Judah Philip Benjamin correspondence, 1836 Oct. 13.
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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...
De Leon, Edwin, 1818-1891
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Journalist, U.S. consul to Egypt, and Confederate agent. From the description of Edwin De Leon papers, 1864-1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423951 ...
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The New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad was the forerunner of the twenty-first century St. Charles Avenue streetcar line. The company was chartered in 1833 and the line opened for business in 1835, connecting the city of New Orleans, La., with the nearby village of Carrollton. This was one of the first trolley systems built in the United States, and continued operations through the Civil War when the city was occupied. One of the post-war presidents of the company was former Confederate general ...
