Great Britain Consulate papers, 1859-1866.

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Great Britain Consulate papers, 1859-1866.

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The collection consists of correspondence, certificates, and printed material relating to the Confederate policy of conscripting foreigners who overstayed their time limits, proofs of citizenship, and to the blockade of Confederate ports. Correspondents include Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown, Confederate Secretary of State, Judah P. Benjamin, Confederate Secretary of War, G.W. Randolph, the British minister in Washington D.C., Richard B.P. Lyons, and British consuls in Savannah. Post war letters relate to the kidnapping of an African American (Samuel Edwards) from Nassau, to be sold as a slave in Georgia.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8279030

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Fullarton, Allen.

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Walker, H. Pinkney.

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Gerson, Noel B. (Noel Bertram), 1914-1988

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