Description
Presentation copy of Message From The President Of The United States, Volume III, from Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens.
Octavo, [4], [573]-1120pp. Brown blindstamped cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine. Spine relaid over new cloth, solid text block. Losses along margins of cloth. Variable foxing throughout, foxing to endpapers. Includes reports from The Secretary of the Navy and Postmaster General.
Inscribed on the front pastedown: “Presented by the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens to John A. Rhodes.”
Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883) served as Vice President of the Confederate States of America from 1861-1865 and later became the 50th Governor of the State of Georgia. Prior to joining the Confederacy, Stephens served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Georgia. Stephens advocated against secession throughout his political career, but after Georgia seceded and he became vice president of the Confederacy, he gave his now famous Cornerstone Speech in March 1861, in which he defended the fundamentals of slavery.
