Letters to J. Glancy Jones, 1868, 1871-1872.

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Letters to J. Glancy Jones, 1868, 1871-1872.

The collection consists of five letters from Alexander H. Stephens to J. Glancy Jones, of Reading, Pennsylvania from 1868, 1871-1872. All the correspondence discusses national politics including Chief Justice Salmon Chase's political views, a condemnation by Stephens regarding a resolution passed by Pennsylvania Democrats endorsing the Reconstruction amendments, and the 1872 presidential election.

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