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- Diary kept by Melissa Russell during her trip from New York to Mobile, and up the Alabama River to Tallassee.
- 1835-10-00
- Melissa Russell was a native of Springfield, Massachusetts; she traveled to Alabama with her brother, Henry, who was an Indian agent near Tallassee. In the diary she describes fellow travelers, accommodations, social activities, and towns she...
- 2010-04-23
- Letter from Elibi to her mother and sister.
- 1841-06-05
- Elibi was staying with friends in Dallas County, Alabama, though she was apparently from the North. In the letter she describes church services, social activities, new acquaintances, house slaves, and homes she has visited. A transcript of the...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Emma Dellet, at school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to her father, James, in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1841-12-16
- In the letter Emma describes music lessons, coursework, classmates, new acquaintances, the weather, and social activities. She makes a few references to African Americans, and she closes her letter with "Give my love to the servants."
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from John Maxwell to his father and sisters in England.
- 1842-03-26
- Maxwell, an Englishman, lived in Northport, Alabama, when he wrote this letter. In it he discusses commerce, slavery, and social life in the city; river travel and shipping; a steamboat explosion; and Santa Anna's invasion of Texas.
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from George Goldthwaite in Montgomery, Alabama, to Ellen Wallach in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1843-05-11
- In the letter Goldthwaite gives news of family and acquaintances, and he describes social activities in the city. In particular he mentions the establishment of a lyceum and the practice of mesmerism (a type of hypnotism). Goldthwaite was Wallach's...
- 2009-09-04
- Excerpts from A SECOND VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA by Sir Charles Lyell, an English geologist.
- 1846-02-00
- In the passages Lyell describes the physical characteristics of the Tombigbee River and gulf coast in Alabama; discrimination against African Americans in both the North and the South; implications of emancipation for the economic and social...
- 2009-06-25
- The Dallas Gazette, volume 15, number 42.
- 1858-08-13
- The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; death, marriage, and legal notices; local events; news about social, medical, agricultural, political, economic, and military...
- 2011-10-11
- The Dallas Gazette, volume 15, number 43.
- 1858-08-20
- The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; death, marriage, and legal notices; local events; news about social, medical, agricultural, political, economic, and military...
- 2011-10-11
- Diary kept by Henry F. Wilson while serving as a private in the Mobile Rifles, Company K of the 3rd Alabama Infantry, during the Civil War.
- 1860-04
- The first few entries were written before the war; they discuss Wilson's work as a clerk in a cotton house and his social life in Mobile. Most of the diary, however, focuses on his military service during the Civil War. He describes camp life and...
- 2011-10-11
- Letters from Mary Ann Hall in Providence, Alabama, to her son, Edward, probably in Connecticut or New York.
- 1860-04-26
- In the letter Mary Ann offers her son advice on corresponding with young ladies: "I hope you will never ask a lady (unless a relative) for her narrative untill [sic] you are engaged...young people oftentimes become interested and then attached...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Bolling Hall at the University of Virginia to his father, Bolling Hall, in Alabama.
- 1860-10-06
- In the letter Bolling describes campus activities and promises to do better in school than he had the previous year, despite his busy social life. He also discusses politics in detail, including the presidential election of 1860 and Virginia's...
- 2009-06-25
- Diary written by C. A. Ryder while serving as a private in the "Mobile Rifles", Company K, 3rd Alabama Infantry regiment.
- 1861
- In the diary he describes the troop movements of the "Mobile Rifles" after the regiment was formed in 1861; traveling to Lynchburg, Virginia; the enthusiasm for secession in Alabama and Virginia; his term of service at Norfolk, Virginia; social...
- 2011-10-12
- Letter from Mollie Young in Eufaula, Alabama, to her sister, Anna Dent, in Pensacola, Florida.
- 1861-04-16
- At the time the letter was written, Anna was visiting her husband, Hubert Dent, in camp at Fort Barrancas. In the letter Mollie discusses the Confederate success at Fort Sumter ("Not one of our men killed or wounded!") and local troop movements....
- 2011-04-04
- Letter from Helen Kirtland in Wallingford, Connecticut, to her son, Willie, probably at a boarding school in New Haven, Connecticut.
- 1861-09-03
- In the letter Helen discusses clothes and other items she plans to send Willie; mutual acquaintances; and social activities. A transcript is included.
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Helen Kirtland in Wallingford, Connecticut, to her son, Willie, probably at a boarding school in New Haven, Connecticut.
- 1861-10-01
- In the letter Helen discusses Willie's education (and advises him to use a dictionary); the possibility of visiting her son at school; crops and weather in the area; social events; and upcoming weddings. A transcript is included.
- 2011-07-06
- Diaries kept by William Lowery from 1862 to 1863, while serving as a lieutenant of the 20th Alabama Infantry.
- 1862
- Lowery was a second lieutenant in Co. D, 20th Alabama Infantry Regiment and was from Bibb County, Alabama. In the diaries he discusses camp life (including supplies, weather, social life, visiting family members, and the troops); the movement into...
- 2011-11-21
- Diary kept by Charles Lumsden in 1863, while serving as captain of Lumsden's Battery.
- 1863
- In the diary Lumsden discusses troop movements and campaigns (such as the battles at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge); the procurement of supplies and provisions; various aspects of camp life; sickness among the soldiers; social life; church...
- 2011-11-21
- Letter from Crenshaw Hall in Morristown, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1864-01-11
- From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, Crenshaw Hall was adjutant of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses recent troop movements; failure and hardship experienced by the army ("misfortune seems to have seized...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Mary Ann ("Molly") Hall in Portland, Alabama, to her sister, Helen Kirtland, probably in Wallingford, Connecticut.
- 1865-01-05
- In the letter she discusses unreliable mail delivery; her sons' experiences in the Confederate army ("They never murmur or complain - laugh over their corn bread, tough Beef & tentless bed, and seems to realize how much better off they are than the...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Alex K. Hall in New York, to his cousin, Willie Kirtland, in Wallingford, Connecticut.
- 1865-12-02
- In the letter he discusses mutual acquaintances and relatives; some dental work he had recently; his plans for business and study; and social activities (including an unsuccessful taffy pull). He specifically mentions attending a show by "Negro...
- 2011-07-06