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- ''The 'Jim Crow' Car."
- 1896-05-19
- This article discusses the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Plessy versus Ferguson, which upheld a Louisiana law that required separate railroad cars for white and African American passengers; the court considered this...
- 2010-01-25
- "Executors' Sale of Valuable Lands and Negroes, Stock, Provisions, &c., In Barbour County, Alabama."
- 1860-01-26
- Advertisement for the sale of Milton A. Browder's estate at a "public outcry" auction on February 16, 1860. For sale are about 2,400 acres of land; 50 slaves ("of superior quality, embracing Boys and Girls, single men and women, and families, all...
- 2009-09-04
- "Ignoring the Segregation Ordinance."
- 1902-12-02
- This article reports that the president of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company is challenging the new city ordinance requiring white and African American passengers to be seated in separate sections on street cars. His company is having trouble...
- 2010-01-25
- "Separation Law Ignored."
- 1902-12-02
- This article reports that the city ordinance segregating street cars is still in force, despite a local company's decision to ignore it. The head of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company adopted this policy because of uncooperative passengers and...
- 2010-01-25
- 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
- Correspondence written to and by Birmingham businessman Frederick M. Jackson, from 1905 to 1907.
- 1905
- 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...
- 2011-10-24
- Letter from Alex K. Hall in camp at Augusta, Georgia, to his father, probably in Portland, Alabama.
- 1865-03-09
- During the Civil War, Hall served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he discusses troop movements; mutual acquaintances and relatives; his horse ("Pony, otherwise dubed [sic] Horse-Fly"); the weather and landscape near his camp; and...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at the University of Virginia to his father in Alabama.
- 1861-02-15
- This letter was written not long after the formation of the Confederate States of America. In it Bolling discusses possible interruptions in mail delivery ("I have been looking everyday [sic] to see it announced that the Government has discontinued...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Captain A. J. Handley in Pollard, Alabama, to O. M. Avery and George H. Hutton of the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company of Alabama.
- 1862-11-25
- In the letter Pollard discusses the appropriation of railroad engines and cars from Avery's railroad, by the Confederate army; the rolling stock will be used by two other lines in the state.
- 2011-07-01
- Letter from Charles T. Pollard, president of the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company of Alabama in Montgomery, to E. M. Pratt.
- 1862-11-23
- In the letter Pollard discusses the locomotive and cars his company will be acquiring from the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company of Florida, to use during the war.
- 2011-07-01
- Letter from J. W. Lapsley in Selma, Alabama, to Colin J. McRae.
- 1862-02-17
- In the letter Lapsley discusses the availability of iron for work on the Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Railroad ("I apprehend some difficulty now in procuring iron to complete the road"), and he mentions specimens of iron that are being sent to...
- 2009-09-30
- Letter from John E. Hall in the camp of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment ("In Trenches"), to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1864-08-27
- From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, John Hall served in Co. B, 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses recent campaigns and losses ("Fort Morgan we learned yesterday, has been surrendered. Next may be Mobile");...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Minor Meriwether in Demopolis, Alabama, to Samuel G. Jones, engineer and superintendent of the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1864-09-13
- In the brief letter Meriwether orders Jones to send railroad cars to the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad. Also included is a receipt for the transfer.
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Minor Meriwether in Selma, Alabama, to Samuel G. Jones, engineer and superintendent of the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1864-06-21
- In the brief letter Meriwether orders Jones to send the locomotive engine "Industry" to the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad.
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Major General J. H. Forney in Mobile, Alabama, to C. T. Pollard, president of the Montgomery and West Point Railroad, and of the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company of Alabama.
- 1862-11-18
- In the letter Forney discusses the appropriation of railroad cars and iron tracks from the Alabama and Florida Railroad of Florida, by the Confederate army; the rolling stock will be used by two other lines in the state (including the Montgomery...
- 2011-07-01
- Letter from Major General J. H. Forney in Mobile, Alabama, to Colonel John R. F. Tattnall near Pollard, Alabama.
- 1862-11-18
- In the letter Forney discusses the appropriation of railroad cars and iron tracks from the Alabama and Florida Railroad of Florida, by the Confederate army; the rolling stock will be used by two other lines in the state, because "the demand for...
- 2011-07-01
- Letter from Major General J. H. Forney in Mobile, Alabama, to O. M. Avery, president of the president of the Alabama and Florida Railroad of Florida.
- 1862-11-18
- In the letter Forney discusses the appropriation of railroad cars and iron tracks from Avery's railroad, by the Confederate army; the rolling stock will be used by two other lines in the state, and iron will "fill the requisition of the Engineer...
- 2011-07-01
- Letter from S. Croom in Mobile, Alabama, to S. G. Jones, president of the Alabama and Florida Railroad of Alabama.
- 1862-11-15
- In the letter Croom discusses the appropriation of railroad cars and iron tracks from the Alabama and Florida Railroad of Florida, by the Confederate army; the rolling stock will be used by two other lines in the state (including the Alabama and...
- 2011-07-01
- Letter from Samuel G. Jones, engineer and superintendent of the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company in Montgomery, Alabama, to Lieutenant Colonel Minor Meriwether.
- 1864-09-03
- In the letter Jones reports that the company removed railroad rails, spikes, chairs, and chains, and sent the collected iron to Pollard, Alabama. He includes a list of the numbers and weights of the materials, and mentions the amount he plans to...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Samuel G. Jones, engineer and superintendent of the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1864-07-12
- In the letter Jones reports that, complying with military orders from General Maury, "no cotton will be permitted to be brought to Mobile"; therefore, the railroad stations are no longer allowed to receive cotton shipments bound for that city.
- 2011-07-06