Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro) (1809-1887) [Appointment of James M. Mason as Confederate Special Commissioner to England]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04448 Author/Creator: Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro) (1809-1887) Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 23 September 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 40.2 x 26.6 cm. Order a Copy
Credentials appointing James M. Mason Confederate Special Commissioner to England. Signed by Hunter as Secretary of State. Partly printed document, in calligraphic hand with blind stamp of the Confederate States of America, Department of State. The arrest of Mason and John Slidell on their diplomatic voyage to Europe began the Trent Affair.
Robert M. T. Hunter was the Confederate Secretary of State, also a United States and Confederate States Senator.
James M. Mason served as the Confederate Foreign Minister to Great Britain and France, also a United States Senator from Virginia.
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