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100 1 _aStephens, Alexander Hamilton,
_d1812-1883.
245 0 0 _aAlexander Hamilton Stephens papers,
_f1784-1886
_g(bulk 1850-1883).
300 _a27,000
_fitems.
300 _a116
_fcontainers.
300 _a57
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a29
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 3 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1784-1886; Series 2: Letters from Servants, 1867-1883; and Series 3: Autobiography and Journal, 1834-1837.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
530 _aMicrofilm edition available,
_dno. 15,135.
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1971.
545 0 _aLawyer, journalist, governor of Georgia, U.S. senator and representative from Georgia, and vice president of the Confederate States of America.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010138
600 1 0 _aBlair, Francis Preston,
_d1791-1876
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBrown, Joseph E.
_q(Joseph Emerson),
_d1821-1894
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aByrdsall, Fitzwilliam,
_d1810-1875?
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCleveland, Henry
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCobb, Howell,
_d1815-1868
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGarland, A. H.
_q(Augustus Hill),
_d1832-1899
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGordon, John Brown,
_d1832-1904
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHayne, Paul Hamilton,
_d1830-1886
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHidell, William H.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJackson, Henry R.
_q(Henry Rootes),
_d1820-1898
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJohnson, Herschel V.
_q(Herschel Vespasian),
_d1812-1880
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJohnston, Richard Malcolm,
_d1822-1898
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLamar, L. Q. C.
_q(Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus),
_d1825-1893
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRandall, James Ryder,
_d1839-1908
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aScott, Dred,
_d1809-1858
_xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 1 0 _aSmith, J. Henley,
_d1829-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aToombs, Robert Augustus,
_d1810-1885
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWaddell, James I.
_q(James Iredell),
_d1824-1886
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWright, Ambrose R.
_q(Ambrose Ransom),
_d1826-1872
_vCorrespondence.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_tKansas-Nebraska Act.
610 2 0 _aAmerican Party.
610 1 0 _aConfederate States of America.
610 2 0 _aDemocratic Party (U.S.)
610 2 0 _aRepublican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
610 2 0 _aWhig Party (U.S.)
650 0 _aAmerican literature
_y19th century.
650 0 _aCharities.
650 0 _aCompromise of 1850.
650 0 _aEducation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aElections
_zUnited States
_y1876.
650 0 _aIndians of North America
_xGovernment relations.
650 0 _aPlantations
_zGeorgia.
650 0 _aPolitical parties
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
650 0 _aSecession.
650 0 _aSlavery
_xLaw and legislation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSlavery
_zGeorgia.
650 0 _aSlaves
_zGeorgia
_vCorrespondence.
650 0 _aStates' rights (American politics)
650 0 _aTariff
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aTransportation
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aConfederate States of America
_xHistory.
651 0 _aConfederate States of America
_xPolitics and government.
651 0 _aGeorgia
_xHistory
_y1775-1865.
651 0 _aGeorgia
_xHistory
_y1865-
651 0 _aGeorgia
_xPolitics and government
_y1775-1865.
651 0 _aGeorgia
_xPolitics and government
_y1865-1950.
651 0 _aSouthern States
_xHistory
_y1865-1877.
651 0 _aTexas
_xAnnexation to the United States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEconomic conditions.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_y1865-1898.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y19th century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial conditions.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xTerritorial expansion.
656 7 _aGovernors
_zGeorgia.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aJournalists.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aLawyers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aRepresentatives, U.S. Congress
_zGeorgia.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aSenators, U.S. Congress
_zGeorgia.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aVice-Presidents
_zConfederate States of America.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010138
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010138.3
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