Alexandre DeClouet letter, 1861 Mar. 4.

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Alexandre DeClouet letter, 1861 Mar. 4.

Letter written by DeClouet from the Confederate Congress in Montgomery, Ala., to Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury C.G. Memminger, recommending W.H.S. Taylor for a position in the treasury department.

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DeClouet, Alexandre Étienne, 1812-1890.

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Alexandre Étienne DeClouet, a sugar planter, Confederate congressman, and state senator from Saint Martin Parish, La., was married to Jane Marie Roman (b. 1841). Beginning in the 1860s, their son, Paul L. DeClouet, managed the family's Magenta, St. Claire, and Lizima plantations as Alexandre became increasingly involved in various political organizations, including the White League, a semi-military body organized to oppose the development of political and economic power of black freedmen. ...

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...

Confederate States of America. Dept. of the Treasury

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