Felix Limongi collection, 1832-1880

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Felix Limongi collection, 1832-1880

1832-1880

https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79049221

Chiefly correspondence, memoranda, briefs, affidavits, and other legal documents of the New Orleans law firm of Durant & Hornor, later Hornor & Benedict, relating to legal issues of slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Includes records pertaining to the Planters' Life Guard, a Confederate regiment in New Orleans, 1861-1862; prizes taken by the USS Chocura (Screw steam gunboat), as well as a list of its officers and crew; civilian arrests; and miscellaneous items relating to the administrations of generals Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Benjamin F. Butler, Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, and George F. Shepley. Individuals represented include William S. Benedict, Thomas J. Durant, and Joseph P. Hornor.

240 items. 1 container.

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 11620664

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Shepley, George Foster, 1819-1878

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Lawyer, of Bangor and Portland, Me.; U.S. district attorney for Maine; judge Maine 1st Circuit Court; served as Military Governor of Louisiana during the Civil War. From the description of Papers, 1862-1864. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978835 Lawyer, U.S. district attorney, state legislator, and judge, of Portland, Me.; commissioned as colonel in 12th Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry during Civil War; made military commander of New Orleans, La...

Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus, 1815-1882

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American army officer and diplomat. From the description of Telegram (not autograph) : Head Quarters 16th Army Corps, 1863 July 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555752 American army officier and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Memphis, Tennessee, to Col. J.C. Kelton, 1863 Nov. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269530212 A native of South Carolina, Hurlbut became a lawyer and state legislator in Illinois. A Union general ...

Durant, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1817-1882

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Resident of New Orleans and Washington, D.C.; attorney and Louisiana state senator. From the description of Thomas Jefferson Durant papers, 1862-1881 (bulk 1870-1879). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58781793 Lawyer, politician; New Orleans, Louisiana and Washington, D.C. From the description of Letterpress copies, 1844-1865 (bulk 1844-1847, 1860-1865). (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663758 Thomas Jefferson Duran...

Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

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Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the sixth and youngest child of John Butler and Charlotte Ellison Butler. His father served under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later became a privateer, dying of yellow fever in the West Indies not long after Benjamin was born. He was named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. His elder brother, Andrew Jackson Butler (1815–1864), would serve as a colonel in the Union Army during t...

Limongi, Felix, 1865-1929

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Felix Limongi (1865-1929) was a merchant and stamp collector who lived in New Orleans and Covington, Louisiana. His father was Francis Limongi, an Italian immigrant and grocer who settled in New Orleans, and his mother was Louisa Saillard. ...