Col Burton Norvell Braud Harrison

Burton Norvell Harrison was a Yale-educated lawyer, the private secretary to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and a politician.

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• "Burton Harrison". Wikipedia.org. http://bit.ly/i5WTyd. Date published: 21 Nov 2012. Date accessed: 10 Feb 2013.
• "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZDR-R15 or http://ancstry.me/Xl1Dat : accessed 10 Feb 2013), B. N. Harrison, New York, New York, New York, United States; citing sheet 61C, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-0870. The private secretary to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Before the Civil War he graduated from Yale University and was an associate professor at the University of Mississippi. After the War he was imprisoned at Fort Delaware, where he resumed his study of law. Released in 1866, he settled in New York City and married writer Constance Cary. He became the secretary and counsel of New York City's Rapid Transit Commission. He declined President Grover Cleveland's offers of appointments as Assistant Secretary of State and ambassador to Italy.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Apr 3 2020, 20:49:34 UTC