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- "To the Republicans of Dallas!"
- Flier addressed to freedmen in Dallas County, Alabama, warning them of "recent converts to Republicanism" who will compete for their vote in the upcoming county elections. All the questionable candidates are mentioned, with evidence of their...
- 2009-06-25
- "Ballots, Bullets and Blood."
- "How Blacks Have Died for the Right to Vote." Leaflet issued by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Inside is a list of African Americans who were killed from 1955 to 1968: Lamar Smith, George W. Lee, Herbert Lee, Medgar...
- 2009-09-11
- Letter from J. Gayle in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to John Coffee.
- 1831-01-14
- In the letter Gayle discusses former Governor Moore's response to Coffee's recent correspondence; Moore denies Coffee's account of a conversation regarding the conflict between him and Colonel John McKinley. Gayle feels that his "retraction is a...
- 2010-06-09
- 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 David B. Smealey in Autaugaville, Alabama, to Bolling Hall.
- 1854-06-21
- In the letter Smealey mentions the possibility of making the Mercury, a newspaper in Autauga County, a Democratic organ: "It is a fixed fact that the paper has to change in some way. If the Democrats do not control it the Whigs will." He also...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Bolling Hall at the University of Virginia to his father, Bolling Hall, in Alabama.
- 1860-10-06
- In the letter Bolling describes campus activities and promises to do better in school than he had the previous year, despite his busy social life. He also discusses politics in detail, including the presidential election of 1860 and Virginia's...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Bolling Hall at the University of Virginia to his father, Bolling Hall, in Alabama.
- 1861-01-05
- In the letter Bolling discusses his studies at the university; criticism of his father's vote in the Electoral College during the recent presidential election; "troubles in Autaugaville & Prattville among the negroes"; disagreements among Southern...
- 2009-06-25
- "Alabama Out of the Union!"
- 1861-01-16
- "The Vote Sixty-One to Thirty-Nine!! A Glorious Day!!!" This article announces Alabama's secession from the Union: "Truly, this is glory enough for one day. Our citizens are hailing the new era with demonstrations of profoundest emotion. The...
- 2010-01-25
- Letter from Leonidas Howard in Mulberry, Alabama, to Bolling Hall.
- 1863-06-15
- In the letter Howard discusses his campaign for a seat in the legislature, asking Hall to promote him in a certain precinct ("I doubt not but you might secure me a vote there that would place my election beyond a dout [sic]"). He mentions the...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Horace Greeley in New York City, New York, to Henry C. Semple in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1867-11-28
- In the letter Greeley critiques the political situation in the South, arguing that African Americans "are a unit so long as they are led to fear disfranchisement. This fear banished they will vote their individual preferences as Whites do. Your...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter and resolution from Secretary of State William H. Seward in Washington, D.C., to Governor William H. Smith in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1869-02-27
- In the letter Seward explains that Congress is proposing a fifteenth amendment to the Constitution, which must be voted on by the state legislatures. He includes a certified copy of the resolution: "The right of citizens of the United States to...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from three county officials in Jacksonville, Alabama, to Governor William Hugh Smith.
- 1869-08-07
- In the letter the men ask the governor to intervene on behalf of the Republicans in Calhoun County, who have been threatened and shunned because of their political views. They describe the threats and hostilities, including those against African...
- 2009-09-15
- "Law Abiding Democrats to the Front!"
- 1877
- Leaflet addressed to Democrats in Dallas County, Alabama, urging them to vote for the "good and true men" of the party, who will not resort to illegal methods to gain political power: "They will tell you, that when bad men are elected to office,...
- 2009-06-25
- "Whites and Blacks To Be Separated."
- 1900-07-03
- This article reports on a recent meeting of the Montgomery city council, at which the aldermen discussed a proposed ordinance to segregate street railroads; the ordinance would not require separate cars for the races, which had been a concern of...
- 2010-01-25
- 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
- "Senator Bankhead Votes 'No.'"
- 1909-11-09
- This leaflet reprints a letter that Senator John H. Bankhead wrote to Frank V. Evans, editor of The Walker County News. In it he explains why he does not support the proposed prohibition amendment to the Alabama constitution. He argues that...
- 2010-04-23
- Letter from H. H. Snell, president of the Men's League for Woman's Suffrage in Birmingham, Alabama, to Congressman W. W. Morris in the Alabama House of Representatives in Montgomery.
- 1915-07-12
- In the letter Snell asks why the state legislature will not allow the people to vote on the proposed suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution: "The Legislature is not asked to grant suffrage to women, but is merely requested to permit...
- 2009-09-15
- Letters between B. B. Peete and others in Madison, Alabama, to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1916-01
- In the first letter, written January 25, 1916, the men urge Bankhead to work to keep the United States out of the war, though they support the fortification of coastal cities: "Vote for the bills to stop Americans from traveling on beligrent vesels...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from Mrs. Neil R. Wallace to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917
- In the letter Mrs. Wallace informs Bankhead that female citizens of Alabama are opposed to conscription, and she asks him to vote against the proposed selective service legislation. She argues that the proponents of the draft "show to the world...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from Clifford Durr at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, to his father, John, in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1917-03-02
- In the letter Clifford asks his father to send money for his tuition and allowance, and he comments on the president and the possible entry of the United States into World War I: "To-day I am eighteen. Just old enough to be shot by the Germans but...
- 2009-06-25