Creator
Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883

Date of Original
1784/1886

Subject
United States. Kansas-Nebraska Act
American Party
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Whig Party (U.S.)
American literature
Charities
Compromise of 1850
Education--United States
Elections--United States--1876
Indians of North America--Government relations
Plantations--Georgia
Political parties--United States
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Secession
Slavery--Law and legislation--United States
Slavery--Georgia
Enslaved persons--Georgia--Correspondence
States' rights (American politics)
Tariff--United States
Transportation--United States
Confederate States of America--History
Confederate States of America--Politics and government
Georgia--History--1775-1865
Georgia--History--1865
Georgia--Politics and government--1775-1865
Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950
Southern States--History--1865-1877
Texas--Annexation to the United States
United States--Economic conditions
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--1865-1898
United States--Politics and government--19th century
United States--Social conditions
United States--Territorial expansion
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Whig Party (U.S.)
American literature
Charities
Compromise of 1850
Education--United States
Elections--United States--1876
Indians of North America--Government relations
Plantations--Georgia
Political parties--United States
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Secession
Slavery--Law and legislation--United States
Slavery--Georgia
Enslaved persons--Georgia--Correspondence
States' rights (American politics)
Tariff--United States
Transportation--United States
Confederate States of America--History
Confederate States of America--Politics and government
Georgia--History--1775-1865
Georgia--History--1865
Georgia--Politics and government--1775-1865
Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950
Southern States--History--1865-1877
Texas--Annexation to the United States
United States--Economic conditions
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--1865-1898
United States--Politics and government--19th century
United States--Social conditions
United States--Territorial expansion

People
Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883--Correspondence
Blair, Francis Preston,--1791-1876--Correspondence
Brown, Joseph E.--(Joseph Emerson),--1821-1894--Correspondence
Byrdsall, Fitzwilliam,--1810-1875?--Correspondence
Cleveland, Henry--Correspondence
Cobb, Howell,--1815-1868--Correspondence
Garland, A. H.--(Augustus Hill),--1832-1899--Correspondence
Gordon, John Brown,--1832-1904--Correspondence
Hayne, Paul Hamilton,--1830-1886--Correspondence
Hidell, William H.--Correspondence
Jackson, Henry R.--(Henry Rootes),--1820-1898--Correspondence
Johnson, Herschel V.--(Herschel Vespasian),--1812-1880--Correspondence
Johnston, Richard Malcolm,--1822-1898--Correspondence
Lamar, L. Q. C.--(Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus),--1825-1893--Correspondence
Randall, James Ryder,--1839-1908--Correspondence
Scott, Dred,--1809-1858--Trials, litigation, etc.
Smith, J. Henley,--1829---Correspondence
Toombs, Robert Augustus,--1810-1885--Correspondence
Waddell, James I.--(James Iredell),--1824-1886--Correspondence
Wright, Ambrose R.--(Ambrose Ransom),--1826-1872--Correspondence

Location
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018

Medium
manuscripts

Type
Text

Description
Correspondence, 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.ms000028
Microfilm 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.ms010138

Metadata URL
https://www.loc.gov/collections/alexander-hamilton-stephens-papers

Language
eng

Original Collection
Alexander Hamilton Stephens papers, 1784-1886, Library of Congress

Holding Institution
Library of Congress

Rights