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- "$1,500,000 Cement Plant Assured Mobile as RFC, WAC Accept Bid."
- In this article Boykin announces the opening of a new cement plant, which he worked to secure for Mobile.
- 2009-09-15
- Telegram from O. S. Jewett in Montgomery, Alabama, to Dr. George F. Pollard in Mobile, Alabama.
- In the message Jewett asks Pollard to inform Henry Semple that "his infant is very sick with cholera infantum." A note written on the back in pencil reads "Emily V. Semples [sic] little baby, Margaret Harris who died."
- 2011-06-01
- The Mobile Centinel, Volume 1, Numbers 2 and 16.
- 1811-00-00
- The Mobile Centinel was the first newspaper published in Alabama.
- 2011-09-09
- Letter from Harry Toulmin at Fort Stoddert in Mobile County, Alabama, to Brigadier General Ferdinand Claiborne, "on the road from Baton Rouge."
- 1813-07-23
- In the letter Toulmin discusses an uprising of Creek Indians in Pensacola, Florida. According to reports, they even plan to assassinate several of their own chiefs: "This will effect a compleat [sic] revolution in the government, and the patriots...
- 2009-09-28
- Letter from Harry Toulmin at Fort Stoddert in Mobile County, Alabama, to U.S. Secretary of War John C. Calhoun.
- 1818-05-25
- In the letter Toulmin discusses the proposed improvement to the road between Fort Stoddert and Fort Hawkins in Georgia, which was authorized by a recent act of Congress. He argues that the current route between the two forts is "entirely out of...
- 2010-11-12
- Mobile Gazette and Commercial Advertiser, volume 3, number 66.
- 1820-06-07
- The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; legal notices and estate sales; national and international political, economic, and military news; public land sales in Alabama...
- 2010-11-12
- Handwritten copy of a deed for land in Mobile County, Alabama, which Stephen Chandler purchased from William E. and Joshua Kennedy.
- 1824-10-15
- Chandler paid $525 for the property. The deed was originally written in 1824, but this copy was made by the county clerk on October 9, 1840. A transcript is included.
- 2010-11-12
- Receipt for items bought from Richard Corrie and Company of Mobile by the Lafayette Committee in preparation for General Lafayette's visit to Alabama.
- 1825-03-21
- The committee purchased cigars, candles, alcoholic beverages, spices, meat, cheese, coffee, tea, fruit, and other foods.
- 2009-09-15
- Receipt for items bought from Jackson & Swift of Mobile by the Lafayette Committee in preparation for General Lafayette's visit to Alabama.
- 1825-03-21
- The committee purchased an American flag and the equipment for displaying it.
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from Thomas McConnell to James Dellet in Mobile County, Alabama.
- 1830-04-16
- In the letter McConnell discusses the administration of an estate, specifically mentioning the slaves.
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from James F. McKee in Wilmington, North Carolina, to the police of Mobile, Alabama.
- 1831-11-03
- In the letter McKee warns the men of a new slave in Mobile who had been banished from North Carolina because of "seditious conduct" the year before: "While acting as Magistrate of Police last August my attention...was called to the circulation of...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from the firm of Goodman and Miller in Mobile, Alabama, to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1834-01-01
- The letter discusses the negotiation of transactions the firm is handling for Dellet, as well as the condition of the cotton market. Included is a page from Mobile Commercial Report and Prices Current.
- 2009-06-25
- Diary kept by Melissa Russell during her trip from New York to Mobile, and up the Alabama River to Tallassee.
- 1835-10-00
- Melissa Russell was a native of Springfield, Massachusetts; she traveled to Alabama with her brother, Henry, who was an Indian agent near Tallassee. In the diary she describes fellow travelers, accommodations, social activities, and towns she...
- 2010-04-23
- Letters from S. Gibbons in Mobile, Alabama, to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1838-06
- In the letters Gibbons discusses a public sale of property belonging to the proprietors of Goodman, Miller & Co. The property is being sold to pay off debts, and there is disputing among the interested parties, particularly over several slaves.
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from S. Gibbons in Mobile, Alabama, to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1838-06-24
- In the letter Gibbons asks for Dellet's advice about a dispute between members of the English family, involving the hiring out of slaves.
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from J. W. Stuckey in Bishopville, South Carolina, to S. Gibbons in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1839-02-26
- In the letter Stuckey discusses the slave Warren, whom he had sold to Gibbons the previous year. A physician hired by Gibbons diagnosed the boy with "chronic rheumatism," but Stuckey maintains that he was never ill before the sale. While he will...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Mrs. S. C. Thornton in Greene County, Alabama, to Mrs. William Sayre in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1839-10-14
- In the letter Mrs. Thornton discusses the yellow fever epidemic in Mobile; news of family members and acquaintances; and education and religion in rural Alabama. At the time the letter was written, Mrs. Thornton and her family had recently moved to...
- 2009-09-04
- Letter from the firm of Destia, Sheppard and Company in Mobile, Alabama, to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1842-10-22
- The letter informs Dellet that shoes he ordered for his slaves have been shipped. The bill for the purchase is written at the top of the letter; the price reflects "the particulars of our cotton market."
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from the firm of Destia, Sheppard and Company in Mobile, Alabama, to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1842-11-05
- The letter informs Dellet that the bagging and rope he recently ordered have been shipped. It also discusses Dellet's upcoming shipment of cotton to the firm and the state of the cotton market in general: "The demand for cotton continues to be...
- 2009-06-25
- Account book of Alexander Jackson Bragg, an architect in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1843
- 2009-09-11