Brief guide to manuscripts collections| William L. Clements Library The University of Michigan Henry Vignaud Papers |
Henry Vignaud, born in New Orleans, was a newspaper editor before the Civil War. Commissioned a captain in the 6th Louisiana Regiment, he was taken prisoner when Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862, but escaped to Paris where he assisted in John Slidell's Confederate mission. Vignaud contined to live in Paris, serving as secretary of the American legation from 1875 until his retirement in 1909. A scholar and book collector, Vignaud built a fine library of Americana and gained an international reputation as an historian for his work on Columbus.
Papers of Henry Vignaud, journalist, diplomat, historian.
This collection consists largely of correspondence between Vignaud and his friend Pierre Margry. It also contains his notes on La Salle and on the discovery of America.
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