urn:taro:utexas.cah.00975 A Guide to the Judah Philip Benjamin Correspondence, 1850-1866 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. April 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Benjamin, Judah Philip Judah Philip Benjamin Correspondence 1850-1866 Materials are written in English. 1 inch Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Typescripts of letters concern Texas lands held by Benjamin (1811-1884), Louisiana senator and secretary of war for the Confederacy, and the legal assistance of James Harper Starr and Nathaniel C. Amory in connection with the lands. Biographical Note

Benjamin (1811-1884) was a Louisiana senator and secretary of war for the Confederacy.

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Typescripts of letters concern Texas lands held by Benjamin and the legal assistance of James Harper Starr and Nathaniel C. Amory in connection with the lands. Original letters are in the James Harper Starr Papers. There is one manuscript letter concerning Benjamin's authorization to Governor Francis R. Lubbock for the raising of troops, dated March 6, 1862.

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 Index Terms Subjects Amory, Nathaniel C. Benjamin, Judah Philip. Starr, James Harper. Real estate. Preferred Citation

Judah Philip Benjamin Correspondence, 1850-1866, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2Q437 Correspondence, 1850-1866