Alexander Beaufort Meek

Alexander Beaufort Meek (July 17, 1814 (Columbia, South Carolina) – November 30, 1865 (Columbus, Mississippi) was an American politician, lawyer, judge, chess player, writer and poet. He served as Alabama's Attorney General in 1836.

Works

Americanism in literature. An oration before the Phi Kappa and Demosthenian societies of the University of Georgia, at Athens, August 8, 1844, Charleston, Burges and James, printers, 1844, 39 p.
A digest of the laws of the state of Alabama, with John Gaston Aikin, 2nd edition. Tuscaloosa, Ala., D. Woodruff, 1836, 664p.
The Red Eagle. A poem of the South, New York, D. Appleton & company, 1855, 108 p.
- Montgomery, Ala., The Paragon press, 1914
Romantic passages in southwestern history; including orations, sketches and essays, New York, Mobile, S.H. Goetzel & co., 1857, 330p.
- Spartanburg, S.C. : Reprint Co., 1975
Songs and poems of the South, New York, Mobile, S. H. Goetzel & co., 1857, 282 p.
The South west: its history, character, and prospects, Tuscalossa, C. B. Baldwin, p’r., 1840, 40 p.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 31083817

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