MARC Record from Library of Congress

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010 $amm 79031591 $bms 66000234
040 $aDLC$cDLC$edacs$dDLC
072 7 $aW$2lcmd
100 1 $aMason, J. M.$q(James Murray),$d1798-1871.
245 00 $aJ. M. Mason papers,$f1838-1870$g(bulk 1862-1865).
300 $a3,600$fitems.
300 $a9$fcontainers.
300 $a1.8$flinear feet.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aChiefly diplomatic communications sent while Mason was Confederate commissioner. Includes correspondence; dispatches; lists of supplies for the Confederate States from London; statements and depositions regarding piracy, claims, the blockade, and other naval and marine matters; cotton bonds and warrants; circulars; and printed matter. Includes instructions to Mason from Confederate officials Judah P. Benjamin, William M. Browne, and R.M.T. Hunter as well as from the British Foreign Office and a 1862 log of the HMS Rinaldo (Sloop). Subjects include the Trent Affair, 1861; British merchant vessels; the actions of the CSS Virginia (Ironclad) at the Battle of Hampton Roads, Va., 1862; and Confederate ships in European waters.
520 8 $aCorrespondents include William M. Browne; James Dunwody Bulloch; Alexander Collie; Henry Hotze; Caleb Huse; L.Q.C. Lamar; W.S. Lindsay; A. Dudley Mann; C.G. Memminger; James H. North; Charles O'Conor; John Russell, Earl Russell; George T. Sinclair; John Slidell; James Spence; James Williams; Fraser, Trenholm, and Co. (Liverpool, England); Society for Promoting the Cessation of Hostilities in America (London, England); and Southern Independence Association, Manchester, Eng.
533 $aIn part typewritten transcripts of papers located elsewhere made for Virginia Mason.$b[S.l.].
541 $cPurchase,$d1912.
545 0 $aU.S. senator and representative from Virginia and Confederate diplomatic agent in Great Britain.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010229
600 10 $aBenjamin, J. P.$q(Judah Philip),$d1811-1884.
600 10 $aBrowne, William M.$q(William Montague),$d1823-1883.
600 10 $aBrowne, William M.$q(William Montague),$d1823-1883$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBulloch, James Dunwody,$d1823-1901$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCollie, Alexander$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHotze, Henry,$d1833-1887$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHunter, R. M. T.$q(Robert Mercer Taliaferro),$d1809-1887.
600 10 $aHuse, Caleb,$d1831-1905$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLamar, L. Q. C.$q(Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus),$d1825-1893$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLindsay, W. S.$q(William Schaw),$d1816-1877$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMann, A. Dudley$q(Ambrose Dudley),$d1801-1889$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMemminger, C. G.$q(Christopher Gustavus),$d1803-1888$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aNorth, James H.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aO'Conor, Charles,$d1804-1884$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRussell, John Russell,$cEarl,$d1792-1878$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSinclair, George T.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSlidell, John,$d1793-1871$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSpence, James,$d1811-1876$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilliams, James,$d1796-1869$vCorrespondence.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bForeign Office.
610 20 $aFraser, Trenholm, and Co. (Liverpool, England)$vCorrespondence.
610 20 $aRinaldo (Sloop)
610 20 $aSociety for Promoting the Cessation of Hostilities in America (London, England)$vCorrespondence.
610 20 $aSouthern Independence Association$vCorrespondence.
610 20 $aVirginia (Ironclad)
650 0 $aClaims.
650 0 $aCotton trade$zConfederate States of America.
650 0 $aHampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862.
650 0 $aMerchant marine$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aPirates.
650 0 $aTrent Affair, 1861.
651 0 $aConfederate States of America$xCommerce$zGreat Britain.
651 0 $aConfederate States of America$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain.
651 0 $aConfederate States of America$xHistory, Naval.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xCommerce$zConfederate States of America.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zConfederate States of America.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xBlockades.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xNaval operations.
651 0 $aVirginia$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
656 7 $aRepresentatives, U.S. Congress$zVirginia.$2itoamc
656 7 $aSenators, U.S. Congress$zVirginia.$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010229
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010229.3