Sanders, George N. (George Nicholas), 1848-1890

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  • 1812, Feb.: Born, Lexington, Ky.
  • 1836: Married Anna Johnson Reid (died 1890)
  • 1843: Helped organize a meeting in Ghent, Ky., calling for annexation of Texas, and corresponded with 1844 presidential contenders on the issue
  • 1848: In Paris, France, as agent of George Law, attempting to sell to European revolutionaries muskets discarded by the U. S. War Department
  • 1850s: One of the leaders of the “Young America” movement
  • 1851: Bought U. S. Magazine and Democratic Review (shortened to Democratic Review)
  • 1853 - 1854 : Appointed U.S. consul, London, England; confirmation was denied by the Senate and Sanders was recalled
  • 1857 - 1860 : Navy agent, New York, N.Y.
  • 1861 - 1865 : Confederate sympathizer and occasional agent on behalf of the Confederate government
  • 1864: Member, Niagara peace conference
  • 1872: Returned to the United States after several years in exile
  • 1873, Aug. 13: Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the George Nicholas Sanders Family Papers, 1833-1973, (bulk 1833-1900), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Sanders, George H., 1848-. Dictation from George H. Sanders : Texarkana, 1887. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf George Nicholas Sanders Family Papers, 1833-1973, (bulk 1833-1900) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn Soule, Pierre, 1801-1870. Pierre Soule papers, 1850-1901 (bulk 1850-1864). Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Autograph File, H Houghton Library
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associatedWith Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918. person
associatedWith Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 person
correspondedWith Belmont, August, 1813-1890 person
correspondedWith Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884 person
correspondedWith Breckinridge, Mary, 1826-1907 person
associatedWith Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 person
correspondedWith Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866 person
correspondedWith Century Company corporateBody
associatedWith Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 person
correspondedWith Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 person
correspondedWith Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 person
associatedWith Democratic National Convention (1852 : Baltimore, Md.) corporateBody
associatedWith Democratic Party (U.S.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 person
correspondedWith Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 person
correspondedWith Forney, John W. (John Wien), 1817-1881 person
correspondedWith Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887 person
correspondedWith Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 person
correspondedWith Mallory, Stephen R. (Stephen Russell), 1813-1873 person
associatedWith Pierce, Benjamin, 1841-1853 person
correspondedWith Sanders, Anna Johnson Reid, approximately 1815-1890 person
associatedWith Sanders family. family
associatedWith Sanders, Reid, 1837-1864 person
associatedWith Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914 person
associatedWith Soule, Pierre, 1801-1870. person
associatedWith Virginia Military Institute. corporateBody
associatedWith Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 person
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Confederate States of America
Texas
New York (N.Y.)
Bowie County (Tex.)
United States
Subject
American Confederate voluntary exiles
Europeans
Presidents
Occupation
Agents, Confederate
Financiers
Lobbyists
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Birth 1848

Death 1890

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