James A. Walker Papers, . 1855-1928

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James A. Walker Papers, . 1855-1928

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James A. (James Alexander) Walker (1832-1901) was a lawyer, Confederate brigadier general, Democratic state official, and a Republican United States representative, 1895-1899, of Virginia. The collection includes scattered papers of and about Walker, including a small amount of Walker's own correspondence: letters to his fiancee in the 1850s while he was at the University of Virginia and practicing law in Pulaski County, Va., and personal and political letters in Wythe County, Va., when he was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives in the 1890s. Other papers include 1870s manuscript speeches, correspondence, and clippings about Walker, and a typescript biography by his daughter, Mrs. M. M. Caldwell.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Walker, James A. (James Alexander), 1832-1901

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James Alexander Walker (1832-1901) was a lawyer, Confederate brigadier general, Democratic state official, and Republican United States representative, 1895-1899, of Virginia. From the guide to the James A. Walker Papers, ., 1855-1928, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Lawyer, Confederate brigadier general, Democratic state official, and Republican U.S. representative, 1895-1899, of Virginia. From the descript...