Requier, Augustus Julian, letter Augustus Julian Requier letter MSS 16368

Augustus Julian Requier letter MSS 16368


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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/

Ellen Welch

Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Identification
MSS 16368
Title
Augustus Julian Requier letter November 23 1867
URL:
https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/535
Quantity
0.04 Cubic Feet, One folder in legal document box. BW 18.
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

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.

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.

Scope and Contents

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.