J. M. Mason Papers 1838-1870 (bulk 1862-1865)

Collie, Alexander

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Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884

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Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was a lawyer and politician who was a United States Senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the American Civil War, an English barrister. Benjamin was the first Jew to hold a Cabinet position in North America and the first to be elected to the United States Senate who had not renounced his faith. Benjamin was born to Sephardic Jewish parents from Londo...

Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887

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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and plantation owner. He was a U.S. Representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), Speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. Senator (1847–1861). During the American Civil War, Hunter became the Confederate States Secretary of State (1861–1862) and then a Confederate Senator (1862–1865) and critic of President Jefferson Davis. After the war, Hunter failed to win re-election to the U.S. Senate, but did ser...

Williams, James, 1796-1869

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Hotze, Henry, 1833-1887

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Confederate propagandist. From the description of Papers of Henry Hotze [manuscript], 1861-1866, 1959-1972. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647880309 ...

Browne, William M. (William Montague), 1823-1883

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William Montague Browne (1823-1883), Brigadier-General on the staff of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America, later moved to Athens (Ga.) and became professor of history and political economy at the University of Georgia. From the description of William Montague Browne papers, 1864-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477258 William M. Browne was a newspaper editor and served as a Confederate Brigadier General during the Civil War. From...

Sinclair, George T.

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George T Sinclair served on the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Senior commander Charles Wilkes). He was in temporary charge of the schooner Flying Fish in 1841 serving also onboard the store ship Relief and the brig Porpoise . With a fleet of six vessels, the expedition was commissioned on a world voyage of hydrography and exploration that included forays into the Southern Ocean. The expedition was the first to delineate a substantial length of Antarctic coastline, e...

Bulloch, James Dunwody, 1823-1901

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James Dunwody Bulloch (1823-1901) was a United States Navy officer and later a Confederate naval agent. From the guide to the James Dunwody Bulloch Letters, ., 1849, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) James Dunwody Bulloch (1823-1901) was a native of Savannah, Georgia, and an officer in the U.S. Navy. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he became a Confederate naval agent in Europe. After the war, Bulloch remained in Liverpo...

Mann, A. Dudley (Ambrose Dudley), 1801-1889

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Diplomat, public official, and C.S.A. public official. From the description of Letter of A. Dudley Mann, 1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454300 Ambrose Dudley Mann was a United States diplomat prior to the Civil War, he also served as the first U. S. Assistant Secretary of State. At the onset of the War he sided with the Confederacy, and was appointed by President Jefferson Davis as a diplomat to Europe. From the description of Ambrose Dudley Mann letters,...

Huse, Caleb, 1831-1905

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North, James H.

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Virginia (Ironclad)

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Great Britain. Foreign Office

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This section not yet complete. From the guide to the Great Britain Foreign Office Records Related to Brazil N/A., 1862-1913, (Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin) ...

Rinaldo (Sloop)

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Southern Independence Association

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Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878

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British statesman and Prime Minister. From the description of Papers, 1817-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20159057 English prime minister. From the description of Autograph letter written in the third person : London, to an unidentified recipient [1848] Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747616123 From the description of Collection of two autograph documents, 1862 Oct. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 614476357 From the ...

Lindsay, W. S. (William Schaw), 1816-1877

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Epithet: of Heister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x0000f0 ...

Memminger, C. G. (Christopher Gustavus), 1803-1888

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South Carolina legislator and Confederate Secretary of the Treasury; from Charleston, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1861-1878. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20030153 Lawyer and politician of Charleston, S.C.; member of: S.C. House, 1836-1852, 1855-1860, 1877; Secession convention, 1861; Board of Free School Commissioners of Charleston; drafter of Confederate constitution; Confederate Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-1864; President of the Etiwan Phospa...

Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893

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Lawyer of Georgia and later Mississippi, U.S. congressman from Mississippi, member of President Cleveland's cabinet, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of L. Q. C. Lamar papers, 1864-1874 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24095749 Resident of Oxford (Lafayette County), Miss. From the description of Letter and Clipping, 1875-1887. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32452483 Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1...

Collie, Alexander

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Spence, James, 1811-1876

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Slidell, John, 1793-1871

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American lawyer and politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to T.H. Herbert, Esq., 1856 12 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664032 Slidell was a Louisiana lawyer and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and as Confederate agent to France whose capture sparked the Trent affair. From the description of Legal answer, 1800s. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 122558030 ...

Society for Promoting the Cessation of Hostilities in America (London, England)

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Fraser, Trenholm, and Co. (Liverpool, England)

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John Fraser & Company was a commercial firm based in Charleston, S.C., that shipped cotton to Great Britain, among other ventures. George Alfred Trenholm headed the company by 1853. Beginning in 1864, Trenholm served as Secretary of the Treasury to the Confederate States of America. During the Civil War, Fraser, Trenholm, & Company acted as the overseas banker of the Confederate States of America, financing the supply of weaponry and essential goods in exchange for cotton, tobacco, and t...

O'Conor, Charles, 1804-1884

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Prominent lawyer in New York City, New York who eventually acted as counsel for the state in its case against William M. Tweed. From the description of Letter, Dec. 31, 1860. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53167542 ...

Mason, J. M. (James Murray), 1798-1871

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United States senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to C. Neale, Esq., 1849 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607846 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Selma, to Joseph C. Cabell, Esq., 1846 Nov. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607032 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Messrs. Gales & Seaton, 1839 Feb. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607773 U.S. Congressman, and Confede...