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The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, writings, financial papers, printed material, photographs,
and artifacts. Family letters are mainly among Alexander H. Stephens, his father Andrew Baskins Stephens, his brother Aaron
Grier Stephens, his nephew John Alexander Stephens, and his half-brother Linton Stephens. The letters discuss family matters
and politics. One group of letters concerns the imprisonment and parole of honor of Alexander H. Stephens at Fort Warren (Boston,
Mass.) in 1865. Correspondence between Alexander H. Stephens and various political figures includes Howell Cobb, Abraham Lincoln,
Ben Hill, and Robert Toombs. Stephens and Hill write about the possibility of a duel between them because of an argument over
politics. There is one letter from Clement Anselm Evans (1833-1911) to his wife, and three letters to him from John Brown
Gordon, Joseph Wheeler and James Longstreet. Among the financial papers are deeds, and the wills of Alexander H. Stephens
and his grandfather Alexander Stephens (d. 1813). An oversize folder contains a copy of an undated map of Confederate and
Federal lines around Petersburg, Virginia. Artifacts include a walking cane of Alexander H. Stephens, locks of his hair, and
a bloodletting tool.
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