Alexander Beaufort Meek (July 17, 1814 (

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) – November 1, 1865 (

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) was an American politician, lawyer, judge, and

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player. He also was a writer of historical and literary essays, and poetry. He served as

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in 1836.

Works

*''An Oration Delivered before the Society of the Alumni of the University of Alabama at its First Anniversary, December 17, 1836'' *''The South West: Its History, Character, and Prospects: A Discourse for the Eighth Anniversary of the Erosophic Society of the University of Alabama, December 7, 1839'', Tuscaloosa, C. B. Baldwin, Press, 1840, 40 p. *''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. *''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 & Company, 1857, 330 p. **Spartanburg, S.C. : Reprint Company, 1975 *''Songs and Poems of the South'', New York Mobile, Alabama: S. H. Goetzel & Company, 1857, 282 p.

References

Online biography of Meek, by the state of Alabama

''The Red Eagle, A Poem of The South'', at Books.Google.com
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