Judah Philip BenjaminCorrespondence 1850-1866

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Judah Philip BenjaminCorrespondence 1850-1866

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Typescripts of lettersconcern Texas lands held by Benjamin (1811-1884), Louisiana senator andsecretary of war for the Confederacy, and the legal assistance of James HarperStarr and Nathaniel C. Amory in connection with the lands.

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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...