- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens letter to R.C. Daniel, 1860 December 14
- Creator:
- Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883
- Date of Original:
- 1860-12-14
- Subject:
- Secession--Southern States
Slave trade--Prices--Georgia
Slave trade--Prices--Southern States
Slaveholders--Georgia
Slavery--Economic aspects--Southern States
Slavery--Southern States--History - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The collection consists of a letter from Alexander H. Stephens to R. C. Daniel in Philomath, Georgia in which he discusses the falling price of slaves and the adverse effect secession will have on this price.
Related material available in the following collections of this repository: Alexander Stephens papers, 1844-1882; Richard F. Lyon letter to Alexander H. Stephens, 1843 October 4; Stephens-Reid correspondence, 1842-1866; Alexander Hamilton Stephens letter, 1875 April 7; Alexander H. Stephens letter, 1872 February 4; Alexander Stephens letter, 1862 August 3; Alexander H. Stephens and Howell Cobb letters, 1848-1880; Stephens, Alexander Hamilton collection, 1841-1882; Letter to A. H. Stephens (Alexander Hamilton), 1834 June 30; Alexander H. Stephens papers, 1831-1843; Evans-Stephens papers, 1827-1971, bulk 1858-1865; Alexander H. Stephens carte de visite and envelope, 1800s; Alexander Stephens photograph, undated.
Alexander Hamilton Stephens was a lawyer, politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America, and Georgia Governor. He was born in Wilkes County, Georgia.
America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_harg3282-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg3282-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Alexander Hamilton Stephens letter to R. C. Daniel. MS 3282. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Original Collection:
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens letter to R. C. Daniel. MS 3282. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
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