Flier calling party members across the county to select delegates for the Republican County Convention, to be held on June 29, 1878. Also included is an account of the last meeting of the Republican County Executive Committee, when different sects...
Haney warns against candidates who claim to be Republicans but work against the party once elected. He focuses on Judge George H. Craig in particular, accusing him of abandoning Republican principles and favoring white constituents over African...
For his work Wilson is to receive $6 each month ("payable in Green Backs") plus room and board. He will have the "privilege of raising chickens and a garden for his own use," but he will not be allowed to sell any poultry or produce. The contract...
The report is divided by town. The amount of information recorded varies by location because the data was collected by several different people: "It is proper to state that this report is not as full as desirable many of the agents not giving any...
The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; death, marriage, and legal notices; local events; news about social, medical, agricultural, political, economic, and military...
The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; death, marriage, and legal notices; local events; news about social, medical, agricultural, political, economic, and military...
Jeffrey's membership had been suspended in 1848 because he was charged "with having been in the habit of visiting one of Mr. B. A. Glasses [sic] negrohouses occupied by a woman of loose character named Phillis."
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...
The voucher, for the amount of $21.96, is signed by William Wyatt Bibb; a note from Shirly on the back of the voucher confirms that he received his payment. At the time of the census, there were 1,757 inhabitants in Dallas County.
Flier addressed to freedmen in Dallas County, Alabama, warning them of "recent converts to Republicanism" who will compete for their vote in the upcoming county elections. All the questionable candidates are mentioned, with evidence of their...