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Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 Life of Alexander Hamilton Stephens

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05551 Author/Creator: Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Book signed Date: 28 February 1878 Pagination: 1 v. : 619 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

Signed 28 February 1879 in Washington, D.C. Published 1878 by J. B. Lippincott & Co. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Written by Richard Malcolm Johnston and William Hand Browne. With lengthy inscription to George M. Landers, written from the House of Representatives, quoting Alexander Pope, "act well your part, there all the honor lies" (possibly to George Marcellus Landers, a United States Representative from Connecticut 1875-1878).

Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883
Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822-1898
Browne, William Hand, 1828-1912
Landers, George Marcellus, 1813-1895
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744

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