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- Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Baptist church at Buck Mountain in Albemarle County, Virginia.
- 1809-04-13
- Jefferson wrote the letter shortly after the end of his second term as president. In it he thanks the people for their support and expresses his hopes for the future prosperity of the country.
- 2009-09-11
- Pages from the Dallas County session book for the Pisgah Presbyterian Church in Cahaba, Alabama.
- 1834
- These pages give information about the organization and first members of the congregation. The last page lists African American members.
- 2009-06-25
- Excerpts from the reminiscences of James Wilson Shores, a circuit preacher for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in central Alabama.
- 1851-00-00
- The excerpts, from 1851 and 1853, include lists of slaves preached to; lists of "promiscuous places preached at" (Shores uses "promiscuous" to mean "irregular"; that is, locations not on his regular circuit); and annual summaries of his work. When...
- 2009-06-25
- Resolution regarding the restoration of Jeffrey, a slave of J. J. Craig, to the Pisgah Presbyterian Church in Dallas County, Alabama.
- 1857-07-21
- Jeffrey's membership had been suspended in 1848 because he was charged "with having been in the habit of visiting one of Mr. B. A. Glasses [sic] negrohouses occupied by a woman of loose character named Phillis."
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from W. B. Ray, church clerk of the Baptist Church of Christ at Antioch in Montgomery County, Alabama.
- 1859-12-18
- In the letter Ray confirms that Mary, a slave of the McQurter family, is a member of the church in good standing.
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from James A. Hall "In line of battle near New Hope Church" in Georgia, to his sister Laura in Alabama.
- 1864-06-04
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment.
- 2011-07-26
- Excerpts from a speech delivered by I. T. Tichenor, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1865
- Tichenor describes the postwar situation for the freed slaves from a paternalistic viewpoint: "Four millions of human beings, under the influence of a misguided philanthropy, have been rendered destitute of homes, protection, and comfort, and have...
- 2009-06-25
- Invitation to a turkey supper at a Methodist church in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1954-04-09
- This invitation announces a turkey supper being held to raise money for the building fund of a Methodist church in Mobile.
- 2009-09-15
- Program for a mass meeting of the Montgomery Improvement Association at the Mount Zion A.M.E. Zion Church.
- 1956-01-16
- 2009-09-11
- Program for a mass meeting of the Montgomery Improvement Association at Holt Street Baptist Church.
- 1956-09-24
- 2009-09-11
- Letter from Jerry A. Tanton and C. K. Granade of Pine Grove Methodist Church in Carson, Alabama, to Governor-elect George C. Wallace in Clayton, Alabama.
- 1962-11-04
- In the letter the men write on behalf of their congregation, asking Wallace to deal peacefully with the school integration issues that will arise during his term of office: "We strongly urge you to dismiss any ideas concerning the closing of any...
- 2011-01-13
- Letter from John Rutland, minister of Central Methodist Church in Decatur, Alabama, to Governor-elect George Wallace in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1962-11-16
- In the letter Rutland urges Wallace to cooperate with the federal government in upcoming integration efforts: "We Alabama Democrats see some things about our great national party that we do not like. However, we are Americans first. We know that...
- 2011-01-13
- Letters between members of a subcommittee from the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the Methodist Church, and Edwin Strickland, staff director for the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1964
- The subcommittee was investigating the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA; the members contacted Strickland because the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace had already produced a report on the Council. In the first...
- 2010-01-28
- Speech by O. B. Porterfield, minister at the Cleveland Avenue Church of Christ in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1965-03-24
- This speech was originally broadcast on a local television station during the last days of the Selma to Montgomery March. In it, Porterfield denounces the demonstration, especially the "so-called preachers" who are participating. He argues that "it...
- 2009-09-04
- Letter from John P. Thomas, minister at St. Luke Methodist Church in Enterprise, Alabama, to Ed Strickland of the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1968-03-06
- In the letter Thomas describes Bible school literature he recently saw that pictured Martin Luther King, Jr., and compared him with the apostle Paul. Thomas finds the material "repulsive" and asks Strickland if there is any evidence to confirm...
- 2010-01-28

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