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- Letter from George R. Gilmer in Milledgeville, Georgia, to Richard Blount, chairman of the board of commissioners for the Oconee Navigation Association.
- 1830-01-08
- In the letter Gilmer informs Blount that Richard K. Hines has been appointed as a state agent to investigate the association and "to collect the public money in your hands & to receive of you the public property." He encloses the recent legislative...
- 2010-11-17
- Letters from John H. Lewis to John Coffee.
- 1830-07-11
- In the first letter, written July 11, 1830, Lewis discusses the conflict between Governor Gabriel Moore and Colonel John McKinley. McKinley allegedly did not support Moore's nephew for the post of U.S. marshal, and Lewis predicts that "this...
- 2010-06-09
- Letter from John Forsyth in Mobile, Alabama, to Colin J. McRae.
- 1861-02-21
- In the letter Forsyth explains a proposal that would make Mobile the home port for a line of passenger and postal steamers from Mexico. He mentions Carlos Butterfield, who is working for the Mexican government to secure such a route. The U.S....
- 2009-09-28
- Letter from B.H. Craig in Cahaba, Alabama, to Edmund W. Pettus.
- 1862-02-06
- In the letter Craig discusses a dispute over a "negro girl claimed" by one man but in the possession of another. He asks Pettus to give his input, and he encloses a copy of a letter written by one of the men involved in the disagreement.
- 2012-10-18
- Letter from George Burgess in New York to Edward Harris in Moorestown, New Jersey.
- 1862-04-26
- In the letter Burgess discusses the financial situation of Lucy Audubon, the widow of naturalist John Audubon; Lucy's two sons have also died recently: "Three widows and their families suddenly left without a single male relation seventeen years of...
- 2010-07-15
- Letters from George Goldthwaite in Montgomery, Alabama, and Elmore Fitzpatrick in Mobile, Alabama, to Captain Henry C. Semple in Wartrace, Tennessee.
- 1863-05
- During the Civil War, Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in Montgomery (known as Semple's Battery). He was later appointed a major and transferred to Mobile. In the first letter, written May 23, Goldthwaite discusses the...
- 2011-07-01
- Letter from James A. Hall in camp at Dalton, Georgia, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1864-01-16
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he explains that his servant has arrived with the food his family sent ("It was as welcome as twas unexpected by me. It came in...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Alex K. Hall in camp near north Griffin, Georgia, to his brother, Charlie.
- 1864-09-08
- During the Civil War, Alex served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he discusses recent troop movements and the Battle of Jonesboro, and he encloses a long list of items for his brother to bring to him. A transcript is included.
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from James Foster, a 68-year-old prisoner in Wetumpka, Alabama, to Governor W. D. Jelks.
- 1901-09-05
- In the letter Foster asks the governor to grant him parole: "If you and the Board will parole me Governor I swear by all the true Gods that ever existed that I will ever reverence the Alabama Board of Pardons, and hold perpetually as my Trinity,...
- 2010-08-02
- Letter from Frank L. Vance in Talladega, Alabama, to John D. McNeel, private secretary to Governor B. B. Comer, in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1909-03-20
- In the letter Vance discusses his wife's recent suicide at Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa. He blames the staff for her death and seeks retribution: "I deem the permission of such a death nothing short of criminal negligence, and hope there may be...
- 2009-11-20
- Letter from George B. Ward, president of the Birmingham City Commission, to Senator John Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-05-21
- In the letter Ward encloses the "Official Garden Calendar" that was sent out to encourage citizens to grow their own gardens. The handout includes information about crop rotation, growing seasons, and food preservation; the city plans "to install...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from Dr. P. Colfax Rameau, president of the Southern Federation of Afro-American Industrial Brotherhood in Birmingham, Alabama, to Governor Charles Henderson in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1918-08-07
- In the letter Rameau discusses his work to strengthen the African American war effort in his area: "I have been organizing local War Councils among the members of my race throughout the district for the conserving man-power in the mines for quite a...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from I. B. Babcock, president and general manager of General Motors Truck and Coach in Pontiac, Michigan, to Governor Chauncey Sparks in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1943-09-09
- In the letter Babcock praises American farmers for increased production during the war, which benefits citizens, soldiers and the Allies. He encloses two General Motors truck advertisements that praise livestock and poultry farmers: "The motor...
- 2011-01-13
- Letter from Don C. DeWitt in San Francisco, California, to Mrs. Harry Neigel, in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1951-12-26
- In the letter DeWitt gives details about the death of Julius Frank Hardeman, the son of Mrs. Neigels. He also encloses a photograph of the patch Hardeman wore. DeWitt and Hardeman had served together in the U.S. Army in Korea. A transcript of the...
- 2009-09-30
- Letters between G.L. Edwards in Selma, Alabama, and George H. Wright, member of the Auburn University board of trustees.
- 1962-00-00
- In the first letter Edwards protests the recent appearance of Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, on an Auburn television station. On the program McGill criticized Alabama, "the people and their customs." Edwards also encloses a copy...
- 2010-11-08
- Letters between G.H. Wright in Auburn, Alabama, and Governor George Wallace in Montgomery.
- 1963-00-00
- In the first letter Wright discusses integration efforts at Auburn University, pointing to liberal faculty members as culprits: "You are aware of the fact Southern institutions such as Auburn, in their frantic desire to have all employees with...
- 2010-11-08