In the diary, Blount discusses contemporary life, education, and family relationships. He also gives detailed accounts of his extensive travels during the period. A partial transcript is included.
Included on the roll are the names and ranks of the soldiers; the dates of the pay period and their service; the amount of pay each received; and the signatures of the men.
Report submitted to the United States House of Representatives by Dixon Hall Lewis of the Committee on Indian Affairs. The committee requests "relief for certain Creek Indians of mixed blood, within the State of Alabama; and also the petitions of...
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...
E. B. Warden was a Quaker woman originally from the Philadelphia area. She traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama for her health and stayed there for an unknown period of time. In the letter she writes of the climate and society in the city, neither of...
In the first entry, dated April 11, 1865, Waring describes the evacuation of Confederate troops from the city: "We are all perfectly miserable at the idea of being separated, for an indefinite period of time, from our dear brothers and...
In the letter the men discuss the recent election of Raphael Semmes to the position of county probate judge. The U.S. authorities have prevented him from taking office, and the bar association now asks the president to allow Semmes to assume his...
"Felled by the hand of a dastardly assassin, our beloved President has passed into the Great Beyond, and our Nation in in gloom...As a token of the respect in which we held him, and as a tribute to his memory, I would request that all flags in our...
In the letter Roosevelt thanks Mrs. Semple for her "prompt and patriotic response to the NAVY'S call for binoculars, telescopes, and spy-glasses." The Navy will attempt to return the items at the end of the war, "when it is hoped that you will feel...
This issue describes Montgomery's reaction to the news of D-Day: "Radios were never turned off during the first 24 hours and there was one topic of conversation...All stores closed at 5 p.m. and at that same hour two-score buglers, stationed...
The Board had requested this report at its meeting on June 14, 1960. In it Trenholm discusses recent civil rights demonstrations led by students and faculty at the college, and he assures the Board that the situation is improving: "While there have...
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