Augustus Julian Requier letter

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16368, Augustus Julan Requier letter, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in legal document box. BW 18.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16368, Augustus Julan Requier letter, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Augustus Julian Requier letter, MSS 16368, November 23, 1867, 0.04 cubic feet, sending his contribution to the Southern Society periodical and asking to be sent copies of the issues in which it will be printed.

Biographical / historical:

Augustus Julian Requier (1825-1887) was a Southern poet and lawyer born in South Carolina. In his porfesional legal work, he served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabam and took the same position under the Confederate government. The poetry he wrote during the Civil War supported the Confederacy. After the war, he lived and worked in New York City.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased from Peter Luke Antiques, Ephemera, Old Rare Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on March 6, 2018.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard