Henry Vignaud

Henry Vignaud
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Born	1830
Died	1922
Residence	21 Avenue d'Antin, Paris
Occupation	diplomacy
Society Membership membership ASL, AI Local secretary elected_ASL 1865.05.16

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sometimes spelt Henri Vignard

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Vignaud's diplomatic career and scholarly life in Paris during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [papers in University of Michigan]
Jean-Héliodore Vignaud was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 27, 1830, the eldest of six children of Jean Lucien Vignaud and Clémence Godefroi. Jean- Héliodore later changed his name to Henry Vignaud. Vignaud taught school in New Orleans before founding two weekly journals, L'Union de la Fourche and La Renaissance Louisiannaise. During the Civil War, he served as captain of the Confederate Army's 6th Louisiana Regiment until his capture during the fall of New Orleans in 1862. Vignaud fled to France after his imprisonment and remained there for the rest of his life.

In 1863, Vignaud became secretary of the Confederate Diplomatic Commission to Paris, and, after the war, Chancellor of the Romanian Diplomatic Agency. From 1875 to 1909, he served as secretary to the American legation in Paris. Vignaud developed an interest in early American history and frequently corresponded with the self-styled "Americanistes" Pierre Margry and Henry Harrisse. He became president of the Société des Americanistes de Paris (1908), and he published many works on American history. He married Louise Compte in 1879 and lived in the Parisian suburb of Bagneux. Henry Vignaud died in 1922.

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papers [Manuscripts Division, William L. Clements Library
University of Michigan]