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- Draft of the annual report of the commissioners of the Oconee Navigation Association.
- In the report the commissioners describe the work they have overseen on the river, including a lock and dam that has been completed, which will "advance the growth of Milledgeville, ultimately add to the convenience & prosperity of the agricultural...
- 2010-11-17
- Letter from Joseph H. Hall in Manack, Alabama, to Bolling Hall, probably in Montgomery or Autauga County.
- 1863-02-27
- Joseph H. Hall is the son of William Terrell Hall, grandson of Dixon Hall, Sr., and thus cousin of Bolling Hall. In the letter Joseph asks Bolling to help his brother, James, secure a transfer to the company in which his brothers are serving: "he...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Crenshaw Hall at Brabson's Ferry in Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1864-02-14
- 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 possible troop movements and campaigns; conditions near Knoxville ("the surrounding county has been...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Alex K. Hall in camp at Augusta, Georgia, to his father, probably in Portland, Alabama.
- 1865-03-09
- During the Civil War, Hall served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he discusses troop movements; mutual acquaintances and relatives; his horse ("Pony, otherwise dubed [sic] Horse-Fly"); the weather and landscape near his camp; and...
- 2011-07-06
- Copy of a letter from "the members of the Bar of the City of Mobile," to President Andrew Johnson.
- 1866-05-23
- In the letter the men discuss the recent election of Raphael Semmes to the position of county probate judge. The U.S. authorities have prevented him from taking office, and the bar association now asks the president to allow Semmes to assume his...
- 2009-10-16
- M. T. Judge's response to H. C. Nixon's questionnaire about slavery in Alabama.
- 1913-02-26
- Apparently, Judge sent more than one response to the questionnaire; in this one, he focuses on entertainment among the slaves: "In the last installment I sent you, I fear that I didnt [sic] do justice to the subject - Viz Amusements, and I dont...
- 2009-09-11
- Letters between Thomas M. Owen, director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery, and Sergeant Richard J. Pahnke.
- 1919
- In the first letter, written February 17, 1919, Owen thanks Pahnke for the material he has sent, and he asks him to gather postcards, pamphlets, weapons, and uniforms to add to the collections at the Archives. He also discusses events in...
- 2009-09-14
- Letter from Mrs. E. H. Hanley and Mrs. J. W. Mills in Attalla, Alabama, to Governor W. W. Brandon in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1923-06-22
- The two women were officers in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Attalla. In the letter they "wish to add our protest to the many thousands already sent in, against the present convict lease system, which we learn has existed (a blot on our...
- 2009-09-30