Alexander Hamilton Stephens Envelope

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Alexander Hamilton Stephens Envelope, Ms1987-025], Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883
Abstract:
The collection contains an envelope addressed to Confederate Vice President Alexander Hamilton Stephens from Albany, Georgia. A note concerns the resignation of E. T. Jones from his commission.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Alexander Hamilton Stephens Envelope, Ms1987-025], Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains a small, stamped envelope from Albany, Georgia, dated May 7, 1862. The envelope is addressed to Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy. There is a note written on the opposite side of the envelope concerning the resignation of E. T. Jones from his commission as a 2nd Lt., which took place on March 4, 1862, due to illness.

Biographical / historical:

Alexander Hamilton Stephens was born near Crawfordville, Georgia, on February 11, 1812. He was a United States Congressman and later became the Vice President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. After the war, Stephens was again elected to U. S. Congress and served until 1882. He was elected governor of Georgia in 1882 but died March 4, 1883, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Source: "STEPHENS, Alexander Hamilton 1812 – 1883", Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s000854.

Acquisition information:
The collection was acquired by Special Collections in 1987.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Alexander Hamilton Stephens Envelope was completed in September 2013.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard