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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01353 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: circa 1862 Pagination: 2 items Order a Copy

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

Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884
Clark, Henry Toole, 1808-1874

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