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- Excerpts from AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA by William Lowndes Yancey.
- 1848
- Yancey discusses his withdrawal from the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore; the main points of the Wilmot Proviso, which sought to prevent the introduction of slavery into any territory acquired from Mexico; and the "permanent evil" to be...
- 2009-06-25
- Section 8 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- 1779-00-00
- This section includes "very curious old" manuscripts, "being Bills of sale and other business papers made by the wealthy Creek Indians many years since." The documents were given to Pickett by Edward Hamrick of Montgomery.
- 2010-05-12
- Excerpt from PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION, OF ALABAMA, HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ON THE 4TH DAY OF JUNE 1860.
- 1860-06-04
- This assembly of the Alabama Democrats plans to send delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, despite the withdrawal of the state's delegation from the earlier meeting in Charleston: "There is a vacancy in the Delegation of...
- 2009-06-25
- "Twenty-Fifth Day."
- 1861-03-06
- This article gives the proceedings of the Confederate congress during the twenty-fifth day of its session. That day a delegation from Alabama presented a marble inkstand to the president of the congress, and J. L. M. Curry spoke about the gift's...
- 2010-01-25
- Small notebook kept by Frederick Weedon, describing a journey to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1823.
- 1823
- The notebook also gives inventories of personal and household items, as well as receipts for slave sales. A partial transcript is included.
- 2011-09-22
- Mobile Gazette and Commercial Advertiser, volume 3, number 66.
- 1820-06-07
- The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; legal notices and estate sales; national and international political, economic, and military news; public land sales in Alabama...
- 2010-11-12
- The Dallas Gazette, volume 15, number 42.
- 1858-08-13
- 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...
- 2011-10-11
- The Dallas Gazette, volume 15, number 43.
- 1858-08-20
- 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...
- 2011-10-11
- Introduction to PUBLIC ACTS PASSED DURING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS, COMMONLY CALLED THE COMPROMISE BILLS.
- 1851
- The introduction briefly discusses the terms of the "compromise bills" and encourages support for the decisions of the federal government: "There appears no objection from any Southern man to the Fugitive Slave Bill. After the Wilmot Proviso has...
- 2009-06-25
- Articles discussing Senator Jefferson Buford's suggestion that the Southern states hold a convention to address perceived violations of Southern liberty and state sovereignty.
- 1849-01-02
- The first item is a letter from Senator Buford, in which he discusses sectional division over the issues of territorial expansion and slavery; he suggests a convention of the Southern states to address the "impending results of the northern...
- 2009-09-18
- Copies of slave records created by members of the Creek Nation.
- 1821-00-00
- Most of the documents deal with either the emancipation of slaves or the transfer of slave ownership to other family members. In addition to these records, there is a resolution (dated June 29, 1825) in which leaders of the Broken Arrow Council...
- 2010-05-12
- Letter from Mateo Gonzales Manrique in Pensacola, Florida, to an unnamed Indian warrior.
- 1813-011-15
- Manrique served as the governor of Spanish West Florida from 1813 to 1815. In the letter he responds to the Indian's recent request for provisions, which he submitted to a military commander in Cuba; Manrique assures him that that the goods will be...
- 2010-11-12
- "Protest of the Alabama Delegation," submitted at the Democratic National Convention.
- 1860-04-28
- In the statement the delegates list the main points of the Alabama Platform, which had been rejected by the convention, and then formally withdraw from the gathering: "The points of difference between the Northern and Southern Democracy are: 1st....
- 2009-06-25
- SPEECH OF HON. J. F. DOWDELL, OF ALABAMA, ON THE NEBRASKA AND KANSAS BILL, an address delivered in the United States House of Representatives.
- 1854-05-10
- In the speech Dowdell argues in favor of a clause in the bill that would repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820. He objects to a provision of the act that prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36ø 30' latitude line: "This line...
- 2009-06-25
- SPEECH OF HON. F. W. BOWDON, OF ALABAMA, ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION, an address delivered in the United States House of Representatives.
- 1847-01-16
- In the speech Bowdon discusses recent legislative debate concerning the expansion of slavery into the country's new states and territories. He argues that since slaves are property, the government should protect their owners' rights in any land...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from M. F. Smith in Liverpool, England, to Colin J. McRae.
- 1862-08-08
- In the letter Smith describes English sentiment toward the Civil War: "By a chance I had an opportunity to learn the silent feelings of all the most intelligent gentlemen were with the South before the Manassas Battle: and here the Southern cause...
- 2009-09-28
- Letter from David B. Smealey in Autaugaville, Alabama, to Bolling Hall.
- 1854-06-21
- In the letter Smealey mentions the possibility of making the Mercury, a newspaper in Autauga County, a Democratic organ: "It is a fixed fact that the paper has to change in some way. If the Democrats do not control it the Whigs will." He also...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Samuel Middleton Semmes to his brother, Raphael, in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1865-08-29
- In the letter Samuel expresses relief that his brother is safe and healthy after his service in the Confederate Navy. He then discusses his own changing views of "our civil war": "My own course has been a neutral one. I was opposed to the secession...
- 2009-10-16
- Letter from William F. Samford in Oak Bowery, Alabama, to Bolling Hall.
- 1853-11-09
- In the letter Samford discusses his views on the proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act: "I see our North. friends are not slow to come up to the issue of non-intervention as made by the Kansas Act; but are we quite cautious enough about the Squatter...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Edmund W. Rucker in Birmingham, Alabama, to Joel Barnett in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1905-10-18
- In the letter Rucker writes about his long friendship with Barnett: "You don't know, my dear friend, how much pleasure it gives me to bear testimony to your fidelity and courage as a Confederate Soldier. You were nearer to me, some how or other,...
- 2009-09-18