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BENJAMIN, JUDAH P. A group of 5 autograph letters signed to Confederate General Colin J. McRae, London, 11 December 1867, 24 December 1867, 7 March 1868, 19 March 1868, and 20 May 1873. 8vo, condition varies
In United States vs. McRae, Benjamin defended his old friend (the former Confederate business agent in London) against a motion filed in England by the U.S. Government to obtain an accounting for all of the funds in his care. The former confederate McRae had fled to Honduras and so the lawyer would keep his client up-to-date on the proceedings of the suit (which he was to win in April of 1869)
"...I wrote you that the U.S. had appealed -- the Lord Chancellor has, as I feared he would, made a modification of the decree of the Lower Court...What he has done is this, He has maintained your right to refuse to give any answer, but has left the U.S. the right of making out their case against you if they can without calling on you for any answer or any account." (24 December 1867). "...it was decided that our best Course is not to go to the House of Lords now, but to press the U.S. at once to a trial in the Vice-Chancellor's Court as we are all persuaded that the U.S. will then be compelled to abandon their case as they can't get along without the power of putting you on oath..." (19 March 1868) -- [With:] BENJAMIN, JOSEPH. Autograph letter signed to McRae, New Orleans, 15 February 1868, 2 pages, 4to, a request for employment as a sugar manufactuerer, recommending himself as "strongly acquainted with the manipulation of the Vacuum pan, and all apparatuses connected with it." (6)
In United States vs. McRae, Benjamin defended his old friend (the former Confederate business agent in London) against a motion filed in England by the U.S. Government to obtain an accounting for all of the funds in his care. The former confederate McRae had fled to Honduras and so the lawyer would keep his client up-to-date on the proceedings of the suit (which he was to win in April of 1869)
"...I wrote you that the U.S. had appealed -- the Lord Chancellor has, as I feared he would, made a modification of the decree of the Lower Court...What he has done is this, He has maintained your right to refuse to give any answer, but has left the U.S. the right of making out their case against you if they can without calling on you for any answer or any account." (24 December 1867). "...it was decided that our best Course is not to go to the House of Lords now, but to press the U.S. at once to a trial in the Vice-Chancellor's Court as we are all persuaded that the U.S. will then be compelled to abandon their case as they can't get along without the power of putting you on oath..." (19 March 1868) -- [With:] BENJAMIN, JOSEPH. Autograph letter signed to McRae, New Orleans, 15 February 1868, 2 pages, 4to, a request for employment as a sugar manufactuerer, recommending himself as "strongly acquainted with the manipulation of the Vacuum pan, and all apparatuses connected with it." (6)