06364cpcaa2201081 a 4500 mm 78041335 DLC 20260227111626.0 cr ||||||||||| 781030|||||||||||| eng mm 78041335 ms 59000219 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883. Alexander Hamilton Stephens papers, 1784-1886 (bulk 1850-1883). 27,000 items. 116 containers. 57 microfilm reels. 29 linear feet. Arranged in 3 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1784-1886; Series 2: Letters from Servants, 1867-1883; and Series 3: Autobiography and Journal, 1834-1837. Open to research. Correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, journal, autobiography, legal documents, clippings, and other papers reflecting Stephens's career in government and politics. Chiefly correspondence concerning national and sectional questions as well as local affairs, philanthropy, and plantation management. Subjects include the presidential election of 1876; Civil War; Compromise of 1850; formation and operation of the Confederate Government; Dred Scott decision; Indian affairs; Kansas-Nebraska Act; political parties including the American Party (Know-Nothing Party), Democratic Party, Republican Party (1854- ), and Whig Party; Reconstruction; secession; slavery; states' rights; territorial expansion; and annexation of Texas. Other subjects include education, tariff, transportation, and other economic, literary, political, and social matters. Includes letters from Stephens's slaves. Other correspondents include Francis Preston Blair, Joseph E. Brown, Fitzwilliam Byrdsall, Henry Cleveland, Howell Cobb, A.H. Garland, John Brown Gordon, Paul Hamilton Hayne, William H. Hidell, Henry R. Jackson, Herschel V. Johnson, Richard Malcolm Johnston, L.Q.C. Lamar, James Ryder Randall, J. Henley Smith, Robert Augustus Toombs, James I. Waddell, and Ambrose R. Wright. Microfilm edition available, no. 15,135. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1971. Lawyer, journalist, governor of Georgia, U.S. senator and representative from Georgia, and vice president of the Confederate States of America. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010138 Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876 Correspondence. Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 Correspondence. Byrdsall, Fitzwilliam, 1810-1875? Correspondence. Cleveland, Henry Correspondence. Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868 Correspondence. Garland, A. H. (Augustus Hill), 1832-1899 Correspondence. Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904 Correspondence. Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886 Correspondence. Hidell, William H. Correspondence. Jackson, Henry R. (Henry Rootes), 1820-1898 Correspondence. Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880 Correspondence. Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822-1898 Correspondence. Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893 Correspondence. Randall, James Ryder, 1839-1908 Correspondence. Scott, Dred, 1809-1858 Trials, litigation, etc. Smith, J. Henley, 1829- Correspondence. Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885 Correspondence. Waddell, James I. (James Iredell), 1824-1886 Correspondence. Wright, Ambrose R. (Ambrose Ransom), 1826-1872 Correspondence. United States. Kansas-Nebraska Act. American Party. Confederate States of America. Democratic Party (U.S.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Whig Party (U.S.) American literature 19th century. Charities. Compromise of 1850. Education United States. Elections United States 1876. Indians of North America Government relations. Plantations Georgia. Political parties United States. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Secession. Slavery Law and legislation United States. Slavery Georgia. Slaves Georgia Correspondence. States' rights (American politics) Tariff United States. Transportation United States. Confederate States of America History. Confederate States of America Politics and government. Georgia History 1775-1865. Georgia History 1865- Georgia Politics and government 1775-1865. Georgia Politics and government 1865-1950. Southern States History 1865-1877. Texas Annexation to the United States. United States Economic conditions. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History 1865-1898. United States Politics and government 19th century. United States Social conditions. United States Territorial expansion. Governors Georgia. itoamc Journalists. itoamc Lawyers. itoamc Representatives, U.S. Congress Georgia. itoamc Senators, U.S. Congress Georgia. itoamc Vice-Presidents Confederate States of America. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010138 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010138.3 40021 40021