Alexander Beaufort Meek (July 17, 1814 (Columbia, South Carolina) - November 30, 1865 (Columbus, Mississippi)) was an American politician, lawyer, writer and poet. He served as Alabama's Attorney General in 1836. Nickname: The Big Friendly, The Capital of Southern Hospitality, The Metro Location in Richland County, South Carolina Country United States State South Carolina Counties Richland and Lexington Government  - Mayor Bob Coble (D) Area  - City  133. ... Columbus is a city located in Lowndes County, Mississippi, on the Tombigbee River. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ...

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.

References

• Online biography by the state of Alabama