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- Transcript of the report and resolution submitted by the legislature of Georgia, regarding the boundary line drawn by the Georgia-Alabama Boundary Survey Commission.
- 1826-12
- The committee reporting argues that "the line run is the true line, and they entertain too high a respect for the good sense, justice and magnanimity of the citizens of Alabama to believe for one moment that a difference of opinion will be...
- 2010-11-17
- Letter from William Rufus King in Washington, D.C., to G. W. Gayle.
- 1850-01-15
- In the letter King discusses sectional division over slavery and expresses his hope that compromise will settle the issue and maintain unity: "The slavery question is the all absorbing subject here; and how it is to terminate God only knows...but I...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at the University of Virginia to his father in Alabama.
- 1860-04-29
- In the letter Bolling gives a detailed account of a recent visit to Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson. He gives his impression of the structure ("The house is of the strangest plan I ever saw"); describes the poor condition of the burial...
- 2011-07-06
- "Alabama Out of the Union!"
- 1861-01-16
- "The Vote Sixty-One to Thirty-Nine!! A Glorious Day!!!" This article announces Alabama's secession from the Union: "Truly, this is glory enough for one day. Our citizens are hailing the new era with demonstrations of profoundest emotion. The...
- 2010-01-25
- Letter from Alex K. Hall at Camp Hunter in Baldwin County, Alabama, to his mother, probably in Portland, Alabama.
- 1862-12-08
- During the Civil War, Alex served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he discusses his unsuccessful attempt to get out of the service because of a medical condition. He then explains that he wants his father to consult a lawyer and...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at the Cumberland Gap in Tennessee, to his father in Alabama.
- 1863-04-24
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he describes his own somber feelings about the war: "I believe the anticipation of the time when peace again shall...
- 2011-10-20
- "Court's march order ends at Capitol."
- 1965-03-24
- This article from the Birmingham News discusses the extent of the order issued by U.S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson, which permitted and protected the Selma to Montgomery March: "The order.stops short of approving plans for a demonstration on...
- 2011-01-13
- Letters between Senator Alton L. Turner of Luverne, Alabama, and Edwin Strickland, staff director for the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace in Montgomery.
- 1967
- In the first letter, written January 31, 1967, Turner asks for information about the Tuskegee Institute Community Education Program (TICEP). In the second letter, written February 1, 1967, Strickland explains that the educational outreach program...
- 2010-01-28