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- Tax collector's receipt for money paid by Bolling Hall for the year 1822.
- 1822
- The receipt lists the specific pieces of land he owns; the number of slaves and livestock; valuable possessions (a carriage and gold watch); and money he has loaned to others. It also mentions that he is acting as guardian of Milly Hall ("orphan of...
- 2012-01-27
- "Friendly Creek Indians."
- 1833
- Report submitted to the United States House of Representatives by Dixon Hall Lewis of the Committee on Indian Affairs. The committee requests "relief for certain Creek Indians of mixed blood, within the State of Alabama; and also the petitions of...
- 2010-07-15
- Letter from James J. Hall in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his cousin, Bolling Hall in Alabama.
- 1862-09-16
- James J. Hall was the son of William Terrell Hall and grandson of Dixon Hall, Sr. He was attached to General Jones M. Withers' escort at this time.
- 2011-10-06
- Letter from Joseph H. Hall in Manack, Alabama, to Bolling Hall, probably in Montgomery or Autauga County.
- 1863-02-27
- Joseph H. Hall is the son of William Terrell Hall, grandson of Dixon Hall, Sr., and thus cousin of Bolling Hall. In the letter Joseph asks Bolling to help his brother, James, secure a transfer to the company in which his brothers are serving: "he...
- 2011-10-20
- "The Alabama War Chest: What It Is / Why It's Needed / What It Does."
- 1942
- Brochure explaining the purpose and organization of the fund: ".Governor Frank Dixon.proposed the organization of an ALABAMA WAR CHEST which would undertake to raise, through one state-wide annual appeal to citizens in every county, a fund for all...
- 2011-01-13
- Letter from former Frank M. Dixon in Birmingham, Alabama, to Governor Chauncey Sparks in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1944-08-31
- In the letter Dixon discusses the recent order from the War Department that ended segregation at Maxwell Field and other military bases: "It is a heartbreaking thing for those of us in the South who realize what the destruction of segregation would...
- 2010-09-22
- "Well that's Washington."
- 1945-06-24
- This article by George Dixon discusses Boykin's desire to find a dog for President Truman, and it describes his hobby of rescuing dogs from the pound and sending them to friends and constituents. From the Times-Herald.
- 2009-09-15
- Excerpt from POLITICS AND POWER IN A SLAVE SOCIETY: ALABAMA, 1800-1860 by J. Mills Thornton III.
- 1978-00-00
- This passage includes an excerpt of a letter from Daniel Pratt to Dixon Hall Lewis, written September 21, 1847. In the correspondence Pratt, an industrialist in Autauga County, Alabama, says that he considers himself "a permanent Citizen of this...
- 2009-06-25