Bidspirit auction | DE LEON, EDWIN. Autograph Signature

DE LEON, EDWIN. Autograph Signature on blank, pre-printed Power of Attorney form. Also with signature of railroad official. A member of a prominent Sephardic family from South Carolina, Edwin de Leon (1818-91) was a prominent newspaper editor Upon the establishment of the Confederate States he met with President Jefferson Davis to offer his services. Davis sent de Leon to Europe as a diplomat to persuade England and France to formally recognize the Confederacy and gain their support in the Civil War.