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- Letter from Dick Boykin to Frank W. Boykin.
- Young Dick wrote this letter to his father when Frank was away from home, probably in Washington, D.C.
- 2009-09-15
- Excerpts from AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA by William Lowndes Yancey.
- 1848
- Yancey discusses his withdrawal from the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore; the main points of the Wilmot Proviso, which sought to prevent the introduction of slavery into any territory acquired from Mexico; and the "permanent evil" to be...
- 2009-06-25
- Postscript of a letter from William Lochiel Cameron to Anna Maria Gayle Fry.
- 1915
- With his original message, Cameron enclosed a letter from Mrs. T. O. Chestney of Macon, Georgia, which is included here. On the back of Mrs. Chestney's letter, Cameron quotes from a report describing the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864. A...
- 2011-11-16
- J. W. Winston's response to H. C. Nixon's questionnaire about slavery in Alabama.
- 1913-01-25
- Winston, whose father "was the largest slave owner in this (DeKalb) County," describes the following aspects of slavery: dwellings and possessions; clothing and food; occupations and typical workdays; money earned by slaves for their own use;...
- 2010-11-12
- "Frank W. Boykin for U.S. Senate."
- 1946-00-00
- When Senator John Bankhead died in office in 1946, Boykin competed unsuccessfully for the vacant seat seat. This paid political ad consists of four pages of articles describing Boykin's congressional achievements and qualifications for the...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Frank and Ocllo Boykin to Edward Boykin.
- 1965-08-20
- When Frank sent this to his biographer, he enclosed copies of several other letters and clippings. In this letter, he lists the enclosed materials and mentions the recent death of his nephew.
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Frank W. Boykin to Dickie and Lee Boykin.
- 1961-03-27
- When Frank sent this letter to his grandsons, he enclosed a photograph taken at his birthday party. The letter describes that photo, which included many notable figures from Washington, D.C.
- 2009-09-15
- Promissory note from W. W. West of Uniontown, Alabama, agreeing to pay W. D. Burford $200 on October 1, 1871.
- 1871-01-19
- West borrowed "necessary provisions and money" from Burford in order "to procure the necessary teams, provision and farming implements to make a crop" for the year. A handwritten note on the back records that West repaid the debt on the required...
- 2009-09-28
- Bill of sale for three slaves bought by H. M. Weedon from H. G. Wright.
- Weedon purchased the slaves, a thirty-five-year-old woman and her two children, for $1200 in Key West, Florida.
- 2011-09-22
- Receipt for payment received by G. N. Ward, a teacher in Tuscaloosa County, from H. S. Whitfield, county superintendent.
- 1869-11-15
- Ward received $13 for ten days of teaching.
- 2009-09-15
- Affidavit by George Wallace regarding his refusal to turn over voting records from Barbour and Bullock Counties to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.
- 1959-01-26
- Wallace, judge of the Third Judicial Circuit Court, had been ordered to surrender the records by Frank M. Johnson, judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. In his statement Wallace describes a secret, late-night...
- 2010-06-09
- Commemorative issue of the Huntsville News, dedicated to Dr. Wernher von Braun.
- 1970-02-27
- Von Braun was the director of the Marshall Space Flight Center from 1960 to 1970, when he moved to Washington, D.C., to serve as Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning at NASA. The newspaper printed this issue to celebrate the "von Braun era"...
- 2011-09-13
- Bill of lading and letter from Edward Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Victor Audubon in New York.
- 1843-02-08
- Victor was the son of naturalist John Audubon, who was a close friend of Edward Harris. The bill of lading records the shipment of packages from Harris to Victor and John; the items will travel by steamboat from Philadelphia to New York. In the...
- 2010-07-15
- Letter from V. G. Audubon in New York, to Edward Harris in Moorestown, New Jersey.
- 1844-07-26
- Victor was the son of naturalist John Audubon, who was a close friend of Edward Harris. In the letter he discusses birds that his father has studied recently and the upcoming publication of new drawings.
- 2010-07-15
- Letter from Victor G. Audubon in New York, to Edward Harris in Moorestown, New Jersey.
- 1951-02-04
- Victor was the son of naturalist John Audubon, who was a close friend of Edward Harris. In the letter he describes his father's recent death.
- 2010-07-15
- Deed of trust from Apsela Morris of Crawford County, Georgia, to John Perry, the legal trustee of her grandson.
- 1855
- Upon Morris's death her grandson, Michael W. Rabun of Alabama, will receive a slave named Ned, who is currently about twenty-eight years old.
- 2013-05-30
- Slave deed of gift from Alexander Blackshear, Sr., of Henry County, Alabama, to his son, Alexander Blackshear, Jr.
- 1836-12-27
- Upon Blackshear's death, his son will receive a slave named Dennis, who is currently about twenty-four years old. The document is witnessed by John Murphy and Joseph Albritton.
- 2009-09-18
- Voucher for money owed by the Lafayette Committee, for the burial expenses for Joseph Tousant.
- 1825-04-06
- Tousant, a musician from New Orleans, Louisiana, had been hired to perform during General Lafayette's visit to Alabama. A note at the bottom confirms that payment was received.
- 2012-01-27
- Letter from Frank W. Boykin to Joe, Dan, A. D., and Reina Danciger.
- 1942-06-04
- Topics of this letter include Jack Danciger's work with Boykin in Washington, D.C., the role of Higgins Industries in the war, the press's criticism of Congress, the shortage of supplies for wartime production, and potential business deals for...
- 2009-09-15
- Advertisement for a strayed horse, submitted by William A. Tomlinson in Madison County, Alabama.
- 1825-08-05
- Tomlinson offers a $10 reward for the return of the mare.
- 2009-08-24