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- 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
- Section 1 of A. J. Pickett's "Letters from Various Distinguished and Well Informed Persons."
- 1846
- The correspondence was written in regard to Pickett's research for his book HISTORY OF ALABAMA AND INCIDENTALLY OF GEORGIA AND MISSISSIPPI FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES.
- 2012-06-22
- Section 26 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- This section gives information from A. Phistor of Montgomery, "in relation to the French Vine Company who settled in Alabama in 1818."
- 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
- Section 8 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- 1779-00-00
- This section includes "very curious old" manuscripts, "being Bills of sale and other business papers made by the wealthy Creek Indians many years since." The documents were given to Pickett by Edward Hamrick of Montgomery.
- 2010-05-12
- PERSONAL EXPLANATION OF THE HON. W. R. W. COBB, OF ALABAMA, an address delivered in the United States House of Representatives.
- 1831-01-07
- In his address Cobb insists that the slavery question, the central issue influencing the pending secession of the South, was not answered by the recent presidential election: "But gentlemen say they cannot do anything. They say that the edict went...
- 2009-06-25
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by Robert S. Gracey from Franklin Furman.
- 1839-02-02
- Gracey purchased the slave, a twenty-three-year-old man named Hampton, for $750 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
- 2009-09-04
- Receipt for rum bought by Martha B. Thomas from Washington Tilley & Co. in Montgomery, Alabama,
- 1842-10-15
- Letterhead has a drawing of Montgomery Hall.
- 2012-01-27
- Introduction to PUBLIC ACTS PASSED DURING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS, COMMONLY CALLED THE COMPROMISE BILLS.
- 1851
- The introduction briefly discusses the terms of the "compromise bills" and encourages support for the decisions of the federal government: "There appears no objection from any Southern man to the Fugitive Slave Bill. After the Wilmot Proviso has...
- 2009-06-25
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by C. B. Hicklin of Monroe County, Alabama, from M. Harwell.
- 1851-01-17
- Hicklin purchased the slave, a fourteen-year-old young woman named Ann, for $750 in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from William Rufus King to William T. King.
- 1851-03-27
- In the letter King sends news of family and friends, and he discusses the unsuccessful attempts of the "fire eaters," who encouraged the secession of the Southern states: "I have as yet been no where & consequently know nothing of the movements of...
- 2009-06-25
- Notebook kept by Dr. Thomas Fearn of Huntsville, Alabama, from about 1852 to 1863.
- 1852
- The notebook contains records of accounts and supplies for a plank fence on his plantation "to be made by the M & C R. Road Co. and Thomas Fearn"; information on cotton crops, supplies at home and at his plantation, and lands he owned in...
- 2012-01-27
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by C. B. Hicklin of Monroe County, Alabama.
- 1852-02-25
- Hicklin purchased the slave, a thirteen-year-old young woman named Martha, for $700. The transaction was handled by Eckles and Brown at the Lee and Norton auction house, located on the west side of Court Square in downtown Montgomery, Alabama.
- 2009-06-25
- Naturalization record of John Dowe.
- 1856-03-24
- According to the record, John Dowe became a United States citizen on November 26, 1855, when he appeared before the circuit court of Montgomery County, Alabama.
- 2009-09-04
- Letter from John E. Hall at the East Alabama Male College in Auburn, Alabama, to his father, Bolling Hall.
- 1860-10-19
- In the letter John writes about his health, family members and acquaintances, and an upcoming fair. He also discusses politics in detail, including the presidential election of 1860: "I have just been reading Yancey's great New York speech. I think...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from John E. Hall at the East Alabama Male College in Auburn, Alabama, to his father, Bolling Hall.
- 1860-11-06
- In the letter John mentions seeing Stephen Douglas pass through town on his way to Montgomery, Alabama, and he discusses the possibility of secession after the presidential election: "The south seems determined to resist in case of Lincolns [sic]...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Henry Semple in camp at Dog River Factory near Mobile, Alabama, to his wife, Emily.
- 1861
- During the Civil War, Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in Montgomery (known as Semple's Battery). He was later appointed a major and transferred to Mobile. In the letter Semple describes conditions in his new camp, where...
- 2011-06-01
- Records of the Alabama constitutional convention of 1861.
- 1861-00-00
- These records consist of ordinances, resolutions, committee reports, and correspondence from January through March of 1861. The material documents the secession convention held in Montgomery, Alabama, which established Alabama as an independent...
- 2011-09-09
- Two letters from W. H. Mitchell in Montgomery, Alabama, to his wife, Martha, in Florence, Alabama.
- 1861-01-00
- In the first letter, written from the Exchange Hotel on January 10, 1861, Mitchell describes the tension and excitement in the city as they wait for the official declaration of Alabama's secession: "There seems to be no doubt, you may tell your...
- 2009-06-25
- "The Secession Jubilee."
- 1861-01-02
- This article describes the celebration held in Montgomery after South Carolina seceded from the Union: "The demonstration of sympathy for the gallant Palmetto State, and of rejoicing that she had at length 'disrupted every tie that bound her to the...
- 2010-01-25