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- Letter from Judge Richard Ellis of the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama, to Governor Israel Pickens in Greene County, Alabama.
- 1822-04-00
- In the letter Ellis discusses the case of Adam Lowry, who was tried and convicted twice, first for stealing a hog and then for stealing a horse. After the second offense Lowry's right hand was branded with the letter "T" and he was put in jail. The...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from W. Gray, sheriff of Morgan County, Alabama, to Governor Pickens in Greene County, Alabama.
- 1822-05-01
- In the letter Gray discusses the case of Adam Lowry, who was tried and convicted twice, first for stealing a hog and then for stealing a horse. He explains that Lowry "is an object of Executive Clemency" and asks that he be pardoned from serving...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Corinth, Mississippi, to his father in Alabama.
- 1861-05-03
- From May 1861 to early 1862 Bolling Hall, Jr., served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he discusses conditions in camp; traveling to his present location ("we had to go up on box cars...The men were very much crowded too but Capt. Davis...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Alex K. Hall in camp at Dalton, Georgia, to his brother, Charles, at a boarding school in Coosa County, Alabama..
- 1864-05-06
- During the Civil War, Alex served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he discusses weather and conditions in camp; crops planted in the area; the possibility of a battle soon; reinforcements arriving daily; and the strict discipline...
- 2011-07-06
- Packet of materials submitted to Governor Joseph F. Johnston, to request the pardon of Cudjo Lewis, who was convicted of manslaughter.
- 1900-07
- Lewis's father (also Cudjo) was the last surviving ex-slave from "Clotilda, " the last known ship to bring slaves to the United States; the ship landed in Mobile, Alabama, in 1860. The packet includes a statement of sentence, letters from other...
- 2011-07-26
- Page from the convict register giving details about the arrest and imprisonment of George Tindell of Jefferson County, Alabama.
- 1924-04-01
- The register describes Tindell's crime, sentence, imprisonment, escape, recapture, and discharge. See Q42765 for a wanted poster advertising his escape.
- 2012-01-27
- "Negroes Riot in Gadsden to Protest Doom."
- 1931-04-10
- This article discusses the rioting in the Etowah County jail by eight of the "Scottsboro Boys," who had been convicted and given the death penalty: "When finally quieted and asked what was the matter, one of the negroes replied, 'We just don't like...
- 2010-07-27
- Letter from Virginia Weisenthal in New York, New York, to Governor Jim Folsom in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1958-08-17
- In the letter Weisenthal asks the governor to intervene in the case of Jimmy Wilson: "At this time I would like to implore you to do your utmost to prevent this and other possible barbarous legal murders. By this I mean not only the saving of Jimmy...
- 2009-09-04
- Letter from "John Doe" in Birmingham, Alabama, to Governor Jim Folsom in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1958-09-02
- In the letter "Doe" urges the governor not to commute the sentence of Jimmy Wilson: "For the life of me I cannot see why any red blooded southern white man could interfere with the verdict of 12 just and upright men who placed the death penalty on...
- 2009-09-04