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- Section 2 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- This section gives information from Colonel G. W. Creagh of Clarke County, "in relation to the 'Burnt Corn fight' & many other things which happened in the years 1813, 1814." A transcript is included.
- 2010-05-12
- Section 4 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- This section gives information from Doctor Thomas G. Holmes of Baldwin county, "in relation to the 'Burnt Corn expedition' 'the massacre of 553 men women & children at Fort Mims' and other things which happened in the trying times of 1813, 1814." A...
- 2010-05-12
- Letter from Peter Little in Natchez, Mississippi, to the editors of the National Intelligencer, a newspaper in Washington, D.C.
- 1813-09-14
- In this letter Little discusses events near Fort Stoddert in Mobile County, Alabama; he is referring to the Battle of Burnt Corn and the massacre at Fort Mims. Originally, he enclosed relevant handbills for the editors to read, and also five...
- 2009-06-25
- Scrapbook kept by James D. Craig during his military service in the War of 1812.
- 1814
- Craig was a captain of a Tennessee volunteer company, Jackson's Army, in the War of 1812, and he later served at Fort Claiborne, Alabama in the Creek and Seminole Wars. The scrapbook contains letters, inventories, military orders, accounts, muster...
- 2011-10-12
- Handwritten copy of a letter from Inspector General H. Haynes of the 7th Military District, to Captain James D. Craig at Fort Claiborne.
- 1814-10-26
- Acting on the order of General Andrew Jackson, Haynes informs Craig that he must defend Fort Claiborne "to the last possible extremity": "Our contery [sic] is at warr [sic] and that state brings with it peculiar and most sacred duties - the honour...
- 2009-11-20
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by David Tate from Sophia McComb.
- 1819-03
- Tate purchased the slave, a fourteen-year-old young woman named Flora, for $500 in Monroe County of the Alabama Territory.
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from T. Parkin, a merchant in Claiborne, Alabama, to John R. Parker in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1820-12-15
- In the letter Parkin discusses the musical instruments Parker has sent for him to sell, and he thanks him for several issues of a EUTERPRIAD, a music magazine Parker publishes: "We have not many musical characters here, but those who have seen it...
- 2010-11-12
- 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
- Letter from Harriet Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama, to her husband, James, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
- 1831-12-18
- In the letter she discusses supplying their slaves with winter clothes; the cotton and corn harvests and hog killing on the plantation; the upcoming presidential campaign, in which Andrew Jackson will not run; a new law in Louisiana prohibiting the...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from P. Bullard in Claiborne, Alabama, to James Dellet in Washington, D. C.
- 1843-11-07
- In the letter Bullard, an overseer for Dellet, describes harvesting and shipping crops; weather and river conditions; and supplies needed for the slaves. He plans to order hats and handkerchiefs from Destia, Sheppard and Company in Mobile. At the...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Miller Davison in Monroe County, Alabama, to James Dellet in Washington, D.C.
- 1844-02-01
- In the letter Davison, an overseer for Dellet, discusses weather, livestock, and harvesting crops. He also describes punishing two slaves. He whipped a woman and shot a man in the leg; according to Davidson, "...I went to whip him and he told me if...
- 2009-06-25
- Deed for land in Monroe County, Alabama, which James M. Lindsey, Theophilus H. Williams, Alexander Williams, and George W. Foster purchased from Robert I. Draughon.
- 1847-03-30
- The men purchased the property for $1000.
- 2011-11-16
- Section 3 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- 1847-07-00
- This section gives information from General Patrick May of Greene County, "in relation to the 'Battle of Burnt Corn' and the 'Canoe Fight' and other engagements in which he was concerned in 1813, 1814." A transcript is included.
- 2010-05-12
- Receipt for the purchase of a slave by J. W. Shomo in Mount Pleasant, Alabama.
- 1863-01-01
- Shomo purchased the slave, a sixteen-month-old child named Abram, for $800.
- 2009-06-25
- Sheriff's deed for the sale of land in Lowndes County, Alabama, which Thomas H. Watts purchased for $150.
- 1874-07-07
- 2011-11-16