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Sources consulted for the biography of:Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (1807–1891)
Primary Sources
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart Papers (1791–1928) and Papers of Alexander H. H. Stuart and the Related Stuart and Baldwin Families, both in Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
- Stuart Family Papers, 1768–1912, Accession 29922, Library of Virginia.
- Alexander H. H. Stuart Papers (1865–1888) and Stuart Family Papers (1785–1881), both Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.
- Birth, marriage, and death dates on gravestone, Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
- Marriage recorded in Augusta County Marriage Records, 1813–1846.
- George H. Reese and William H. Gaines Jr., eds., Proceedings of the Virginia State Convention of 1861 (1965), esp. 3:163, 4:144.
Secondary Sources
- Alexander F. Robertson, Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, 1807–1891, A Biography (1925).
- Alan B. Bromberg, "The Virginia Congressional Elections of 1865: A Test of Southern Loyalty," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 84 (1976): 75–98.
- Scott H. Harris, "'The Great Unappreciated Man': A Political Profile of Alexander H. H. Stuart of Virginia" (M.A. thesis, College of William and Mary, 1988).
Newspapers
- Richmond Enquirer, November 22, 1861
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, December 25, 1868
Obituaries
- Staunton Spectator, February 18, 1891.
- Richmond Dispatch, February 14, 1891; February 15, 1891; February 17, 1891 (account of funeral).
- Richmond Times, February 14, 1891.
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