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Item Title | Account and memorandum book kept by James A. Tait from 1831 to 1844. |
Description | In the book Tait records financial matters, including his account with J. & E. Austill; expenses incurred by his son, Charles, while attending the University of Alabama; the cost of supplies used to build a new house; the purchase of slaves; and the shipment of goods (especially cotton) on steamboats. There are also notes on the land, weather, and crops on the plantation; constructing a smokehouse; growing cotton; operating a mill; treating various ailments; and other subjects. Notes at the back of the book (written by turning the volume upside down, from the last pages toward the center) deal with slave families, listing the parents and birth years of children from 1784 to 1844. |
Date | 1831-1844 |
Sort Date | 1831-00-00 |
Time Period |
1830-1839 1840-1849 |
Subject |
Tait, James A. (James Asbury), 1791-1855 African Americans--Alabama Agriculture--Alabama Building--Alabama Business & finance--Alabama Cotton trade--Alabama Plantation life--Alabama Slave trade--Alabama Slavery--Alabama Monroe County (Ala.) |
Original Format |
Account books Registers |
Collection Creator | Tait family |
Collection Title | Tait family papers |
Location | LPR35, Box 3 |
Folder Number | 10 |
Folder Title | Account and memorandum book, 1831-1842 |
Catalog Record | http://archives-alabama-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01ALABAMA:default_scope:01ALABAMA_ALMA215418740002743 |
Old Catalog Number | v2361 |
Repository | Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130 |
Language | English |
Rights | This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections. |
Digital Format | 600 PPI TIFF |
Project Name | Alabama History Education Initiative |
Order Form | http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/reproduction_order.pdf |
Use Agreement Form | http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/use_agreement_form.pdf |
Upload Batch | Malone (text) 2010.11-B |
Description
File Name | Q31752 - Q31778 |
Item Title | Part 1 of 7. |
Description | Account and memorandum book kept by James A. Tait from 1831 to 1844. |
Date | 1831-1844 |
Time Period |
1830-1839 1840-1849 |
Subject |
Tait, James A. (James Asbury), 1791-1855 African Americans--Alabama Agriculture--Alabama Building--Alabama Business & finance--Alabama Cotton trade--Alabama Plantation life--Alabama Slave trade--Alabama Slavery--Alabama Monroe County (Ala.) |
Original Format |
Account books Registers |
Collection Creator | Tait family |
Collection Title | Tait family papers |
Location | LPR35, Box 3 |
Folder Number | 10 |
Folder Title | Account and memorandum book, 1831-1842 |
Catalog Record | http://archives-alabama-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01ALABAMA:default_scope:01ALABAMA_ALMA215418740002743 |
Old Catalog Number | v2361 |
Repository | Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130 |
Language | English |
Rights | This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections. |
Digital Format | 600 PPI TIFF |
Project Name | Alabama History Education Initiative |
Order Form | http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/reproduction_order.pdf |
Use Agreement Form | http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/use_agreement_form.pdf |
Upload Batch | Malone (text) 2010.11-B |