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- "President Truman Might Attend Fishing Rodeo."
- This article gives President Truman's response to an invitation to the annual deep sea fishing rodeo held at Dauphin Island. From The Mobile Press-Register.
- 2009-09-15
- "17 Deer Fall Before Guns on Boykin's Preserve."
- This article describes a hunt Boykin held for his colleagues at his lodge in McIntosh, Alabama.
- 2009-09-15
- Transcript of a letter from Alexander McGillivray to Governor Zéspedes.
- 1785-08-22
- In the letter McGillivray describes American attempts take Indian lands: "The gaining of these Creeks Nations over to them is more immediately an object of their policy & to effect which purpose they have held forth the most tempting baits to my...
- 2009-06-25
- Transcripts of military records related to the command of Brigadier Joseph Graham during the Creek War.
- 1814-05
- During the war Graham was a member of the North Carolina Militia in the 6th Military District; his forces participated in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The transcripts consist of military orders and correspondence between generals in the 6th and...
- 2009-09-04
- Transcripts of extracts of letters regarding the Georgia-Alabama Boundary Survey Commission.
- 1824
- In the first letter, dated Governor George M. Troup of Georgia addresses concerns (probably raised by John Murphy, governor of Alabama) about the locations of Indian towns that will be used as references when determining the boundary between the...
- 2010-11-17
- PERSONAL EXPLANATION OF THE HON. W. R. W. COBB, OF ALABAMA, an address delivered in the United States House of Representatives.
- 1831-01-07
- In his address Cobb insists that the slavery question, the central issue influencing the pending secession of the South, was not answered by the recent presidential election: "But gentlemen say they cannot do anything. They say that the edict went...
- 2009-06-25
- "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
- Will of Thomas Brown of Montgomery County, Alabama.
- 1843
- In his will, Brown bequeaths his wife Eliza $5,000; a sixth of his slaves, including six specific individuals that he purchased from her father Bolling Hall; his house and a sixth of his plantation; and the slave Betsey, his seamstress. If his wife...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Sydenham Moore to his wife, Amanda.
- 1847-04-13
- During the Mexican-American War, Moore organized and led the Eutaw Rangers, a group of volunteers from Greene County, Alabama. In the letter he explains that his regiment has not moved as expected, and he expresses frustration at their lack of...
- 2010-05-12
- Letter from Andrew Barry Moore in Marion, Alabama, to Bolling Hall in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1850-11-15
- In the letter Moore discusses public sentiment over states' rights violations by the United States Congress: "I trust that public meetings throughout the state, will be held, for the purpose of enlightening the masses, and causing them to...
- 2009-06-25
- The Dallas Gazette, volume 15, number 42.
- 1858-08-13
- The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; death, marriage, and legal notices; local events; news about social, medical, agricultural, political, economic, and military...
- 2011-10-11
- Letter from Bolling Hall in Ellerslie, Alabama, to Dr. G. Rives.
- 1860-11-29
- In the letter Hall discusses a proposed debate to be held between the two men, and he suggests a format for the event.
- 2011-07-06
- Records of the Alabama constitutional convention of 1861.
- 1861-00-00
- These records consist of ordinances, resolutions, committee reports, and correspondence from January through March of 1861. The material documents the secession convention held in Montgomery, Alabama, which established Alabama as an independent...
- 2011-09-09
- "The Secession Jubilee."
- 1861-01-02
- This article describes the celebration held in Montgomery after South Carolina seceded from the Union: "The demonstration of sympathy for the gallant Palmetto State, and of rejoicing that she had at length 'disrupted every tie that bound her to the...
- 2010-01-25
- Letter from John Bragg in Montgomery, Alabama, to Colin J. McRae.
- 1861-01-21
- Bragg wrote this letter while representing Mobile County at the Alabama constitutional convention of 1861 (also known as the Secession Convention). In the letter Bragg discusses events at the assembly, including McRae's election as a delegate to...
- 2009-09-28
- Letter from Isaac Newton Morgan at Camp Pierce in Athens, Alabama, to Thomas Morgan in Harrison County, Ohio.
- 1862-05-22
- During the Civil War, Isaac Morgan served in Company C of the 37th Indiana Infantry Regiment. In the letter he describes fighting the "secesh" in north Alabama. He mentions camp activities and duties in Athens; Union soldiers who were captured and...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Henry Semple in Tullahoma, Tennessee, to his wife, Emily.
- 1863-03-15
- 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 their children and mutual...
- 2011-06-01
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Resaca, Georgia, to his father in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1863-12-06
- From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., was colonel of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he reports that his brother, James, is safe (he had been reported dead). He also discusses difficulties he is...
- 2011-10-20
- General order issued by Major T. R. Hotchkiss.
- 1864-01-24
- The order addresses seven issues: 1) the appointment of a "chief bugler" and the specific schedule for bugle calls to be sounded throughout the day; 2) daily reports from orderly sergeants; 3) responsibilities of men on guard duty and the supplies...
- 2011-07-06
- Records of the Alabama constitutional convention of 1867.
- 1867
- The constitutional convention of 1867 met from October to December; it was held as a result of the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which made Alabama part of the Third Military District under General John Pope. These records consist of ordinances and...
- 2011-10-12