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- "To the Republicans of Dallas!"
- Flier addressed to freedmen in Dallas County, Alabama, warning them of "recent converts to Republicanism" who will compete for their vote in the upcoming county elections. All the questionable candidates are mentioned, with evidence of their...
- 2009-06-25
- 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 John Coffee in Huntsville, Alabama, written to commissioners who, like him, are responsible "for marking the boundary lines of the ter. ceded by the Creek nation."
- 1816-02-14
- In the letter Coffee, who is Surveyor General of the northern section of the Mississippi Territory, carefully describes his proposed boundary lines between the United States and the Indian lands; he subtly reproves his fellow commissioners, who...
- 2009-06-25
- 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 Crenshaw Hall at the Cumberland Gap in Kentucky, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863-05-29
- From July 1862 to November 1863, Crenshaw Hall was adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses the promotion of his brother, James; a "Bridge disaster" during recent troop movements ("There were about 20 or 30 on...
- 2011-10-20
- Argument for the defense in the case of The Confederate States versus Capt. H. C. Semple, presented by Semple himself.
- 1864
- Semple is charged with "disobedience of orders" for failing to submit correct quarterly ordnance returns. He explains that he did not have complete instructions, despite his efforts to get details from his commanding officer, T. R. Hotchkiss (who...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from John E. Hall in the camp of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment ("In Trenches"), to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1864-08-27
- From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, John Hall served in Co. B, 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses recent campaigns and losses ("Fort Morgan we learned yesterday, has been surrendered. Next may be Mobile");...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Jasper N. Haney in Selma, Alabama, to Republican voters in Dallas County.
- 1874-06-11
- Haney warns against candidates who claim to be Republicans but work against the party once elected. He focuses on Judge George H. Craig in particular, accusing him of abandoning Republican principles and favoring white constituents over African...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from F. D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy in Washington, D.C., to Mrs. H. C. Semple, in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1918-04-22
- In the letter Roosevelt thanks Mrs. Semple for her "prompt and patriotic response to the NAVY'S call for binoculars, telescopes, and spy-glasses." The Navy will attempt to return the items at the end of the war, "when it is hoped that you will feel...
- 2011-07-06
- Telegram from Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth in Birmingham, Alabama, to Governor John Patterson in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1960-06-16
- In the message Shuttlesworth protests the dismissal of Dr. Lawrence D. Reddick from Alabama State College, and he criticizes the governor's suggestion that Dr. H. Councill Trenholm be removed from his position as president of the school: "To purge...
- 2010-01-28
- Letter from David W. Crosland, solicitor for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama in Montgomery, to Edwin Strickland, staff director for the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace.
- 1965-04-07
- In the letter Crosland discusses his intention to present to the grand jury a report about the recent civil rights demonstrations in Montgomery County. He asks Strickland for evidence to support the "great many rumors about immoral acts" among the...
- 2010-01-28
- Letter from John P. Thomas, minister at St. Luke Methodist Church in Enterprise, Alabama, to Ed Strickland of the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1968-03-06
- In the letter Thomas describes Bible school literature he recently saw that pictured Martin Luther King, Jr., and compared him with the apostle Paul. Thomas finds the material "repulsive" and asks Strickland if there is any evidence to confirm...
- 2010-01-28