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- Notebook 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
- The notebook contains poetry, notes, sketches, regimental rosters, receipts for supplies, loose letters, and the pass issued to Wilson at Appomattox Court House at the end of the war.
- 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
- Contract for B. Wilson, a freedman, who will be working several months for P. J. Weaver of Dallas County, Alabama.
- 1865-05-22
- For his work Wilson is to receive $6 each month ("payable in Green Backs") plus room and board. He will have the "privilege of raising chickens and a garden for his own use," but he will not be allowed to sell any poultry or produce. The contract...
- 2009-09-28
- Letters between Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Statham in Lehigh, Alabama, and John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1916-01
- In the first letter, written January 10, 1916, Statham gives support for the British blockade in Europe, which allowed the United States to trade only with Allied powers: "But you know if it was not for the Great English Navy our farmers would not...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from Clifford Durr at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, to his father, John, in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1917-03-02
- In the letter Clifford asks his father to send money for his tuition and allowance, and he comments on the president and the possible entry of the United States into World War I: "To-day I am eighteen. Just old enough to be shot by the Germans but...
- 2009-06-25
- Letters between E. L. More in River Falls, Alabama, and John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-04
- In the first letter, written April 19, 1917, More tells Bankhead that citizens in River Falls support President Wilson's selective service legislation, and he suggests that most voters in Alabama feel the same way. In the second letter, written...
- 2009-06-25
- Letters between J. A. May, sheriff of Houston County, Alabama, and John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-04
- In the first letter, written April 23, 1917, May asks Bankhead to support the proposed selective service legislation rather than relying on volunteers to fill the ranks: "If...it is left up to the people of this country to volunteer to win this...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from Stewart J. Lloyd, a professor at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-04-19
- In the letter Lloyd asks Bankhead to support the selective service legislation sponsored by President Wilson. The Selective Service Act, which required men from ages twenty-one to thirty to register for military service, was passed in May 1917. At...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter and resolution from the Community Club of Birmingham, Alabama, to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-04-20
- In the letter and resolution the club members endorse President Wilson's selective service legislation and ask the Alabama congressional delegation to support it. The Selective Service Act, which required men from ages twenty-one to thirty to...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Joseph F. Kohlenberg in Hanceville, Alabama, to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-04-24
- In the letter Kohlenberg asks Bankhead to vote against President Wilson's selective service legislation; he believes that the majority of Alabama citizens are against the bill: "Mr. Bankhead, I do not believe that you are one of the Senators that...
- 2009-06-25
- Letters between Thomas W. Gilmer in Bay Minette, Alabama, and Oscar Underwood in Washington, D.C.
- 1919-06-11
- In the first letter, written June 11, 1919, Gilmer pledges his support for Underwood in the next election; expresses his disapproval of President Wilson, especially regarding the League of Nations; and criticizes the method of ratifying the recent...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Virginia Weisenthal in New York, New York, to Governor Jim Folsom in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1958-08-17
- In the letter Weisenthal asks the governor to intervene in the case of Jimmy Wilson: "At this time I would like to implore you to do your utmost to prevent this and other possible barbarous legal murders. By this I mean not only the saving of Jimmy...
- 2009-09-04
- Letter from "John Doe" in Birmingham, Alabama, to Governor Jim Folsom in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1958-09-02
- In the letter "Doe" urges the governor not to commute the sentence of Jimmy Wilson: "For the life of me I cannot see why any red blooded southern white man could interfere with the verdict of 12 just and upright men who placed the death penalty on...
- 2009-09-04
- Letter from Frank W. Boykin to Mrs. St. John Wilson.
- 1960-10-31
- In this letter Boykin congratulates Mrs. St. John Wilson on the success of an event held at the Mobile Infirmary the day before, probably the dedication of the new nurses' home there.
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Frank W. Boykin to General W. K. Wilson.
- 1962-11-26
- In this letter Boykin invites Wilson to join a large hunt to be held at his lodge in McIntosh, Alabama. He also discusses state and national politics, industry and economic development in Alabama, and the other guests who will attend the hunt.
- 2009-09-15