Prevost family papers, 1786-1814, 1843-1845.

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Prevost family papers, 1786-1814, 1843-1845.

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Letters, legal documents, and related items of Pierre Prevost of Saint-Domingue; his daughter, Emilie Prevost Majestre of New York City; and his son, Maurice Prevost of New Orleans. Correspondence of Emilie Prevost Majestre between 1843 and 1845 consists of letters from lawyers, including Judah P. Benjamin, concerning the contested will of her brother, Maurice Prevost, to annul legacies in favor of an illegitimate African-American child.

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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...

Prevost, Pierre.

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Majestre, Emilie Prevost.

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Prevost family.

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Prévost, Maurice

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