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- Copies of slave records created by members of the Creek Nation.
- 1821-00-00
- Most of the documents deal with either the emancipation of slaves or the transfer of slave ownership to other family members. In addition to these records, there is a resolution (dated June 29, 1825) in which leaders of the Broken Arrow Council...
- 2010-05-12
- Letter from George R. Gilmer in Milledgeville, Georgia, to Richard Blount, chairman of the board of commissioners for the Oconee Navigation Association.
- 1830-01-08
- In the letter Gilmer informs Blount that Richard K. Hines has been appointed as a state agent to investigate the association and "to collect the public money in your hands & to receive of you the public property." He encloses the recent legislative...
- 2010-11-17
- 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 and resolution from the Community Club of Birmingham, Alabama, to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-04-20
- In the letter and resolution the club members endorse President Wilson's selective service legislation and ask the Alabama congressional delegation to support it. The Selective Service Act, which required men from ages twenty-one to thirty to...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter and resolution from the Citizens Committee on Jobs and Training in Birmingham, Alabama, to Governor-elect Chauncey Sparks in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1942-12-10
- In the letter W. H. Hollins, chairman of the committee, asks the future governor to use his position to ensure that African Americans are given equal opportunity to receive training and employment in the state's war industries. The resolution...
- 2009-09-15
- Resolution from the Mississippi legislature, requesting that Governor-elect George Wallace of Alabama speak before a joint session of congress while he visiting Jackson.
- 1962-11-27
- The legislature desires to hear from Wallace because he has "proven himself to be a staunch advocate of states rights, constitutional government and the traditional Southern way of life."
- 2010-04-23
- Resolution from a joint session of the Alabama legislature, passed in response to the Selma-Montgomery March.
- 1965-03-19
- The resolution asks "every loyal citizen of the State, of every race, color, creed or persuasion, to stay at home or at his regular place of business--as far removed from the line of march and demonstrations as is possible--until the risk of...
- 2011-01-13