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- Letter from Joseph Jones at the University of Nashville in Tennessee, to Dr. H. M. Weedon in Eufaula, Alabama.
- 1866-11-13
- A transcript is included.
- 2011-09-22
- Letter from Alex K. Hall in camp near Nashville, Tennessee, to his mother, Mary Ann, probably in Portland, Alabama.
- 1864-12-03
- During the Civil War, Hall served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he discusses the Battle of Franklin, which he describes as a Confederate victory (though the Union Army actually won). He mentions men who were killed or wounded in...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Edmund Pettus in camp four miles south of Nashville, Tennessee, to his wife, Mary, in Cahaba, Alabama.
- 1864-12-14
- During the Civil War, Pettus served in the 20th Alabama Infantry regiment, which he helped form; he was ultimately promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
- 2012-10-18
- Letter from E. W. Dockney in Montgomery, Alabama, to Mary C. Ramage in Nashville, Tennessee.
- 1850-03-02
- In the letter Dockney give news of acquaintances and family members; discusses the school she oversees; and mentions that the legislature has appropriated money to rebuild the state capitol, which had burned down the year before. She also describes...
- 2009-09-04
- Letter from William O. Winston in Nashville, to James Caller on the Tombigbee River in the Mississippi Territory (later Alabama).
- 1812-12-18
- In the letter Winston introduces Caller to man from Virginia, who has recently been appointed as a land commissioner east of the Pearl River. He mentions the "probability of a speedy admission" of the Mississippi Territory as a state, and he...
- 2010-11-12
- Telegram from W. Clark in Nashville, Tennessee, to Governor Robert Miller Patton in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1866-04
- In the message Clark tells the governor of an opportunity in Cincinnati to buy food for destitute families in northern Alabama. The purchase is to be paid for in Alabama bonds, so he asks about the amounts, terms, and interest rates. (This message...
- 2009-09-15
- Copy of a letter from Thomas J. Jessup in Nashville, Tennessee, to Andrew Jackson.
- 1845-05-30
- Jessup has been accused of "having by a course of intrigue obtained the command of the army in the Creek War in 1836; and of having, in the same way, caused the removal of General Scott from the command of that army." In the letter he asks Jackson...
- 2009-06-25
- Advertisement for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
- 1914-08-15
- The advertisement promotes the "Official Route to the National Baptist Convention" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "This has been selected as the Route for the Ministers of Montgomery, South East and West Alabama," and a round trip ticket from...
- 2009-08-24