The Macon County Committee was created to study the possibility of abolishing the county or redrawing its boundary. In the first letter, written February 8, 1958, Gomillion asks for a chance to speak before the Committee on behalf of the citizens...
After the United States Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public transportation was unconstitutional, King made this statement to announce the end of the bus boycott.
In the brief letter, the Strike Committee orders members of the Association "to stop playing at once, until further notice." The 1919 strike ended the dominance of theater owners, investors, and producers in New York.
In the first letter William E. Fort, private secretary to Governor B. B. Comer, informs Hildreth that the governor has appointed him to represent Alabama at the annual convention. The other ten delegates are also listed. In the second letter W. B....
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...
In the letter Gilmer informs Blount that Richard K. Hines has been appointed as a state agent to investigate the association and "to collect the public money in your hands & to receive of you the public property." He encloses the recent legislative...
In the letter Gilmer informs Blount that the state-owned slaves ("public hands") who are working for him on the Oconee River should be taken to Milledgeville, Georgia, where they will be put to work on "the improvement of the roads and rivers in...
In the report the committee describes recent payments and expenses, which Richard Blount handled while serving as treasurer of the Oconee Navigation Association.
Most of the reports were prepared by Richard Blount, a commissioner of the association who also served as treasurer for a time. Documents are arranged in loose chronological order. An incomplete transcript is included; records may not be presented...
In the report the commissioners describe the work they have overseen on the river, including a lock and dam that has been completed, which will "advance the growth of Milledgeville, ultimately add to the convenience & prosperity of the agricultural...
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