April 17, 2024
James M. Mason, Civil War, Confederate Diplomat cdv
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Description : Carte de visite of James M. Mason, (November 3, 1798 - April 28, 1871), United States Representative and Senator from Virginia. Mason drafted the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and was an advocate of secession. During the Civil War era he served as commissioner of the Confederacy to Great Britain and France and was taken prisoner in the Trent Affair . Nice image, looks like it is taken from a lithograph. "Mason" stamped across lower front. Plain back. See : www./wiki/James_Murray_Mason History : This CDV is from a large collection of images assembled by a prominent 19th century cotton broker in North Carolina in the last half of the 19th century. He was also a founder of the Charlotte Opera House. His CDV album contained more than 300 images of important figures of the 19th century. These images are fresh to the market, all from the same collection and are being offered on eBay for the first time. Included in the collection are numerous Confederate Civil War Generals such as General Hanson, Hardee, Mosby, Hampton, Stuart, Johnston, Smith, Rains, Lovell, Hood; United States Presidents and Vice Presidents such as James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan, John Tyler, Millard Filmore, Andrew Jackson, John Clahoun, William Henry Harrison; numerous Civil War era politicians, International Heads of State,
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