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- Handwritten copy of a letter from Secretary of War Henry Knox to Captain Henry Burbeck at the fort on the St. Marys River, between the United States and Spanish Florida.
- 1790-08-16
- In the letter Knox explains that the Creek nation and the United States have just signed the Treaty of New York, a pact of "peace and strict friendship." He is sending this message with Creek representatives who are returning home, and he instructs...
- 2010-11-12
- Transcript of a letter from Governor John Murphy to Charles Lewis of the Georgia-Alabama Boundary Survey Commission.
- 1826-09
- In the letter Murphy mentions that "the Commissioners of Georgia and Alabama have not come to any agreement, on the Subject of the Line dividing the two States." He directs Lewis to survey the the line on the Chattahoochee River again, so the...
- 2010-11-17
- Incomplete draft of a letter from James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama, to the members of the Clay Club in Dallas County, Alabama.
- 1842-11-06
- The Clay Club was formed by the Whig citizens of Dallas County. In the letter Dellet writes that he will be unable to attend the club's upcoming dinner in Selma. He then gives a dismal summary of the nation's political and economic condition, which...
- 2009-06-25
- Letters from Littleton W. Tazewell in Norfolk, Virginia, to Henry Semple and others in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1848-06-29
- After the nomination of Lewis Cass as the Democratic candidate for president in 1848, a committee of men from Alabama asked Tazewell to run against him. In the first letter, Tazewell declines the invitation, though he also disagrees with the...
- 2011-05-24
- Letter from in Leonidas Howard in Autaugaville, Alabama, to Bolling Hall.
- 1855-07-17
- In the letter Howard discusses the political scene in the state and country, with emphasis on competition among the Democratic, Whig, and Know-Nothing parties: "In these days of 'Know Nothing' delusions the confidence between man and man is so...
- 2009-06-25
- "Commission from the State of Alabama."
- 1861-01-09
- Letter from L. W. Garrott and Robert H. Smith of Alabama, to the governor and legislature of North Carolina. Garrott and Smith explain that because of the recent election of a Republican president, the governor of Alabama has called for a...
- 2010-01-25
- Ordinance of Secession, adopted by the Alabama constitutional convention of 1861.
- 1861-01-11
- The ordinance declares that "that the State of Alabama now withdraws, and is hereby withdrawn from the Union known as the United States of America, and henceforth ceases to be one of said United States, and is, and of right ought to be a Sovereign...
- 2010-11-12
- "Glory Enough for One Day."
- 1861-04-17
- This article describes reaction to the surrender of Fort Sumter to Confederate forces: "The people were pleased to know that Major Anderson had been compelled to haul down the stars and stripes of the Abolition government, and that in their place...
- 2010-01-25
- Letter from P. Philips in Washington, D.C., to Colin J. McRae in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1861-05-03
- In the letter Philips gives his opinions about the cause and course of the Civil War. He feels that the North and South have so many common interests that peace can be maintained through an alliance or treaty between the two sections: "...while a...
- 2009-09-28
- Argument for the defense in the case of The Confederate States versus Jack Davis, presented by Major Henry Semple.
- 1864
- Davis had been arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct by a Colonel Taylor. Semple argues that Davis should not be charged with more than intoxication while on duty, because he was provoked by Taylor: "the aggravations, of abusive language...
- 2011-07-06
- Excerpts from a speech delivered by I. T. Tichenor, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1865
- Tichenor describes the postwar situation for the freed slaves from a paternalistic viewpoint: "Four millions of human beings, under the influence of a misguided philanthropy, have been rendered destitute of homes, protection, and comfort, and have...
- 2009-06-25
- Front Page of The Woman's Journal from August 17, 1901.
- 1901-08-17
- Included on this page are two articles about the discussion women's suffrage during Alabama's constitutional convention. The first item (at the bottom left of the page under "Editorial Notes") mentions a proposed amendment that would allow certain...
- 2010-11-12
- Certificate for the New Decatur Advertiser, a newspaper in Morgan County, Alabama, from the Democratic National Committee.
- 1908
- The certificate is a receipt for a contribution the paper made to the Committee: "...if the people would rule their own country they must pay the expenses of electing their own public servants. Millions of dollars from trusts and special interests...
- 2009-10-16
- Excerpt from POLITICS AND POWER IN A SLAVE SOCIETY: ALABAMA, 1800-1860 by J. Mills Thornton III.
- 1978-00-00
- This passage includes an excerpt of a letter from Daniel Pratt to Dixon Hall Lewis, written September 21, 1847. In the correspondence Pratt, an industrialist in Autauga County, Alabama, says that he considers himself "a permanent Citizen of this...
- 2009-06-25