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- "Assignments: Friends Want Mobilian on Vital Committees."
- 1935-00-00
- This article describes efforts to have Boykin appointed to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, where his constituents feel he could serve them best.
- 2009-09-15
- "Ballots, Bullets and Blood."
- "How Blacks Have Died for the Right to Vote." Leaflet issued by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Inside is a list of African Americans who were killed from 1955 to 1968: Lamar Smith, George W. Lee, Herbert Lee, Medgar...
- 2009-09-11
- "Boykin Votes to Kill Veto on Farm Workers."
- 1945-05-04
- This article discusses Boykin's opposition to the presidential veto of a bill proposing draft deferments for farm employees. From The Mobile Register.
- 2009-09-15
- "Congressman on Right Track."
- 1937-01-16
- This article praises Boykin for his efforts to develop the natural resources in the first district. From The Mobile Times.
- 2009-09-15
- "Frank Boykin Landslide Seen."
- 1936--04-21
- This issue of The Alabama Herald, the only statewide weekly newspaper, is devoted to Boykin's 1936 congressional campaign. It contains articles outlining Boykin's political career and accomplishments.
- 2009-09-15
- 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
- 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
- Brief and argument by Attorney General John Patterson in response to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court.
- 1956-08-10
- King had been convicted on March 22 for his leadership in the Montgomery bus boycott.
- 2009-09-04
- Contract for Shade Moore and his family, all freedmen, who will be working a year for W. G. McCondichie of Snow Hill, Alabama.
- 1866-12-29
- McCondichie will furnish the land, stock, and half the necessary feed and supplies; he will advance the family provisions and the rest of the supplies, to be repaid at the end of the year: "We [the Moores] further agree to give the party of the...
- 2009-06-25
- Correspondence written to and by Birmingham businessman Frederick M. Jackson, from 1905 to 1907.
- 1905
- Much of the correspondence is concerned with different coal properties in Alabama and Tennessee that were available for investment. There are also letters from people wanting information on the quality of coal at different mines. Letters from John...
- 2011-10-24
- Defense plan for the state of Alabama.
- 1940-10-01
- The objective is "To provide a plan for the interior defense of the State, and a Military Force to execute such a plan in case of a National or State emergency when no other forces are available or are considered inadequate to perform such a...
- 2009-09-15
- Detailed description of the uniforms approved by the Confederate States War Department.
- 2012-10-18
- Draft of a letter from S. H. Dent to Colonel J. P. Smartt.
- At the start of the Civil War, Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). In the letter...
- 2011-04-04
- Excerpts from letters written by naturalist John Audubon, copied by his wife, Lucy, and sent to Edward Harris.
- 1833-05
- Audubon wrote the letters while on an expedition in eastern Canada, which included excursions to Nova Scotia, Labrador, and many islands. In the letters he describes the men who are on the trip; the food, clothing, accommodations, and...
- 2010-07-15
- General Order Number 18, issued by General Joseph E. Johnston.
- 1865-04-27
- The order deals with the cessation of hostilities at the end of the Civil War: "...the officers and men of this army are to bind themselves not to take up arms against the United States untill [sic] properly released from that obligation and shall...
- 2012-10-18
- Handwritten copy of a letter from A. J. Walker in Montgomery, Alabama, to President Jefferson Davis.
- 1863-01-30
- In the letter Walker recommends that Henry C. Semple be appointed as a judge in the military court of General Hardee's Corps. The letter is written on stationery of the Confederate States of America War Department.
- 2011-07-06
- Handwritten copy of a letter from Benjamin Fitzpatrick in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1863-02-03
- In the letter Fitzpatrick recommends that Henry C. Semple be appointed as a judge in the military court of General Hardee's Corps. The letter is written on stationery of the Confederate States of America War Department.
- 2011-07-06
- Handwritten copy of a letter from George Goldthwaite in Montgomery, Alabama, to William P. Chilton.
- 1863-02-04
- In the letter Goldthwaite discusses the application of Henry C. Semple for appointment as a judge in the military court of General Hardee's Corps. He originally enclosed the application and recommendations from notable political leaders in Alabama....
- 2011-07-06
- Handwritten copy of a letter from Governor John Gill Shorter in Montgomery, Alabama, to President Jefferson Davis.
- 1863-02-13
- In the letter Shorter recommends that Henry C. Semple be appointed as a judge in the military court of General Hardee's Corps. The letter is written on stationery of the Confederate States of America War Department.
- 2011-07-06
- Handwritten copy of a letter from Inspector General H. Haynes of the 7th Military District, to Captain James D. Craig at Fort Claiborne.
- 1814-10-26
- Acting on the order of General Andrew Jackson, Haynes informs Craig that he must defend Fort Claiborne "to the last possible extremity": "Our contery [sic] is at warr [sic] and that state brings with it peculiar and most sacred duties - the honour...
- 2009-11-20