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- Letter from O. Fitts in Warrenton, North Carolina, to James Caller.
- 1812-02-27
- In the letter Fitts introduces Caller to two men who plan to settle in the Mississippi Territory ("any services rendered them by you will confer an additional obligation on me"), and he discusses the will and estate of Green Duke, who died...
- 2010-11-12
- Contract between the trustees of Cotton Port and John Coffee, who has just purchased a plot of land.
- 1818-03-17
- Coffee owes the company $310, which he will pay over the next two years. After full payment is made, the trustees will give him the deed to the lot; if they do not honor their part of the contract, they will owe Coffee twice the amount he will pay...
- 2010-06-09
- Letter from Samuel Dale to Governor William Wyatt Bibb in the Alabama Territory.
- 1818-09-23
- In the letter Dale discusses several scouting expeditions he has made recently, and he reports that "I am under a full belief there is no Indians of the disaffected in this quarter." He then asks about the future of the fort he established in...
- 2010-11-12
- Contract between the trustees of Cotton Port and James Bright, who has just purchased a plot of land.
- 1819-09-16
- Bright owes the company $420, which he will pay over the next year. After full payment is made, the trustees will give him the deed to the lot; if they do not honor their part of the contract, they will owe Bright twice the amount he will pay for...
- 2010-06-09
- Copies of slave records created by members of the Creek Nation.
- 1821-00-00
- Most of the documents deal with either the emancipation of slaves or the transfer of slave ownership to other family members. In addition to these records, there is a resolution (dated June 29, 1825) in which leaders of the Broken Arrow Council...
- 2010-05-12
- Contract between the trustees of the Cotton Port Company and John Coffee, who has just purchased forty acres of land.
- 1825-03-04
- Coffee owes the company $408.40, which he will pay over the next two years. After full payment is made, the trustees will "convey the before mentioned lot of land containing forty acres...by a deed of conveyance with a general waranty [sic]"; if...
- 2010-06-09
- 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
- "An Act Regulating Indian Affairs" in the state of Georgia.
- 1835
- The act makes six provisions for dealing with the Cherokee Indian population of the state during the period of removal. First, it stipulates that U.S. citizens will not be allowed to emigrate to Indian reservations, include those Indians who were...
- 2010-11-12
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at the University of Virginia to his father in Alabama.
- 1861-02-15
- This letter was written not long after the formation of the Confederate States of America. In it Bolling discusses possible interruptions in mail delivery ("I have been looking everyday [sic] to see it announced that the Government has discontinued...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Jabez Curry to his son, Thomas, a Confederate soldier.
- 1862-06-09
- In the letter Curry discusses a recent drought and the effects it will have on the Confederate cause: "If the drouth continues, and I fear it will, it will be the greatest of calamities to the Confederacy--with good seasons provisions would be made...
- 2009-12-03
- Letter from Hubert Dent in camp near Shelbyville, Tennessee, to his wife, Anna.
- 1863-01-25
- 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 he...
- 2011-04-04
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in camp near Knoxville, Tennessee, to his father in Alabama.
- 1863-05-10
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses money he has sent home; the availability of food in camp ("I think we had better wait awhile before we...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from James A. Hall in Shelbyville, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863-05-14
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he expresses grief at the news of his sister's death: "My Dear Father I believe with you that she has gone to the arms of my...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in camp near Knoxville, Tennessee, to his father in Alabama.
- 1863-05-15
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he expresses grief at the news of his sister's death: "It is indeed hard to think of her as I left her young & happy &...
- 2011-10-20
- "$30 Reward."
- 1863-12-27
- Advertisement offering a reward for the return of a Confederate soldier who ran away from Wayside Hospital in Demopolis, Alabama. The ad gives a full physical description.
- 2010-01-25
- "$30 Reward."
- 1863-12-27
- Advertisement offering a reward for the return of a Confederate soldier who ran away from the Selma Arsenal. The ad gives a full physical description and mentions that the deserter is probably headed to Coosa County, where he has family.
- 2010-01-25
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Dandridge, Tennessee, to his sister, Laura, in Alabama.
- 1864-02-12
- From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., was colonel of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter (and postscript, which is dated February 17) he discusses upcoming troop movements and possible campaigns; his...
- 2011-07-26
- Letter from F. C. Randolph at the headquarters of the 7th Alabama Cavalry in Mobile, Alabama, to Major Henry Semple.
- 1864-06
- During the Civil War, Henry 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 letter Randolph expresses gratitude for his...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Henry Semple at Camp Beulah in Mobile, Alabama, to his wife, Emily.
- 1864-11-03
- 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 letter he discusses new quarters he hopes to have; the...
- 2011-06-01
- Report on the number of indigent families in Dallas County, Alabama.
- 1865
- The report is divided by town. The amount of information recorded varies by location because the data was collected by several different people: "It is proper to state that this report is not as full as desirable many of the agents not giving any...
- 2009-09-15