Excerpt from Little Burr, the Warwick of America: A Tale of the Old Revolutionary Days Jere. Clemens to fill out the unexpired term of four years of Mr. Lewis. Mr. Clemens served from Nov. 30, 1849, to and including March 3, 1853. Mr. Clemens again served as Presidential elector in 1856. He removed to Memphis, Tenn., and became editor of the Memphis Eagk and Enquirer, in 1859. He was a member of the secession convention in Alabama, but protested against its action; he subsequently gave way to the popular tide, and accepted ...
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Excerpt from Little Burr, the Warwick of America: A Tale of the Old Revolutionary Days Jere. Clemens to fill out the unexpired term of four years of Mr. Lewis. Mr. Clemens served from Nov. 30, 1849, to and including March 3, 1853. Mr. Clemens again served as Presidential elector in 1856. He removed to Memphis, Tenn., and became editor of the Memphis Eagk and Enquirer, in 1859. He was a member of the secession convention in Alabama, but protested against its action; he subsequently gave way to the popular tide, and accepted the position of major-general of the Alabama State Troops, to which he was appointed by the governor Of the State. In 1863, Senator Clemens, accompanied by his wife, went to Philadelphia, on account of failing eyesight and feeble health. While there he had pneumonia, sufiered a relapse, and died in May, 1865, soon after his return to Alabama. Mr. Clemens attained eminence at the bar while still young, and in the Senate took high rank as an able and eloquent debater. He was the author Of novels which passed through several editions; one was entitled Bernard Lile, published in Philadelphia, 1853; Mustang Grey, published in 1857, and The Rivals, a Tale of the Times of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, published in 1859. He was engaged in the preparation of a history of the Civil War, giving an insight into the character, causes, and conduct of the war in Northern Alabama, but it was left unfinished at his death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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