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- Letters from Dr. Jack Shackelford in Goliad, Texas, to his wife, Maria, and his son, Edward, in Courtland, Alabama.
- 1836-03-09
- After raising a group of volunteers in Lawrence County, Alabama, Dr. Shackelford had gone to assist Texas in its fight for independence. In the letter to Maria, he describes the fighting and the need for more volunteers; he also remarks on the...
- 2009-06-25
- Transcription of Dr. Jack Shackleford's account of the Goliad Massacre.
- 1836-07-23
- After raising a group of volunteers (known as the Red Rovers) in Lawrence County, Alabama, Dr. Shackelford went to assist Texas in its fight for independence. The massacre at Goliad on March 27, 1836, occurred after the Texans and Americans had...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Lota Cato in Washington County, Alabama, to James Dellet, in Washington, D.C.
- 1841-01-01
- In the letter Mrs. Cato, the widow of Burrell P. Cato, asks for Dellet's help in reclaiming several slaves who have been taken to Texas by the executor of her husband's will. Because of a law prohibiting "the importing or bringing negroes from any...
- 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 James Martin in Mobile, Alabama, to James Dellet in Washington, D.C.
- 1844-03-29
- In the letter Martin comments on Dellet's rebuke of John Quincy Adams over his recent speech to African American citizens in Pittsburgh: "His expressed wish that the day of blood and carnage might come upon the South by a servile war is I think...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Syndenham Moore in Mobile, Alabama, to his wife, Amanda, in Greensboro, Alabama.
- 1846-06-10
- 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 the upcoming transportation of troops from New Orleans to Port Isabel in Texas. There is...
- 2009-11-17
- Letter from Syndenham Moore, "out at sea," to his wife, Amanda.
- 1846-07-03
- During the Mexican-American War, Moore organized and led the Eutaw Rangers, a group of volunteers from Greene County, Alabama. In the letter he describes the sea voyage to Port Isabel in Texas. He mentions the weather; seasickness; activities of...
- 2009-11-17
- Letter from Syndenham Moore at Brazos Santiago Pass, Texas, to his wife, Amanda, in Greensboro, Alabama.
- 1846-07-14
- 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 the upcoming transportation of troops to Burita or Matamoras, Mexico, and he describes the...
- 2009-11-17
- Letter from Syndenham Moore at Camp Alabama, to his wife, Amanda, in Greensboro, Alabama.
- 1846-08-08
- During the Mexican-American War, Moore organized and led the Eutaw Rangers, a group of volunteers from Greene County, Alabama. In the letter he describes plants and animals he has seen in camp (cacti, horned toads, armadillos, and "many other...
- 2010-01-28
- 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
- Letter from Edwin B. Young in Eufaula, Alabama, to his brother-in-law, Hubert Dent, in at Fort Barrancas in Pensacola. Florida.
- 1861-06-25
- At the start of the Civil War, Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). In the letter...
- 2011-04-04
- Letter from W. D. Mitchell in Cold Springs, Texas, to his uncle Bolling Hall in Alabama.
- 1861-08-30
- In the letter Mitchell sends news of relatives; discusses the climate and crops in Texas; and mentions the local volunteer companies who have left for war: "our county has sent two hundred men to Virginia and have two companies, one of Artilery...
- 2011-07-06