Stephens, Alexander Hamilton 1812-1883 creator mixed material monographic eng 27,000 116 57 29 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. Open to research. 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. 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 Journalists Lawyers Representatives, U.S. Congress Senators, U.S. Congress Vice-Presidents mm 78041335 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010138 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010138.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010138 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010138.3 Open to research. DLC 781030 20260227111626.0 mm 78041335