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- "Prices Collapse As Stock Mart Goes 'Haywire.'"
- 1929-10-29
- This article reports that stock prices have continued to fall after the crash on October 24 ("Black Thursday"). Though financial leaders who met to discuss the matter seem to take "a more hopeful view of the situation," the floor of the stock...
- 2010-01-25
- "Back to Normalcy."
- 1929-10-26
- This article argues that the stock market crash was inevitable because "the country had gone speculation mad"; while the country will suffer "painful consequences," the author predicts that "the shock will not be so severe as it has been on former...
- 2010-01-25
- "Bell Rings and Roar of Stock Market Subsides."
- 1929-10-25
- This article describes reaction to "Black Thursday," October 24, 1929; according to the author, the atmosphere of the stock exchange was mostly calm and businesslike while the public on the street was in a frenzy: "Looking down from the meager...
- 2010-01-25
- "Rush of Selling Brings History's Wildest Market."
- 1929-10-25
- This article gives a lively account of the stock market collapse on October 24 ("Black Thursday"): "The remarkable era of avid public speculation in stocks which has swept over the country during the past five years came to a climax today in the...
- 2010-01-25
- Sharecropping contract between Willis P. Bocock and several freedmen who will be working a year on his Waldwick Plantation in Marengo County, Alabama.
- 1870-01-01
- Bocock will furnish the land and stock, and he will advance his employees provisions each week; the freedmen will pay for their own expenses and receive one-third of the all the crops. A provision at the end of the contract (which is in a different...
- 2009-09-04
- Sharecropping contract between Mary P. Watts and J. C. Jones.
- 1869-03-25
- In the contract Watts rents her plantation in Dallas County, Alabama, to Jones for five years; in exchange, he is to deliver three 500-pound bales of cotton to her home each year before Christmas.
- 2009-06-25
- Sharecropping contract between James G. Tait and Thomas Hill, a freedman.
- 1868-00-00
- In the contract Tait rents a piece of his land in Wilcox County, Alabama, to Hill for a year: "...Hill is permitted to clear land & build houses, without expense to said Tait excepting nails & flooring." In exchange, Tait will receive one-fourth of...
- 2010-11-12
- 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 James R. Riggs near Dalton, Georgia, to his sister, Martha Smith.
- 1864-03-23
- During the Civil War, Riggs served in Company G of the 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In the letter he describes the lodging and food in the camp: "Our camps are on the side of a mountain which makes it very unpleasant but still our houses are...
- 2010-06-09
- Letter from James A. Hall at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863-10-18
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses his company's performance in a recent battle; clothing he needs from home; duties in camp; his own health, as well...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Charlotte Cherry in West Point, Georgia, to her uncle, Bolling Hall in Alabama.
- 1863-07-29
- In the letter Charlotte discusses the sale and exchange of slaves from the estate of her grandfather Abner Crenshaw, of which Hall is executor: "I will take Harriet at the appraised...price. What did Dorcus & her family value at. if you please let...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Crenshaw Hall near Knoxville, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863-07-10
- From July 1862 to November 1863, Crenshaw Hall was adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses recent troop movements ("it became evident that the retreat had commenced"); men who have been captured or are ill;...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from George Minor, chief of the Confederate Office of Ordnance and Hydrography in Richmond, Virginia, to Colin J. McRae in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1862-02-24
- In the letter Minor mentions a government contract with J. E. Murrell of Mobile, authorizing an exchange of cotton to purchase nitre. Minor also commends McRae's efforts to have the Confederate government establish an armory at Selma. He explains...
- 2009-09-30
- Letter from Sydenham Moore in Virginia, to his wife, Amanda.
- 1862-02-19
- During the Civil War, Moore served as a colonel of the 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment. In the letter he describes recent troop movements and campaigns. He specifically mentions the Battle of Fort Donelson ("a sad blow to our army"); while he still...
- 2010-05-12
- Letter from J. W. Lapsley in Selma, Alabama, to Colin J. McRae.
- 1862-01-21
- In the letter Lapsley mentions a European gun maker in Selma ("one of the most skillful gun makers I doubt not, in the Confederate states"), who would be willing to oversee an armory if the Confederate government were to establish one in the city....
- 2009-09-28
- Two letters from W. H. Mitchell in Montgomery, Alabama, to his wife, Martha, in Florence, Alabama.
- 1861-01-00
- In the first letter, written from the Exchange Hotel on January 10, 1861, Mitchell describes the tension and excitement in the city as they wait for the official declaration of Alabama's secession: "There seems to be no doubt, you may tell your...
- 2009-06-25
- Contract between Willis P. Bocock and Lewis O. Collins, who will be serving as an overseer at Waldwick Plantation in Marengo County, Alabama.
- 1860-07-16
- In exchange for managing the plantation and slaves, Collins will receive a horse to ride about the property; housing, provisions, and a servant for his family; and $500 per year. The contract ends with the stipulation that "if he drinks any spirits...
- 2009-09-04
- Letter from G. D. Callen to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1835-11-12
- Callen writes regarding two slaves he has hired out to a carpenter in Mobile; Dellet is to be involved in the exchange of the men and money.
- 2009-06-25