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Inventory of the Laura Benjamin Miller Collection on Judah P. Benjamin, 1862, 1983
Inventory of the Laura Benjamin Miller Collection on Judah P. Benjamin, 1862, 1983
Descriptive Summary
| Abstract: | The collection consists of a Confederate States of America two-dollar bill, a Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial brochure, and a digital copy of a letter from Judah Benjamin (as the Confederate States Secretary of State) to Daniel Printup, Esq. of Rome, Georgia, requesting assistance in mustering soldiers for the 55th regiment of the Confederate States Army. |
| Title: | Laura Benjamin Miller collection on Judah P. Benjamin |
| Collector: | Miller, Laura Benjamin, collector |
| Date(s): | 1862, 1983 |
| Extent: | 1 folder (3 items) |
| Repository: | Jewish Heritage Collection, Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 Phone: (843) 953-8016 Fax: (843) 953-6319 URL: http://archives.library.cofc.edu |
| Call Number: | Mss 1034-078 |
| Language of Material: | Materials in English |
Biographical Note
Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), US senator, Confederate statesman, and sugar planter, was born in the British-occupied Danish West Indies (modern-day Virgin Islands). The Benjamin family immigrated to the United States shortly after Benjamin's birth and resided in North and South Carolina. Benjamin's father was a founding member of Charleston, South Carolina's Reformed Society of Israelites, the first effort to reform Judaism in the United States.
Judah Benjamin moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1832, where he entered private practice as a commercial lawyer and established a sugar plantation. After serving in the Louisiana state legislature for ten years, Benjamin was elected to the US senate, becoming the second Jewish senator in US history.
After Louisiana seceded from the Union in 1881, Benjamin was elected Attorney General of the Confederacy. Soon afterwards he assumed the positions of Secretary of War (September 1861-March 1862) and Secretary of State (March 1862-May 1865). Benjamin relocated to England after the war, and later moved to France, where he died in 1884.
Collection Overview
The collection consists of a Confederate States of America two-dollar bill featuring an image of Benjamin, a Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial brochure, and a digital copy of a letter from Benjamin (as the Confederate States Secretary of State) to Daniel Printup, Esq. of Rome, Georgia, requesting assistance in mustering soldiers for the 55th regiment of the Confederate States Army.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the item level.
Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person, family, or organization, by topical subject, by place, and by types of material.Names
- Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884
- Printup, Daniel S.
Subjects
- Confederate States of America--History, Military
- Money--Confederate States of America
Places
- Rome (Ga.)
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Jews
Types of Material
- Brochures
- Correspondence
- Paper money
Inventory
Includes a brief description of the Florida plantation where Benjamin is reputed to have taken refuge in late May 1865 after the fall of the Confederacy before fleeing to England.
As Confederate States Secretary of War, Benjamin requests Printup's assistance in mustering companies to populate the 55th regiment of the Confederate army. Printup was the son of wealthy planter who owned land near Rome, Georgia. The collection includes only a digital color scan of the original letter and a black and white printout of the scan. This scan is available online in the Lowcountry Digital Library. Also included is a document that describes the historical context of the letter.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
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The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Laura Benjamin Miller collection on Judah P. Benjamin, College of Charleston Libraries, Charleston, SC, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Materials were donated in 2008 by Laura Benjamin Miller.
Alternate Form of Materials
Digital reproduction of the letter from Benjamin to Daniel S. Printup, Esq. is available online in the Lowcountry Digital Library.
Processing Information
Processed by Sarah Dorpinghaus, March 2011.
Encoded by Sarah Dorpinghaus, September 2011.
Funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources supported the processing of this collection and encoding of the finding aid.
