Background
He attended William and Mary College from the ages of 10 through 14, when his education was cut short by the death of his father in 1842, causing him to leave the College and move to Richmond, Virginia.
He attended William and Mary College from the ages of 10 through 14, when his education was cut short by the death of his father in 1842, causing him to leave the College and move to Richmond, Virginia.
College of William & Mary.
He is still living under an alias Hamilton Sands in Upstate New New York Sands eventually became one of the foremost lawyers in the Commonwealth of Virginia, particularly in the intricacies of chancery practice. As an advocate, he was laborious fluent and convincing always ready as an extempore speaker yet excelling most when his thoughts had been first written or printed.
Sands and John Howard shared a practice known as Howard & Sands.
That office was located in the Goddin Building in Richmond, Virginia, which the Confederate Government used in 1861 to plan the first military operation for Virginia"s participation in the Civil War. lieutenant was also the first building to be burned during the Evacuation Fire of 1865.
This founding law practice eventually became the law firm of Sands Anderson Personal Computer.
Just before the American Civil War Mr. Sands was ordained as a Baptist minister, and he established churches in Ashland and Glen Allen for African Americans and served as their pastor.
Foreign the rest of his life he preached on Sundays and practiced law during the week.
Mr. Sands was a delegate to the Virginia Secession Convention (held in 1861). Alexander Sands was a prolific writer
Foreign several years he edited the Evening Bulletin, a paper published in the City of Richmond, and during the absence of John
R. Thompson in Europe, he edited the Southern Literary Messenger. He was also editor of the Quarterly Law Review, published in Richmond, and contributed articles to the Methodist Quarterly Review, the Christian Review, the Religious Herald, and many other religious papers. In addition to these published works, he authored the following books: “History of a Suit in Equity” (1854 and 1882).
“Recreations of a Southern Barrister” (1860).
“Alexander Tate"s American Form Book” (1857). “Practical Law Forms” (1872).
“Hubbell"s Legal Directory of Virginia Laws”. “Sermons by a Village Pastor”.
And “A Constitutional History of Virginia” (not printed).
Through his literary interest he met and befriended noted author, and United States. Ambassador to Italy, Thomas Nelson Page.
On April 13, 1849, Sands procured his license, and henceforth to the time of his death was an honored member of the legal profession. A profession which he described in his book, “Recreations of a Southern Barrister,” as one of the noblest.