James Murray Mason.
Confederate diplomat who, along with John Slidell, was seized at sea by the U.S. Navy while traveling on the British steamer "Trent." This action created a foreign relations crisis between the United States and Great Britain that came close to a third war with Great Britain. The event al...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6588 |