TY  - GEN
AU  - Mason,J.M.
TI  - J. M. Mason papers,
KW  - Benjamin, J. P.
KW  - Browne, William M.
KW  - Bulloch, James Dunwody,
KW  - Collie, Alexander
KW  - Hotze, Henry,
KW  - Hunter, R. M. T.
KW  - Huse, Caleb,
KW  - Lamar, L. Q. C.
KW  - Lindsay, W. S.
KW  - Mann, A. Dudley
KW  - Memminger, C. G.
KW  - North, James H.
KW  - O'Conor, Charles,
KW  - Russell, John Russell,
KW  - Sinclair, George T.
KW  - Slidell, John,
KW  - Spence, James,
KW  - Williams, James,
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Foreign Office
KW  - Fraser, Trenholm, and Co. (Liverpool, England)
KW  - Correspondence
KW  - Rinaldo (Sloop)
KW  - Society for Promoting the Cessation of Hostilities in America (London, England)
KW  - Southern Independence Association
KW  - Virginia (Ironclad)
KW  - Claims
KW  - Cotton trade
KW  - Confederate States of America
KW  - Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862
KW  - Merchant marine
KW  - Pirates
KW  - Trent Affair, 1861
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - History, Naval
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Blockades
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Virginia
KW  - Representatives, U.S. Congress
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Senators, U.S. Congress
N1  - Open to research; In part typewritten transcripts of papers located elsewhere made for Virginia Mason; [S.l.]
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010229
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010229.3
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