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- Letter from Edwin B. Young in Eufaula, Alabama, to his brother-in-law, Hubert Dent, in at Fort Barrancas in Pensacola. Florida.
- 1861-06-25
- At the start of the Civil War, Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). In the letter...
- 2011-04-04
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by Reuben Bennett from E. G. Brown.
- 1840-04-29
- Bennett purchased the slave, an eighteen-year-old "Mulatto boy" named Robert, for $800.
- 2010-11-12
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by Green Wood from E. Graves.
- 1818
- Butterworth purchased the slave, a boy named Griffin, for $575 on April 10, 1818. On the back of the receipt is another transaction involving Griffin, in which he was given to Bolling Hall on May 20.
- 2012-01-27
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by William R. Chieves from Samuel and Mary Baugh.
- 1818
- Chieves purchased the slave, a boy named Emanuel, for $600 on November 25, 1815. On the back of the receipt are two further transactions involving Emanuel: first, he was transferred to Green Wood on April 18, 1818, and then he was given to Bolling...
- 2012-01-27
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by William Bonnell Hall from Joseph A. Weatherly.
- 1856-10-25
- Davis purchased the slave, a fourteen-year-old boy named Jerry, for $1,400 in Lowndes County, Alabama.
- 2010-12-07
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by Presley Davis from John A. Stringer.
- 1848-10-02
- Davis purchased the slave, an eight-year-old boy named Pinkney, for $300 in Pike County, Alabama.
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from James A. Hall in Dalton, Georgia, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1864-02-18
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses a furloughed soldier whom he has asked his father to help; a knapsack he is sending home, which belonged to a fallen...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from James A. Hall in camp near Shelbyville, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863-05-29
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses his grandfather's death (Abner Crenshaw); recent troop movements; weather and conditions in camp; sickness among the...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from James A. Hall in camp near Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863-08-05
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In this letter he thanks his father for sending a slave to be his servant in camp: "Ben seemed much surprised to find camp life so easy. He is...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Syndenham Moore, "out at sea," to his wife, Amanda.
- 1846-07-03
- During the Mexican-American War, Moore organized and led the Eutaw Rangers, a group of volunteers from Greene County, Alabama. In the letter he describes the sea voyage to Port Isabel in Texas. He mentions the weather; seasickness; activities of...
- 2009-11-17
- Letter from John E. Hall at Fairfax Station in Virginia, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1861-06-27
- From May 1861 to June 1862 John Hall served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he discusses measles and other sickness in camp ("I suppose some twelve or more have died"); troop movements; and upcoming campaigns. He mentions that he will...
- 2011-07-06
- Emancipation bond for Venus, Francis, and Marguerite, who were freed by an act of the General Assembly of Alabama on December 2, 1824.
- 1825-02-15
- From pages 122 and 123 of ACTS PASSED AT THE SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, published in 1825: "And be it further enacted, That Venus a black woman, and her two children, viz. Francis a mulatto boy, aged about...
- 2009-09-15
- Sheriff's deed for the purchase of a slave by R. D. Gayle at an auction in Clarke County, Alabama.
- 1848-06-05
- Gayle purchased the slave, a four-year-old boy named Blount, for $173.
- 2011-11-16
- Bill of sale for two slaves bought by C. B. Hicklin of Monroe County, Alabama.
- 1855-04-03
- Hicklin paid $850 for fifteen-year-old Indianna, and he paid $700 for a twelve-year-old boy named John.
- 2009-06-25
- Pages from the diary of Jessie Cook Williamson Nunnelee.
- 1849-03-00
- In the diary Nunnelee mentions weather conditions; the planting of crops such as watermelons and cotton; goods he has bought and bills he has paid; letters he has written; community events such as a church fair and a funeral; the birth of his...
- 2009-06-25
- Letters between Juney Thompson in Siluria, Alabama, and John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-05
- In the first letter, written May 9, 1917, Thompson asks if an employee on her farm may be excused from the draft: "It is almost impossible to get labor and this boy is my mainstay in my 'cropping plans'...I do not know that my request is a just...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from Wavery Perry Browder, stationed in Great Lakes, Illinois to the "Letters from Home" staff at station WSFA in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1945-03-31
- In the letter Browder mentions that he has not met anyone else from Montgomery where he is stationed; he also adds that he is "one boy that sure don't like the Navy." "Letters from Home" were weekly newsletters sent to Montgomery County men and...
- 2009-09-18
- Letter from Mrs. Neil R. Wallace to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917
- In the letter Mrs. Wallace informs Bankhead that female citizens of Alabama are opposed to conscription, and she asks him to vote against the proposed selective service legislation. She argues that the proponents of the draft "show to the world...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from J. W. Stuckey in Bishopville, South Carolina, to S. Gibbons in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1839-02-26
- In the letter Stuckey discusses the slave Warren, whom he had sold to Gibbons the previous year. A physician hired by Gibbons diagnosed the boy with "chronic rheumatism," but Stuckey maintains that he was never ill before the sale. While he will...
- 2009-06-25
- Letters to James Dellet, regarding the sale of two slave boys that he is interested in purchasing.
- 1838-11
- The first letter, from the firm of Norris and Keith in Mobile, Alabama, discusses the pending sale and asks Dellet to instruct Colonel Richardson, who will handle the transaction. In the second letter, S. C. Richardson informs Dellet that he...
- 2009-06-25