Judah P. Benjamin papers, 1811-1956 (bulk 1857-1956).

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Judah P. Benjamin papers, 1811-1956 (bulk 1857-1956).

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Personal letter and business letter, birth record, and photographs of Judah P. Benjamin and his home, Belle Chasse plantation. Personal letter to a friend concerning a visit; one business letter to A.H.H. Dawson, Esq. declining to take a legal case; a photograph of Benjamin's birth record; a photograph of a profile engraving of Benjamin by Augustin Brouart; an autographed photograph of Benjamin to A.H.H. Dawson, Esq.; photograph of Benjamin in his robes as Queen's Counsel; and eight photographs of Benjamin's home, Belle Chasse Plantation, from 1927 until 1956.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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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...

Dawson, A. H. H.

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Brouart, Augustin.

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