Sampson W. Harris letters 1848-1857

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Sampson W. Harris letters 1848-1857

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Letters from Senator Sampson W. Harris of Alabama, dating from 1848 to 1857, written from Washington, DC, to the and to the Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable J.C. Dobbin. Congressional Globe

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University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama

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Harris, Sampson W. (Sampson Willis), 1809-1857

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Sampson W. Harris was born in Elbert County, Georgia on 23 February 1809, the son of Judge Stephen Harris of Eatonton, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1828 and read law with his uncle, Judge Eli Shorter at Eatonton. After practicing there for a short time, he moved to Alabama in 1837 and located at Wetumka. He was elected solicitor of the 8th Court in 1841 but resigned in 1844 when he was elected to the Alabama State Senate. Following two years in the state senate, he was...