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to Daniel Webster

Discusses the upcoming 1852 Presidential Election and various candidates and nominations. States his views on where Southern support lies for the upcoming nomination. Tells Webster his support in the south is solid, and encourages Webster not to...

GLC04320

In civilian suit, seated 3/4 length portrait with hands in lap

Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress, by M. B. Brady & Co. in the 1865 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Dictrict of Columbia." Graphite inscription on verso "Alex. H. Stephens" "Vice-President, C.S.A."...

GLC05111.02.0887

A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States, Vol. I

GLC07719

to John H. Winder

Regarding "transportation to his regiment" for Lieutenant John A. Stephens, who had been sick.

GLC04040

Who is responsible for the war? Who accountable for its horrors and desolations?

Excerpts from a speech by Stephens to the Georgia secession convention on January 31, 1861. (Stephens, who was opposed to secession, ended up becoming vice president of the Confederacy.) He tells the convention, "This step, once taken, can never be...

GLC06157.08