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Time Period: 1850-1859

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- "Female Education in California."
- 1850-01-01
- The article mentions that Mrs. M. E. Tulloss, the former principal of the Young Ladies' Seminary in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is going to California to teach: "It is an interesting fact, that she is the first female teacher and missionary that goes to...
- 2009-08-24
- "In Memoriam" written honoring the recently deceased William H. Troy, who had been a student at Greene Springs School in Hale County, Alabama.
- 2011-11-16
- Admission ticket belonging to H. M. Weedon, for a lecture by Dr. James W. Naughton at Albany Medical College in New York.
- 1855
- 2011-09-22
- Bill of sale for a slave bought at an auction by Dr. Benjamin Rush Jones.
- 1856-06-28
- Jones purchased the slave, a thirteen-year-old young man named Bob, in March of 1853. He paid $750.
- 2009-06-25
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by C. B. Hicklin of Monroe County, Alabama, from M. Harwell.
- 1851-01-17
- Hicklin purchased the slave, a fourteen-year-old young woman named Ann, for $750 in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 2009-06-25
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by C. B. Hicklin of Monroe County, Alabama.
- 1852-02-25
- Hicklin purchased the slave, a thirteen-year-old young woman named Martha, for $700. The transaction was handled by Eckles and Brown at the Lee and Norton auction house, located on the west side of Court Square in downtown Montgomery, Alabama.
- 2009-06-25
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by George N. Gilmer from B. F. Tarvin.
- 1851-02-04
- Gilmer purchased the slave, a twenty-seven-year-old man named Allen, for $1,000 in Lowndes County, Alabama.
- 2009-06-25
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by William Bonnell Hall from Joseph A. Weatherly.
- 1856-10-25
- Davis purchased the slave, a fourteen-year-old boy named Jerry, for $1,400 in Lowndes County, Alabama.
- 2010-12-07
- 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
- Bill of sale for two slaves bought by C. B. Hicklin of Monroe County, Alabama.
- 1855-04-03
- Hicklin paid $850 for fifteen-year-old Indianna, and he paid $700 for a twelve-year-old boy named John.
- 2009-06-25
- Constitution and bylaws of the Montgomery Relief Club of Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1854-11-01
- The club was founded in 1854, "devoted to the relief of the sick and destitute, particularly in periods of epidemics."
- 2009-09-04
- Copy of a letter and receipt from B. A. Putnam at Fort Jefferson in Florida, to Hamilton Weedon.
- 1854-11-18
- Putnam sent the materials on behalf of Weedon's sister and brother-in-law, D. W. and Henrietta Whitehurst. A transcript is included.
- 2011-09-22
- Diary kept by Sarah Espy from 1859 to 1868, while living in Cherokee County, Alabama.
- 1859-00-00
- In the diary Espy discusses topics such as family life, church activities, weather, household chores, and her experience during the Civil War. Transcriptions are available: http://home.mchsi.com/~mlyle/diaryintro.html [not on the ADAH website].
- 2011-09-12
- Excerpt from the second edition of ALABAMA: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY TO 1900 by Lucille Griffith.
- 1972-00-00
- This passage, "A Day with Daniel Pratt," is from the chapter "Commerce, Industry, and Transportation." It describes the design and operation of the Pratt Gin Company in Prattville, Alabama.
- 2009-06-25
- Excerpts from PROCEEDINGS, SPEECHES, &C., AT THE DINNER GIVEN TO LOUIS KOSSUTH AT THE NATIONAL HOTEL, WASHINGTON, JAN. 7, 1852.
- 1852-01-07
- In his speech Kossuth discusses the struggles that his native Hungary has endured and praises the United States for its example in promoting state sovereignty over government centralization: "With self-government is freedom, and with freedom is...
- 2009-06-25
- Excerpts from THE CODE OF ALABAMA, compiled by John J. Ormond, Arthur P. Bagby, and George Goldthwaite.
- 1852-00-00
- Included here are the title page and the slave code of 1852, which also gives laws governing "free negroes" and "free colored mariners."
- 2010-11-12
- 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
- Handwritten copy of a letter from D. W. Whitehurst at Fort Jefferson in Florida, to his brother-in-law, Hamilton Weedon, in Madison, Georgia.
- 1851-11-15
- A transcript is included.
- 2011-09-22
- History of the Pickensville Female Institute in Pickens County, Alabama, copied from the school's catalogue for 1856 and 1857.
- 1856-00-00
- "In the year 1846 it was determined to build up a Female High School on this place, on the principal of joint stock subscription...This enterprise was supposed to be a voluntary contribution for the public good: and it was not expected to yield a...
- 2010-01-28
- Incomplete letter discussing artwork and books probably belonging to the estate of naturalist John Audubon.
- 2010-07-15