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- Journal kept by Raphael Semmes while he served as commanding officer aboard the C.S.S. Alabama.
- 1863
- 2011-10-07
- Table of contents and introduction to A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- In the introduction, Pickett explains his method of gathering information: "I have taken many of the following notes down on paper in a great hurry, as fast as the people narrating would speak, and there are many mistakes in grammar, spelling &...
- 2010-05-12
- Section 11 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- This section gives notes "relating to the indian difficulties in 1818," which were taken from files kept by the State Department of Alabama.
- 2010-05-12
- Letter from Mary James Boykin, probably to Anna Maria Gayle Fry.
- Also included are historical and genealogical notes dealing with Portland, Alabama (in Dallas County), and the Boykin and Hall families. A partial transcript is included.
- 2011-11-16
- Miscellaneous material written by Richard A. Blount.
- 1796
- Material includes notes; quotations; lists of distances traveled between points; lists of expenses; entries from journals and travel logs; fragments of reflective essays; and two descriptions of equipment (bolting machinery and a gristmill). Items...
- 2011-10-12
- List of money owed by James Caller to James Turner & Co. in Warrenton, North Carolina.
- 1800-01-06
- James Turner & Co. probably lent Caller money; the amounts listed are mostly for the payment of interest on bonds and notes.
- 2010-11-12
- Arithmetic exercise book belonging to David Cumming, a native of Scotland.
- 1813-00-00
- The book includes exercises and notes on several specific concepts. As an adult, Cumming moved with his wife and children from Scotland to North America, eventually settling in Alabama. His daughter, Kate, served as a nurse during the Civil War.
- 2010-02-10
- List of men who purchased lots at Cotton Port, Alabama.
- 1818-03-16
- The list notes the name of the purchaser, the number of the lot, and the amount paid.
- 2010-06-09
- Miscellaneous material written by Richard Blount while serving on the Georgia-Alabama Boundary Survey Commission.
- 1826
- The material includes notes, lists of distances traveled between points, and sketches of land districts in northeastern Alabama
- 2010-11-08
- Map of the plantation of John Bragg of Lowndes County, Alabama.
- 1826-08
- Sketched from the field notes of a United States surveyor.
- 2009-09-15
- Account and memorandum book kept by James A. Tait from 1831 to 1844.
- 1831-00-00
- In the book Tait records financial matters, including his account with J. & E. Austill; expenses incurred by his son, Charles, while attending the University of Alabama; the cost of supplies used to build a new house; the purchase of slaves; and...
- 2011-09-12
- Fragments of a diary kept by Frederick Weedon during the Seminole War of 1836.
- 1836
- In the diary he describes the treatment of victims of injuries, sickness, and wounds during the war, concentrating especially on his treatment of Chief Osceola. He also notes the cause of death of many soldiers and Native Americans, and he...
- 2011-09-22
- Account book kept by Minor Winn Gracey while administering the estate of his brother, Robert Sinclair Gracey.
- 1842-00-00
- Robert Gracey died in 1841. The book is divided into three sections. The first notes the payment and collection of debts from 1842 to 1845. The second section deals with the accounts of Minor and his brother John Ivey Gracey; it records the...
- 2009-09-04
- Notebook kept by Dr. Thomas Fearn of Huntsville, Alabama, from about 1852 to 1863.
- 1852
- The notebook contains records of accounts and supplies for a plank fence on his plantation "to be made by the M & C R. Road Co. and Thomas Fearn"; information on cotton crops, supplies at home and at his plantation, and lands he owned in...
- 2012-01-27
- Letter from Hutson Lee in South Carolina to Bolling Hall in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1858-10-17
- In the letter Lee describes twenty-nine slaves he is selling. He gives specific details about any individuals who are not "sound and capable" or "prime and hearty," and he also mentions parent-child relationships. The price for each slave is $725....
- 2009-06-25
- Notebook kept by Henry F. Wilson while serving as a private in the Mobile Rifles, Company K of the 3rd Alabama Infantry during the Civil War.
- 1860
- The notebook contains poetry, notes, sketches, regimental rosters, receipts for supplies, loose letters, and the pass issued to Wilson at Appomattox Court House at the end of the war.
- 2011-10-11
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at the University of Virginia to his father in Alabama.
- 1860-06-15
- In the letter Bolling discusses money he will need to travel back to Alabama at the end of the school year; his recovery from a recent illness ("I still am partially deaf so that I have a great difficulty in taking notes from the Lectures"); news...
- 2011-07-06
- 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
- Diary kept by Charles Jacob Armstrong from 1862 to 1863, while serving in Company C of the 33rd Alabama Infantry (part of the Army of Tennessee).
- 1862
- In the diary Armstrong discusses camp life and troop movements through Tennessee and Georgia; he also includes brief notes and muster rolls. He copied some entries several times, and these are intermixed with the originals.
- 2011-10-11
- Diary written by A. M. Jordan of the 23rd Alabama Infantry regiment, from February to July of 1862.
- 1862-02
- Jordan wrote the diary in the form of a letter to his wife, Julia. In it he discusses daily life in his regiment; their camp at the University of Tennessee in Nashville; the discovery of a woman posing as a soldier; speculations about the length of...
- 2011-10-12