Alexander Hamilton Stephens papers, 1834-1872.

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens papers, 1834-1872.

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Papers of Alexander Hamilton Stephens consist primarily of correspondence of Stephens and his stepbrother Linton Stephens, who served as a member of the Georgia Legislature during the 1840s and 1850s and as a justice on the Georgia Supreme Court from 1859 to 1860. Early letters from Alexander Stephens to Linton concern the latter's schooling in Georgia and later at the University of Virginia and offer advice on his studies. Describing his political activities in Washington and in Georgia, later letters delineate Stephens's efforts to pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act in Congress and his heated opposition to Know-Nothingism in 1855. Other letters trace the deteriorating situation between North and South and, following the commencement of the Civil War, Stephens' service as vice president of the Confederacy. Stephens also writes to console his brother after the death of his first wife, Emmeline Bell Stephens, in 1857, and to describe his own reading, his dealings with household servants, and the visits to his home in Crawfordville of Robert Toombs and other friends. The papers also include a scattering of letters to and from his brother's widow following Linton Stephens's death in 1872. Early letters of Linton Stephens concern his schooling in Georgia and at the University of Virginia and his anguish after the death of his wife in 1857. Later letters describe his experiences in Virginia as lieutenant colonel of the 15th Georgia regiment during the first year of the Civil War and his service as a Georgia Supreme Court justice. The last letters of Linton Stephens in the collection provide an account of his 1871 trial in Macon, Ga., on charges stemming from his efforts to prevent African Americans from voting in Hancock County, Ga. Clippings of newspaper stories about current events accompany some letters by both Linton and Alexander Stephens.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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