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

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1812 - 1883

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander Hamilton Stephens letter to James M. Calhoun

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS580f
Scope and Content This collection contains a letter written by Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens to James M. Calhoun, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. The letter discusses Calhoun's recent appointment to civil governor of Atlanta by General Braxton Bragg. Stephens writes that the prohibition of the sale of alcohol to soldiers is unconstitutional according to the Confederate Constitution and the Rules and Articles of the Confederacy. He also states that Calhounā€™s new position as civil governor of Atlanta...
Dates: 1862 September 8

Civil War Confederate cartes de visite collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS206
Scope and Content

This collection contains twenty-six cartes de visite of Confederate generals and politicians. Generals include Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, Stonewall Jackson, and Nathan Bedford Forrest among others. Politicians include images of President Jefferson Davis and Vice President Alexander Stephens as a young man. There is also an image of Emperor Napoleon III of France.

Dates: undated

Civil War era envelopes

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS450f
Scope and Content

This collection contains five Civil War era envelopes with stamps and cancellations, each addressed to Alexander H. Stephens in Richmond, Virginia, with handwritten notes on back of each envelope telling Stephens what the sender wants.

Dates: 1861-1865

Filtered By

  • Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 X

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Subject
Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 1
Confederate States of America -- Armed Forces -- Uniforms. 1
Covers (Philately) -- Confederate States of America 1
Envelopes (Stationery) 1
Politicians -- 1860-1870 1