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- "The Shoppers Guide to Communist Imports."
- Flier listing items produced in nine communist countries and sold in the United States. The publication was issued by the Committee to Warn of the Arrival of Communist Merchandise on the Local Business Scene, an organization based in Miami, Florida.
- 2009-09-11
- Instructions and schedule for official passengers of the U.S.S. Ingham.
- This sheet gives an itinerary and basic information for those traveling on the U.S.S. Ingham.
- 2009-09-15
- "President Truman Might Attend Fishing Rodeo."
- This article gives President Truman's response to an invitation to the annual deep sea fishing rodeo held at Dauphin Island. From The Mobile Press-Register.
- 2009-09-15
- "Boykin Ready to Start Work."
- This article describes Boykin's return to Washington, D.C., after an automobile accident.
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Mrs. Sidney G. Weil to the editor of the Montgomery Advertiser.
- In the letter Mrs. Weil discusses the need for Montgomery to incorporate surrounding towns in order to increase its population and attract large businesses to the area: "There is surely a way to incorporate into the City it's [sic] natural growth,...
- 2009-10-16
- Journal kept by Raphael Semmes while he served as commanding officer aboard the C.S.S. Alabama.
- 1862
- 2011-10-07
- Table of contents and introduction to A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- In the introduction, Pickett explains his method of gathering information: "I have taken many of the following notes down on paper in a great hurry, as fast as the people narrating would speak, and there are many mistakes in grammar, spelling &...
- 2010-05-12
- Excerpts from the narrative reports written by teachers at the Emma MacMillan School in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1954
- The material was assembled by E. F. Holman, principal of the school. In the reports the teachers describe the studies and activities their classes engaged in throughout the school year. Photographs of the students are often included.
- 2012-06-22
- Journal kept by Richard Blount while serving on the Georgia-Alabama Boundary Survey Commission.
- 1826-06
- In the journal Blount discusses the landscape; encounters with Cherokee Indians in the area; and problems the surveyors faced during their work. He also includes a list of Cherokee words with their Creek and English equivalents.
- 2011-10-12
- Accounting records of the Oconee Navigation Association.
- Most of the reports were prepared by Richard Blount, a commissioner of the association who also served as treasurer for a time. Documents are arranged in loose chronological order. An incomplete transcript is included; records may not be presented...
- 2010-11-17
- Receipt for $201.50 for the purchase of clothing, probably for a soldier.
- The height of the purchaser is included. The note is written on an old envelope.
- 2011-07-06
- Certificate for Robert E. Noble, M.D., appointing him as a governing committee member of the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine in Panama.
- An image of William Crawford Gorgas is on the certificate.
- 2012-01-27
- Transcript of "An Act Impowering [sic] the Magistrates and Freeholders of Charlotte County Occasionally to Prohibit the Selling of Rum or Other Strong Liquors to the Indians," passed by the General Assembly of British West Florida.
- 1767-06-02
- The act enables local authorities to decide when to limit the sale of alcoholic beverages to Indians, in order to protect the colonists and preserve peaceful relations with local tribes: "Whereas frequent Tumults and Disturbances have happened by...
- 2010-06-09
- Transcript of a letter from Alexander McGillivray to John Leslie.
- 1784-09-20
- In the letter McGillivray discusses improved relations with the Spanish government; an address he sent to the Georgia legislature, to which he and the Creek Indians are awaiting a reply; and business opportunities in St. Augustine, Pensacola, New...
- 2009-06-25
- Transcript of a letter from Alexander McGillivray to Governor Zéspedes.
- 1785-08-22
- In the letter McGillivray describes American attempts take Indian lands: "The gaining of these Creeks Nations over to them is more immediately an object of their policy & to effect which purpose they have held forth the most tempting baits to my...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Secretary of War Henry Knox to Captain Henry Burbeck at the fort on the St. Marys River, between the United States and Spanish Florida.
- 1790-08-17
- In the letter Knox discusses the new garrison at St. Marys; the reenlistment and recruitment of soldiers; and the cost of salaries and supplies. He also mentions the Creek representatives who will pass the fort on their way home after signing the...
- 2010-11-12
- Handwritten copies of three letters from Secretary of War Henry Knox to Major Richard Call.
- 1791-03
- In the first two letters (written March 17 and May 25, 1791), Knox discusses gathering troops "for the purpose of marking the line next October mentioned in the treaty of the Creeks" (referring to the new boundary lines agreed upon in the Treaty of...
- 2010-11-12
- Letter from Harry Toulmin to James Caller.
- 1809-11-07
- In the letter Toulmin mentions his plan to travel to St. Stephens and an address he has prepared. He also refers to a smuggling incident, but he does not provide details.
- 2010-11-12
- Letter from O. Fitts in Warrenton, North Carolina, to James Caller.
- 1812-02-27
- In the letter Fitts introduces Caller to two men who plan to settle in the Mississippi Territory ("any services rendered them by you will confer an additional obligation on me"), and he discusses the will and estate of Green Duke, who died...
- 2010-11-12
- Letter from John Hanes in Franklin in Washington County of the Mississippi Territory (later Alabama), to James Caller in Mulberry Grove.
- 1812-07-03
- In the letter Hanes reports that he has selected an officer to collect weapons and ammunition from Fort Stoddert. He asks that the supplies be taken to St. Stephens if possible.
- 2010-11-12