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- "Letter from Home" a weekly newsletter sent to Montgomery County men and women serving in the armed forces during World War II.
- 1944-06-09
- This issue describes Montgomery's reaction to the news of D-Day: "Radios were never turned off during the first 24 hours and there was one topic of conversation...All stores closed at 5 p.m. and at that same hour two-score buglers, stationed...
- 2009-09-18
- "A Revolution Without Appeal To Arms, Free Of Blood, And A Peaceful Reign."
- 1931-04-07
- This article discusses and commends Mahatma Gandhi's plans for a "bloodless revolution" in India, comparing it to revolutionary wars in the United States, France, and Russia: "India contains more than 300,000,000 people. The demand for freedom is...
- 2010-07-27
- "Will Separate Races on Cars."
- 1900-08-07
- This article announces that the Montgomery city council has adopted an ordinance to segregate street cars: "...all street railroads operated in the City of Montgomery and its police jurisdiction shall provide separate accommodations for white...
- 2010-01-25
- Letter from James Jackson at Fort Barrancas, Florida, to his wife.
- 1861-07-10
- At the time this letter was written, Jackson was serving as a captain in the 7th Alabama Infantry. In it he discusses conditions at the fort. He mentions "great sickness in the camp," including measles and typhoid fever, and he describes the strict...
- 2009-12-14
- Two letters from John E. Hall, part of the advanced forces of the Army of the Potomac, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1861-07-01
- From May 1861 to June 1862 John Hall served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letters he discusses activities in camp; the illness of his brother, Crenshaw, and other men in the regiment; a comet he saw ("with the longest tail that I have ever...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Colonel Charles McLemore of the 76th Regiment in Lafayette, Alabama, to Governor Clement C. Clay.
- 1836-05-23
- In the letter McLemore explains that a number of Indians in the area have been "manafesting warlike symptoms"; in response, he has called out the militia and constructed two forts to protect the county. He describes recent events but reports that...
- 2010-11-08
- "An Act Regulating Indian Affairs" in the state of Georgia.
- 1835
- The act makes six provisions for dealing with the Cherokee Indian population of the state during the period of removal. First, it stipulates that U.S. citizens will not be allowed to emigrate to Indian reservations, include those Indians who were...
- 2010-11-12
- Handwritten copies of three letters from Secretary of War Henry Knox to Major Richard Call.
- 1791-03
- In the first two letters (written March 17 and May 25, 1791), Knox discusses gathering troops "for the purpose of marking the line next October mentioned in the treaty of the Creeks" (referring to the new boundary lines agreed upon in the Treaty of...
- 2010-11-12