair; John Slidell; James Spence; James Williams; Fraser, Trenholm, and Co. (Liverpool, England); Society for Promoting the Cessation of Hostilities in America (London, England); and Southern Independence Association, Manchester, Eng. 
<br/><br/><br/>In part typewritten transcripts of papers located elsewhere made for Virginia Mason. <br/>[S.l.]. 
<br/><br/><br/>U.S. senator and representative from Virginia and Confederate diplomatic agent in Great Britain. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010229 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 79031591  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Benjamin, J. P. 1811-1884. <br/>Browne, William M. 1823-1883. <br/>Browne, William M. 1823-1883 --Correspondence.<br/>Bulloch, James Dunwody, 1823-1901 --Correspondence.<br/>Collie, Alexander--Correspondence.<br/>Hotze, Henry, 1833-1887 --Correspondence.<br/>Hunter, R. M. T. 1809-1887. <br/>Huse, Caleb, 1831-1905 --Correspondence.<br/>Lamar, L. Q. C. 1825-1893 --Correspondence.<br/>Lindsay, W. S. 1816-1877 --Correspondence.<br/>Mann, A. Dudley 1801-1889 --Correspondence.<br/>Memminger, C. G. 1803-1888 --Correspondence.<br/>North, James H.--Correspondence.<br/>O'Conor, Charles, 1804-1884 --Correspondence.<br/>Russell, John Russell, Earl,  1792-1878 --Correspondence.<br/>Sinclair, George T.--Correspondence.<br/>Slidell, John, 1793-1871 --Correspondence.<br/>Spence, James, 1811-1876 --Correspondence.<br/>Williams, James, 1796-1869 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Great Britain. Foreign Office. <br/>Fraser, Trenholm, and Co. (Liverpool, England)--Correspondence.<br/>Rinaldo (Sloop)<br/>Society for Promoting the Cessation of Hostilities in America (London, England)--Correspondence.<br/>Southern Independence Association--Correspondence.<br/>Virginia (Ironclad)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Claims.<br/>Cotton trade--Confederate States of America.<br/>Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862.<br/>Merchant marine--Great Britain.<br/>Pirates.<br/>Trent Affair, 1861.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Confederate States of America--Commerce--Great Britain.<br/>Confederate States of America--Foreign relations--Great Britain.<br/>Confederate States of America--History, Naval.<br/>Great Britain--Commerce--Confederate States of America.<br/>Great Britain--Foreign relations--Confederate States of America.<br/>United States--History--Blockades.--Civil War, 1861-1865<br/>United States--History--Naval operations.--Civil War, 1861-1865<br/>Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Representatives, U.S. Congress--Virginia.<br/>Senators, U.S. Congress--Virginia.