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- Draft of a letter from Bolling Hall in Alabama, to President Andrew Johnson.
- 1865-05-29
- In the letter Hall discusses his petition for pardon and promises to be a loyal citizen of the United States.
- 2011-10-06
- Draft of a letter from Bolling Hall in Montgomery, Alabama, to Governor Lewis E. Parsons.
- 1865-07-27
- In the letter Hall discusses his petition for pardon and promises to be a loyal citizen of the United States.
- 2011-10-06
- Letter from John Hanes in Franklin in Washington County of the Mississippi Territory (later Alabama), to James Caller in Washington (capital of the Mississippi Territory).
- 1812-11-01
- In the letter Hanes discusses petitions circulating in Washington County, regarding the proposed boundaries. Apparently, there are two petitions: one "for a devision of this county a cross the river" and another "for the devision by the river."...
- 2010-11-12
- Packet of materials submitted to Governor Joseph F. Johnston, to request the pardon of Cudjo Lewis, who was convicted of manslaughter.
- 1900-07
- Lewis's father (also Cudjo) was the last surviving ex-slave from "Clotilda, " the last known ship to bring slaves to the United States; the ship landed in Mobile, Alabama, in 1860. The packet includes a statement of sentence, letters from other...
- 2011-07-26
- Rules and Regulations of the Commissioners of Claims, Appointed under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1871.
- 1871-03-03
- The Commissioners of Claims, also known as the Southern Claims Commission, was created to address claims for personal property loss made by citizens in Southern states after the Civil War. This option was only available to those who had remained...
- 2009-06-25
- Petition signed by citizens in Shelby County, Alabama, requesting that Governor Israel Pickens pardon five men who were recently convicted there.
- 1822-00-00
- The men were charged with abetting Samuel Nixon "in committing, a mayhem, by biting off a small part of one James A Moors left Ear." They were fined and sentenced to stand at the pillory. But the signers of the petition argue that they are...
- 2010-12-07
- "Petition Against Sending Our Young Men to War in Europe," signed by 112 Alabama citizens and sent to Senator John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-05-10
- The petition advocates "absolute neutrality" regarding the war in Europe, and it suggests that it would be unconstitutional for the federal government to call for troops or enact conscription legislation.
- 2010-12-07
- "It Is Not To Be In Oak Park."
- 1958-08-27
- This editorial was written after African American citizens submitted a petition asking for Montgomery city parks to be integrated; the piece was reprinted on December 24 in response to a federal lawsuit filed to protest park segregation. The author...
- 2010-04-23