George Alfred Trenholm papers, 1853-1897.

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

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William Henry Seward was born in Florida, Orange County, New York, on May 16, 1801. He was the son of Samuel S. Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1823, he moved to Auburn, New York, where he entered Judge Elijah Miller's law office. He married Frances Adeline Miller, Judge Miller's daughter, in 1824. Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic m...

Confederate States of America. Dept. of the Treasury.

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The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and the CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven southern states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S. From the guide to the Death benefit certificates and power of attorney, 1863-1865, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The Confederate dollar, often called a "Greyback", was first issued into circulation in April 1861, when...

Kenner, Duncan Farrar, 1813-1887

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Confederate legislator from Louisiana. From the description of Papers of Duncan Farrar Kenner, 1882-1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423515 Duncan Farrar Kenner was a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Conventions of 1845 and of 1852, a member of the Confederate Congress, and a Confederate special commissioner plenipotentiary to France in 1863. A planter, he founded Ashland Plantation in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and had interests in Bow...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Trenholm, George Alfred, 1806-1876

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Secretary of Confederate Treasury; member of South Carolina House of Representatives; cotton broker and native of Charleston, S.C.; Trenholm owned John Fraser & Company of Charleston, S.C., and shipped sea island cotton to Fraser, Trenholm, and Co. (Liverpool, England); Trenholm also owned interests in interests in steamships, railroads, banks, hotels, plantations, wharves, and cotton presses; father of William Lee Trenholm (1836-1901), who served as Captain, Company B, Seventh Regiment, Sou...

Laffite, Jean

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