United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-18831784/1886Correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, journal, autobiography, legal documents, clippings, and other papers reflecting Stephens's career in government and politics. Chiefly correspondence concerning national and sectional questions as well as local affairs, philanthropy, and plantation management. Subjects include the presidential election of 1876; Civil War; Compromise of 1850; formation and operation of the Confederate Government; Dred Scott decision; Indian affairs; Kansas-Nebraska Act; political parties including the American Party (Know-Nothing Party), Democratic Party, Republican Party (1854- ), and Whig Party; Reconstruction; secession; slavery; states' rights; territorial expansion; and annexation of Texas. Other subjects include education, tariff, transportation, and other economic, literary, political, and social matters. Includes letters from Stephens's slaves. Other correspondents include Francis Preston Blair, Joseph E. Brown, Fitzwilliam Byrdsall, Henry Cleveland, Howell Cobb, A.H. Garland, John Brown Gordon, Paul Hamilton Hayne, William H. Hidell, Henry R. Jackson, Herschel V. Johnson, Richard Malcolm Johnston, L.Q.C. Lamar, James Ryder Randall, J. Henley Smith, Robert Augustus Toombs, James I. Waddell, and Ambrose R. Wright.||Arranged in three series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1784-1886; Series 2: Letters from Servants, 1867-1883; and Series 3: Autobiography and Journal, 1834-1837.Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers available through the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000028Microfilm edition available, no. 15,135.Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1971.Gifts and purchases, 1900-1938.Lawyer, journalist, governor of Georgia, U.S. senator and representative from Georgia, and vice president of the Confederate States of America.Collection material in English.Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010138enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/Alexander Hamilton Stephens papers, 1784-1886, Library of CongressUnited States. Kansas-Nebraska ActAmerican PartyDemocratic Party (U.S.)Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )Whig Party (U.S.)American literatureCharitiesCompromise of 1850Education--United StatesElections--United States--1876Indians of North America--Government relationsPlantations--GeorgiaPolitical parties--United StatesReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)SecessionSlavery--Law and legislation--United StatesSlavery--GeorgiaEnslaved persons--Georgia--CorrespondenceStates' rights (American politics)Tariff--United StatesTransportation--United StatesConfederate States of America--HistoryConfederate States of America--Politics and governmentGeorgia--History--1775-1865Georgia--History--1865Georgia--Politics and government--1775-1865Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950Southern States--History--1865-1877Texas--Annexation to the United StatesUnited States--Economic conditionsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865United States--History--1865-1898United States--Politics and government--19th centuryUnited States--Social conditions United States--Territorial expansionDemocratic Party (U.S.)Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )Whig Party (U.S.)American literatureCharitiesCompromise of 1850Education--United StatesElections--United States--1876Indians of North America--Government relationsPlantations--GeorgiaPolitical parties--United StatesReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)SecessionSlavery--Law and legislation--United StatesSlavery--GeorgiaEnslaved persons--Georgia--CorrespondenceStates' rights (American politics)Tariff--United StatesTransportation--United StatesConfederate States of America--HistoryConfederate States of America--Politics and governmentGeorgia--History--1775-1865Georgia--History--1865Georgia--Politics and government--1775-1865Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950Southern States--History--1865-1877Texas--Annexation to the United StatesUnited States--Economic conditionsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865United States--History--1865-1898United States--Politics and government--19th centuryUnited States--Social conditionsUnited States--Territorial expansionAlexander Hamilton Stephens PapersText