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1861 AD (search for this): chapter 1.27
seals for the Confederacy. The article was extensively copied by the press, and elicited the correction, that it was an elder brother of the deceased, who rendered the valuable service, Julius B. Baumgarten, who, hale and hearty at the age of three-score and ten, was still living in Washington, D. C., where he is engaged in business, and that he also made the first Confederate notes issued in Richmond, Virginia. This work was done at what was then No. 161 Main street. In the spring of 1861, at the solicitation of Senator Judah P. Benjamin, he joined fortunes with the Confederacy. His interesting statement follows: [editor.] I first went to Montgomery, Ala., which was then the seat of Government, said Mr. Baumgarten. I was armed with letters of introduction to Alexander H. Stephens, who immediately offered me a good salary, which I declined, agreeing to do all the work—engraving—at a price to be set by myself. My offer was accepted and I at once set to work engraving
June, 1905 AD (search for this): chapter 1.27
Seals, stamps and currency For the Confederate States made by Julius B. Baumgarten. [In a special article from the Washington correspondent of the New York Sun dated June, 1905, on the Seal Maker for the Confederacy it was stated that Herman Baumgarten, whose death had been announced, was the man who made all the seals for the Confederacy. The article was extensively copied by the press, and elicited the correction, that it was an elder brother of the deceased, who rendered the valuable service, Julius B. Baumgarten, who, hale and hearty at the age of three-score and ten, was still living in Washington, D. C., where he is engaged in business, and that he also made the first Confederate notes issued in Richmond, Virginia. This work was done at what was then No. 161 Main street. In the spring of 1861, at the solicitation of Senator Judah P. Benjamin, he joined fortunes with the Confederacy. His interesting statement follows: [editor.] I first went to Montgomery, Ala
Herman Baumgarten (search for this): chapter 1.27
Seals, stamps and currency For the Confederate States made by Julius B. Baumgarten. [In a special article from the Washington correspondent of the New York Sun dated June, 1905, on the Seal Maker for the Confederacy it was stated that Herman Baumgarten, whose death had been announced, was the man who made all the seals for the Confederacy. The article was extensively copied by the press, and elicited the correction, that it was an elder brother of the deceased, who rendered the valuable service, Julius B. Baumgarten, who, hale and hearty at the age of three-score and ten, was still living in Washington, D. C., where he is engaged in business, and that he also made the first Confederate notes issued in Richmond, Virginia. This work was done at what was then No. 161 Main street. In the spring of 1861, at the solicitation of Senator Judah P. Benjamin, he joined fortunes with the Confederacy. His interesting statement follows: [editor.] I first went to Montgomery, Al
Julius B. Baumgarten (search for this): chapter 1.27
For the Confederate States made by Julius B. Baumgarten. [In a special article from the Washsed, who rendered the valuable service, Julius B. Baumgarten, who, hale and hearty at the age of thrhich was then the seat of Government, said Mr. Baumgarten. I was armed with letters of introduut, equaling the best work of the day. Mr. Baumgarten ran the blockade in the closing days of thportunity. After waiting an entire day, Mr. Baumgarten approached the Captain and asked the reasoplendid protection against a cannon shot. Mr. Baumgarten was led to a spot immediately over the for desk, displayed to the astonished gaze of Mr. Baumgarten about six bushels of coarse gunpowder whicnfederacy. This left the fiscal agent and Mr. Baumgarten in the lurch, but Mr. Baumgarten was proviMr. Baumgarten was provided with a ticket to Paris and a letter of introduction to Mr. Slidell, then representing the Confed out for home, I got here in time, said Mr. Baumgarten, to be arrested on an average of six times[2 more...]
Judah P. Benjamin (search for this): chapter 1.27
le was extensively copied by the press, and elicited the correction, that it was an elder brother of the deceased, who rendered the valuable service, Julius B. Baumgarten, who, hale and hearty at the age of three-score and ten, was still living in Washington, D. C., where he is engaged in business, and that he also made the first Confederate notes issued in Richmond, Virginia. This work was done at what was then No. 161 Main street. In the spring of 1861, at the solicitation of Senator Judah P. Benjamin, he joined fortunes with the Confederacy. His interesting statement follows: [editor.] I first went to Montgomery, Ala., which was then the seat of Government, said Mr. Baumgarten. I was armed with letters of introduction to Alexander H. Stephens, who immediately offered me a good salary, which I declined, agreeing to do all the work—engraving—at a price to be set by myself. My offer was accepted and I at once set to work engraving the great seal. While at Montgomery
Richmond (search for this): chapter 1.27
garten had to wait there two weeks to get a vessel to Liverpool and this delay proved disastrous to him in a financial way. An uneventful voyage brought him to Liverpool and thence to London. There he presented his credentials and drafts, and sought to get down to business at once. The fiscal agent, however, was out of funds, and handing him *p;200 in gold as pocket money, directed him to put up at the Queen Hotel, where all his expenses would be paid until news could be received from Richmond. What the fiscal agent next heard from Richmond was the news of the downfall of the Confederacy. This left the fiscal agent and Mr. Baumgarten in the lurch, but Mr. Baumgarten was provided with a ticket to Paris and a letter of introduction to Mr. Slidell, then representing the Confederate Government at the French capital. Mr. Slidell took care of him until the President issued the amnesty proclamation, when he pulled out for home, I got here in time, said Mr. Baumgarten, to be arre
Slidell (search for this): chapter 1.27
What the fiscal agent next heard from Richmond was the news of the downfall of the Confederacy. This left the fiscal agent and Mr. Baumgarten in the lurch, but Mr. Baumgarten was provided with a ticket to Paris and a letter of introduction to Mr. Slidell, then representing the Confederate Government at the French capital. Mr. Slidell took care of him until the President issued the amnesty proclamation, when he pulled out for home, I got here in time, said Mr. Baumgarten, to be arrested on cal agent and Mr. Baumgarten in the lurch, but Mr. Baumgarten was provided with a ticket to Paris and a letter of introduction to Mr. Slidell, then representing the Confederate Government at the French capital. Mr. Slidell took care of him until the President issued the amnesty proclamation, when he pulled out for home, I got here in time, said Mr. Baumgarten, to be arrested on an average of six times a day, and if I had arrived two weeks sooner I suppose I would have been torn to pieces.
Alexander H. Stephens (search for this): chapter 1.27
D. C., where he is engaged in business, and that he also made the first Confederate notes issued in Richmond, Virginia. This work was done at what was then No. 161 Main street. In the spring of 1861, at the solicitation of Senator Judah P. Benjamin, he joined fortunes with the Confederacy. His interesting statement follows: [editor.] I first went to Montgomery, Ala., which was then the seat of Government, said Mr. Baumgarten. I was armed with letters of introduction to Alexander H. Stephens, who immediately offered me a good salary, which I declined, agreeing to do all the work—engraving—at a price to be set by myself. My offer was accepted and I at once set to work engraving the great seal. While at Montgomery I practically completed engraving all the seals for the several departments of the government. I secured the services of two experienced engravers from New Orleans, but after working two weeks and earning $800 each they threw up their jobs and left. I had o
Department de Ville de Paris (France) (search for this): chapter 1.27
An uneventful voyage brought him to Liverpool and thence to London. There he presented his credentials and drafts, and sought to get down to business at once. The fiscal agent, however, was out of funds, and handing him *p;200 in gold as pocket money, directed him to put up at the Queen Hotel, where all his expenses would be paid until news could be received from Richmond. What the fiscal agent next heard from Richmond was the news of the downfall of the Confederacy. This left the fiscal agent and Mr. Baumgarten in the lurch, but Mr. Baumgarten was provided with a ticket to Paris and a letter of introduction to Mr. Slidell, then representing the Confederate Government at the French capital. Mr. Slidell took care of him until the President issued the amnesty proclamation, when he pulled out for home, I got here in time, said Mr. Baumgarten, to be arrested on an average of six times a day, and if I had arrived two weeks sooner I suppose I would have been torn to pieces.
Bermuda (search for this): chapter 1.27
, fastened together with chains and forming a bulwark about the height of a man's, being a splendid protection against a cannon shot. Mr. Baumgarten was led to a spot immediately over the forecastle. There the Captain, lifting a tarpaulin which covered the desk, displayed to the astonished gaze of Mr. Baumgarten about six bushels of coarse gunpowder which the Captain said was to be used in blowing everybody to hell if capture seemed inevitable. At midnight the blockade runner started. Bermuda was reached safely, but Mr. Baumgarten had to wait there two weeks to get a vessel to Liverpool and this delay proved disastrous to him in a financial way. An uneventful voyage brought him to Liverpool and thence to London. There he presented his credentials and drafts, and sought to get down to business at once. The fiscal agent, however, was out of funds, and handing him *p;200 in gold as pocket money, directed him to put up at the Queen Hotel, where all his expenses would be paid u
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