Ambrose Dudley Mann letters, 1850-1889.

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Ambrose Dudley Mann letters, 1850-1889.

Letters relate to Ambrose Dudley Mann's diplomatic career in the governments of the United States and Confederate States of America. They also reflect his friendship with Jefferson Davis. Correspondents include Judah P. Benjamin and Jefferson Davis.

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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...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

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,...

Moore, John Preston.

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