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- Letter and resolution from Secretary of State William H. Seward in Washington, D.C., to Governor William H. Smith in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1869-02-27
- In the letter Seward explains that Congress is proposing a fifteenth amendment to the Constitution, which must be voted on by the state legislatures. He includes a certified copy of the resolution: "The right of citizens of the United States to...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Cornelia Bibb Vaughan in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Governor William Hugh Smith.
- 1870-04-20
- In the letter Mrs. Vaughan explains that her husband, Vernon Henry Vaughan, has been arrested for being a "defiant Republican." The Ku Klux Klan has threatened their entire family, and they are no longer safe in the city: "They put him in jail...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Sheriff W. L. Guin in Vernon, Alabama, to Governor William Hugh Smith.
- 1870-04-26
- In the letter Guin, the sheriff of Sanford County (present-day Lamar County) describes violence against African American citizens in Fayette County. He gives details about six murders that have occurred in the last few months; the guilty parties...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from W. D. Drisk, a teacher in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Governor William Hugh Smith in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1869-06-14
- In the letter Drisk explains that he has not been paid for his work because the county has not provided enough schools for African American children: "During four months of the past winter I taught in this city the children of freedmen having been...
- 2009-09-15
- Newspaper clipping of letters between Dr. Noah B. Cloud, Alabama's state superintendent of public instruction, and H. S. Whitfield, superintendent of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
- 1869-06-10
- In the first letter Dr. Cloud reprimands Whitfield because Tuscaloosa County has not provided enough schools for its African American children: "...you have reported 44 white schools, and only 2 colored, which is not in accordance with the school...
- 2009-09-14
- Receipt for payment received by A. E. Henry, a teacher in Tuscaloosa County, from H. S. Whitfield, county superintendent.
- 1869-10-28
- Henry received $35 for thirty-seven days of teaching.
- 2009-09-15
- Receipt for payment received by E. Donoho, a teacher in Tuscaloosa County, from H. S. Whitfield, county superintendent.
- 1869-10-28
- Donoho received $19 for twenty days of teaching.
- 2009-09-15
- Receipt for payment received by G. N. Ward, a teacher in Tuscaloosa County, from H. S. Whitfield, county superintendent.
- 1869-11-15
- Ward received $13 for ten days of teaching.
- 2009-09-15
- Receipt for payment received by John Edmondson, a clerk in Tuscaloosa County, from H. S. Whitfield, county superintendent.
- 1869-11-13
- Edmondson received $2 for his service.
- 2009-09-15
- Receipt for payment received by W. C. H. Rosser, a teacher in Tuscaloosa County, from H. S. Whitfield, county superintendent.
- 1869-10-29
- Rosser received $90 for forty days of teaching.
- 2009-09-15
- Telegram from R. Starkweather, a teacher in Stevenson, Alabama, to General Crawford.
- 1870-03-01
- In the message Starkweather asks for military assistance to protect the city from Klan violence: "Guard needed here--Civil guard overpowered and prisoner taken out by Ku Klux, our lives in danger--Officer in charge refused to stay."
- 2009-09-15