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...
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...
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...
The letter discusses payment the firm sent to Dellet (which he has not yet received) and an improvement in the cotton market. Included are pages from Mobile Shipping & Commercial List.
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...