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- Receipt issued to Bolling Hall by the enrolling office of Montgomery County for the impressment of Jupiter, a twenty-five-year-old slave worth $3,000.
- 1864
- 2009-06-25
- Certificate issued by "Big Chief White Horse Eagle" of the Osage Indian tribe, conferring the "honorary title of Chief BOR-NA-RA" on George P. Waller, American consul at Dresden, Germany.
- 1929-06-19
- 2012-01-27
- PERSONAL EXPLANATION OF THE HON. W. R. W. COBB, OF ALABAMA, an address delivered in the United States House of Representatives.
- 1831-01-07
- In his address Cobb insists that the slavery question, the central issue influencing the pending secession of the South, was not answered by the recent presidential election: "But gentlemen say they cannot do anything. They say that the edict went...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from P. Bullard in Claiborne, Alabama, to James Dellet in Washington, D. C.
- 1843-11-07
- In the letter Bullard, an overseer for Dellet, describes harvesting and shipping crops; weather and river conditions; and supplies needed for the slaves. He plans to order hats and handkerchiefs from Destia, Sheppard and Company in Mobile. At the...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Pleasant Bullard in Claiborne, Alabama, to James Dellet in Washington, D.C.
- 1844-05-23
- In the letter Bullard, an overseer for Dellet, discusses the cotton and corn crops; the lack of rain in the area; the number of hogs on the plantation; the behavior of the slaves; and new clothing that has been ordered for them. At the time the...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Miller Davison in Monroe County, Alabama, to James Dellet in Washington, D.C.
- 1844-02-01
- In the letter Davison, an overseer for Dellet, discusses weather, livestock, and harvesting crops. He also describes punishing two slaves. He whipped a woman and shot a man in the leg; according to Davidson, "...I went to whip him and he told me if...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Jane Gorin in Livingston, Alabama, to James Dellet, in Washington, D.C.
- 1843-11-26
- In the letter Gorin asks Dellet to buy three slaves so she can help pay some of her husband's debt. She wants him to purchase the man, woman, and child for $1,300, and then she plans to take them to New Orleans and hire them out by the day. It is...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from James Martin in Mobile, Alabama, to James Dellet in Washington, D.C.
- 1844-03-29
- In the letter Martin comments on Dellet's rebuke of John Quincy Adams over his recent speech to African American citizens in Pittsburgh: "His expressed wish that the day of blood and carnage might come upon the South by a servile war is I think...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from L. D. Morris in Selma, Alabama, to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1843-11-07
- In the letter Morris, who is applying to be an overseer for Dellet, gives his terms for managing the plantation: he will take $1,000 to manage over fifty slaves and $800 to manage fifty or fewer.
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from J. W. Tyson, Second Assistant Postmaster General, to James Dellet in Washington, D.C.
- 1944-03-26
- In the letter Tyson appoints Wiley Fort postmaster at White Hall, Alabama, replacing Richard Wooten. At the time the letter was written, Dellet was serving in the United States House of Representatives; he served there from 1839 to 1841 and from...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from a committee of the Whig Delegation in Claiborne, Alabama, to James Dellet.
- 1843-05-15
- In the letter, the members inform Dellet that he has been nominated as the Whig candidate for the first congressional district in the elections of August 1843.
- 2009-06-25
- "Tenth Annual Report of the Principals of the Calhoun Colored School, of Calhoun, Lowndes County, Alabama, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments."
- 1902-00-00
- In the report the principal explains the activities and success of the school, mentioning specific programs, events, and statistics. He also discusses the purpose for the institution and stresses the need for similar educational opportunities for...
- 2010-04-23
- "Boykin Wears a Smile."
- 1936-04-14
- In this article Boykin describes the work he has done for the first district while in office, and he is confident that he will be reelected for the position. From the Mobile Times.
- 2009-09-15
- Incomplete draft of a letter from James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama, to the members of the Clay Club in Dallas County, Alabama.
- 1842-11-06
- The Clay Club was formed by the Whig citizens of Dallas County. In the letter Dellet writes that he will be unable to attend the club's upcoming dinner in Selma. He then gives a dismal summary of the nation's political and economic condition, which...
- 2009-06-25
- Letters from the firm of Donald and Marshall in Mobile, Alabama, to James Dellet in Washington, D.C.
- 1844-05-04
- The first letter announces the opening of Donald and Marshall, a "factorage and commission business" specializing in the sale of cotton, bagging and rope, and general household goods. An endorsement from Jeremiah Austill, who is retiring from this...
- 2009-06-25
- 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
- Letter from the firm of Destia, Sheppard and Company in Mobile, Alabama, to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1843-01-16
- The letter informs Dellet that the goods he recently ordered have been shipped. The bill for the purchase is written at the top of the letter. Included are pages from Merchants and Planters Prices Current, which gives details of the cotton market:...
- 2009-06-25
- "The Passing Throng" by Atticus Mullin.
- 1935-07-26
- This article announces the Jeffersonian Club's banquet honoring Boykin. From The Montgomery Advertiser.
- 2009-09-15
- "Holcombe, Boykin Win Appeal; Court Rules Indictment Defective."
- 1926-00-00
- This article announces the reversal of a 1925 indictment against Boykin, when he was charged with bribery of a federal agent during a Prohibition scandal in Mobile.
- 2009-09-15