AUGUST CONTEMPORARY, FINE ART, ANTIQUES
Lot 202:
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Rare Signed Copy of "Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, A Biography" by Alexander F. Robertson by the William Byrd Press, Inc. Printers in Richmond, VA. Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (April 2, 1807 ? February 13, 1891) was a Virginia lawyer and American political figure associated with several political parties.[1] Stuart served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly (1836?1838, 1857?1861 and 1874?1877), as a U.S. Congressman (1841?1843), and as the Secretary of the Interior (1850?1853). Despite opposing Virginia’s secession and holding no office after finishing his term in the Virginia Senate during the American Civil War, after the war he was denied a seat in Congress. Stuart led the Committee of Nine, which attempted to reverse the changes brought by Reconstruction. He also served as rector of the University of Virginia. Measures 6.5" x 10" x 2", weighs 2 lbs 6 oz.
Condition: good, wear to covers.
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