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Letter of Judah P. Benjamin and his portrait [Decimalized .01-.02]

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A letter from Confederate Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin to North Carolina Governor Henry T. Clark and a portrait of Benjamin.

GLC#
GLC01353
Type
Header Record
Date
circa 1862
Title
Letter of Judah P. Benjamin and his portrait [Decimalized .01-.02]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
2 items
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884
Clark, Henry Toole, 1808-1874
Judaism
Civil War
Military History
Confederate General or Leader
Confederate States of America

Showing 2 of 2 records

Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Henry Toole Clark

February 3, 1862

Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884

Benjamin discusses the defense of North Carolina. He will send reinforcements, but cannot send as many as he would like, which he blames on the shortness of enlistment terms. Lack of men is not his real concern though, "I am sure I could organize the...

GLC01353.01
Collection Item
Print

[Portrait of Judah P. Benjamin]

1850-1885

Penciled note on verso reads "Appears to be reproduction of a mezzotint; false platework."

GLC01353.02
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