Judah Philip Benjamin letter, 1853 Dec. 16.

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Judah Philip Benjamin letter, 1853 Dec. 16.

Letter from Benjamin to John A. Campbell regarding legal matters.

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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...

Campbell, John Archibald, 1811-1889

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Lawyer and state legislator, Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama; associate judge, U.S. Supreme Court, 1853-1861; assistant secretary of war, Confederate Army, 1862-1865. From the description of Papers, 1865 Jan.-April. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27989428 John Archibald Campbell (1811-1889), Justice U.S. Supreme Court (1853-1861). From the description of John Archibald Campbell papers, 1842-1843, 1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38...