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- Transcript of a letter from George Johnstone, governor of West Florida, to John Pownall, secretary to the British Board of Trade and Plantations.
- 1766-04-01
- In the letter Johnstone describes the burden the Stamp Act has placed on the "infant colony," and he mentions the citizens' growing opposition to his administration. While he acknowledges the "real inconveniences" the tax has caused, he is careful...
- 2009-09-15
- Petition signed by thirty-two citizens in Morgan County, Alabama, requesting that Governor Israel Pickens pardon Adam Lowry from his remaining prison sentence.
- 1822-00-00
- Lowry was convicted for stealing a hog and a horse; the signers argue that the "whipping and branding" were sufficient punishments for his crimes. A partial transcript is included. [Lowry's name is spelled inconsistently in the four documents...
- 2010-12-07
- Petition signed by citizens in Shelby County, Alabama, requesting that Governor Israel Pickens pardon five men who were recently convicted there.
- 1822-00-00
- The men were charged with abetting Samuel Nixon "in committing, a mayhem, by biting off a small part of one James A Moors left Ear." They were fined and sentenced to stand at the pillory. But the signers of the petition argue that they are...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from Judge Richard Ellis of the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama, to Governor Israel Pickens in Greene County, Alabama.
- 1822-04-00
- In the letter Ellis discusses the case of Adam Lowry, who was tried and convicted twice, first for stealing a hog and then for stealing a horse. After the second offense Lowry's right hand was branded with the letter "T" and he was put in jail. The...
- 2010-12-07
- Note recording the conviction of five men in Shelby County, Alabama.
- 1822-04-25
- The men were charged with abetting Samuel Nixon "in committing a mayhem on James A Moore by biting off part of his left ear." They were fined and sentenced to "stand on the pillory". A transcript is included. [The men's names are spelled...
- 2010-12-07
- Statement issued by Governor Israel Pickens, granting parole to five men who were recently convicted in Shelby County, Alabama.
- 1822-04-26
- The men were charged with abetting Samuel Nixon "in committing an assault...in biting off the left ear of one James A. Moore." Citizens of the county had asked the governor to pardon the men: "...it being represented that those persons were...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from W. Gray, sheriff of Morgan County, Alabama, to Governor Pickens in Greene County, Alabama.
- 1822-05-01
- In the letter Gray discusses the case of Adam Lowry, who was tried and convicted twice, first for stealing a hog and then for stealing a horse. He explains that Lowry "is an object of Executive Clemency" and asks that he be pardoned from serving...
- 2010-12-07
- Statement issued by Governor Israel Pickens, granting parole to Adam Lowry of Morgan County, Alabama, who was convicted of hog and horse stealing.
- 1822-05-12
- Citizens of the county had asked the governor to excuse Lowry from the remaining part of his punishment: "That he is poor, appears penitent - and that...so far as example or reformation may be considered the objects of punishment, these have...had...
- 2010-12-07
- Transcripts of extracts of letters regarding the Georgia-Alabama Boundary Survey Commission.
- 1824
- In the first letter, dated Governor George M. Troup of Georgia addresses concerns (probably raised by John Murphy, governor of Alabama) about the locations of Indian towns that will be used as references when determining the boundary between the...
- 2010-11-17
- Letter from W. A. Powell near Tuscumbia, Alabama, to his brother, Thomas Weldon Powell, in Hendersonville, Virginia.
- 1824-07-12
- In the letter Powell explains that he has moved from Huntsville to Franklin County near Tuscumbia and Florence ("they are even now places of great trade and considerable importance but are waging an eternal war against each other - which will...
- 2010-11-12
- Transcript of a letter from Governor John Murphy to Charles Lewis of the Georgia-Alabama Boundary Survey Commission.
- 1826-09
- In the letter Murphy mentions that "the Commissioners of Georgia and Alabama have not come to any agreement, on the Subject of the Line dividing the two States." He directs Lewis to survey the the line on the Chattahoochee River again, so the...
- 2010-11-17
- Deed of gift from John D. Terrell to his daughter, Alpha Neal, giving her a young slave woman "and her issue."
- 1828-01-01
- The deed specifically protects the gift from the control of Alpha's husband: "...the said John Thomas Neal, may have the use of the said negroe [sic] girl while he lives, as a husband to his wife and a father to his children, but that is all he...
- 2009-06-25
- Handbill of a letter from Governor Gabriel Moore to the members of the Alabama legislature.
- 1830-11-30
- Moore issued the handbill in response to two statements published by Colonel John McKinley, his opponent in the race for the United States Senate. The two men had been at odds since McKinley allegedly did not support Moore's nephew for the post of...
- 2010-06-09
- Letter from John Coffee in Florence, Alabama, to Colonel John McKinley.
- 1830-12-01
- In the letter Coffee makes a formal statement about a recent interview he had with Governor Gabriel Moore, regarding the conflict between Moore and McKinley. Coffee told Moore that McKinley had, as promised, supported Moore's nephew for the post of...
- 2010-06-09
- Handwritten copy of a letter from J. F. Schermerhorn to the Cherokee chiefs and warriors assembled at the Red Clay Council Ground.
- 1835-10-17
- Schermerhorn writes on behalf of the United States commissioners who are negotiating the cession of Cherokee land east of the Mississippi River. In the letter he informs the council that the Cherokee government, adopted in 1827, is not recognized...
- 2010-11-12
- Letter from Aaron and Maria Haynes in Jacksonville, Alabama, to Henry A. McCartney in Oquawka, Illinois.
- 1842-04-03
- The letter gives details about family members, the education of the Haynes children, and economic difficulties. The writers also discuss views on slavery: "Your intimations in your last letter relative to your ever saying anything to me or us, upon...
- 2009-06-25
- Will of Thomas Brown of Montgomery County, Alabama.
- 1843
- In his will, Brown bequeaths his wife Eliza $5,000; a sixth of his slaves, including six specific individuals that he purchased from her father Bolling Hall; his house and a sixth of his plantation; and the slave Betsey, his seamstress. If his wife...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Syndenham Moore at Camp Alabama on the Rio Grande, to his wife, Amanda, in Greensboro, Alabama.
- 1846-08-18
- During the Mexican-American War, Moore organized and led the Eutaw Rangers, a group of volunteers from Greene County, Alabama. In the letter he discusses life in camp, where provisions are scarce ("Our standing dish is fried pickled pork") and...
- 2010-01-28
- Letter from William Rufus King in Washington, D.C., to G. W. Gayle.
- 1850-01-15
- In the letter King discusses sectional division over slavery and expresses his hope that compromise will settle the issue and maintain unity: "The slavery question is the all absorbing subject here; and how it is to terminate God only knows...but I...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from William F. Samford in Oak Bowery, Alabama, to Bolling Hall.
- 1853-11-09
- In the letter Samford discusses his views on the proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act: "I see our North. friends are not slow to come up to the issue of non-intervention as made by the Kansas Act; but are we quite cautious enough about the Squatter...
- 2009-06-25