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, D.C. Type: Book signed Date: 28 February 1879 Pagination: 1 v. : 619 p. ; 23 x 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 served as a United States Representative from Georgia 1843-1858 and 1873-1882. He was Vice President of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
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