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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03006 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | Receipt for fifteen hundred dollars to John Slidell |
| Date | 27 September 1861 |
| Author | Slidell, John (1793-1871) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Partially printed document acknowledging receipt of $1,500, for use as "Commissioner of the Confederate States to France." Money received from William J. Bromwell, the "Disbursing Clerk of the Department of State." |
| Subjects | Receipt Trent Affair Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Finance Global History and Civics France Government and Civics Confederate General or Leader |
| People | Slidell, John (1793-1871) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Banking & Economics; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | John Slidell served as United States Representative from Louisiana 1843-1846, Minister to Mexico 1845, Senator 1853-1860, and as a representative of the Confederate States in England. While he and James M. Mason were travelling to England to serve as the Confederate Ambassadors, they were captured by the Union ship Trent while on board a neutral British ship. This event set off the Trent Affair. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |