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- "Emigration to California."
- 1849-03-23
- Brief notice about western settlement: "The tide of emigration to California knows no abatement. Ship load after ship load leaves our shores. We rejoice to know that citizens of good character constitute so large a portion of the emigrants."
- 2009-08-24
- Volume 1 of the Zillah Haynie Brandon diaries, including pages 1 through 124.
- 1855-00-00
- Diary entries are chronological but irregular (sometimes months apart, sometimes years). Topics discussed include family matters and health; religion; homes in northwest Georgia (near a settlement of Cherokee Indians) and Gaylesville in Cherokee...
- 2011-09-12
- Volume 2 of the Zillah Haynie Brandon diaries, including pages 125 through 205.
- 1856-08-00
- Diary entries are chronological but irregular (sometimes months apart, sometimes years). Topics discussed include family matters and health; religion; homes in northwest Georgia (near a settlement of Cherokee Indians) and Gaylesville in Cherokee...
- 2011-09-12
- Volume 3 of the Zillah Haynie Brandon diaries, including pages 206 through 319.
- 1859-08-10
- Diary entries are chronological but irregular (sometimes months apart, sometimes years). Topics discussed include family matters and health; religion; homes in northwest Georgia (near a settlement of Cherokee Indians) and Gaylesville in Cherokee...
- 2011-09-12
- Volume 4 of the Zillah Haynie Brandon diaries, including pages pages 320 through 387.
- 1862-01-11
- Diary entries are chronological but irregular (sometimes months apart, sometimes years). Topics discussed include family matters and health; religion; homes in northwest Georgia (near a settlement of Cherokee Indians) and Gaylesville in Cherokee...
- 2011-09-12
- 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 James R. Riggs at Camp Pettus near Mobile, Alabama, to his brother-in-law, Ferdinand ("Ferde") Smith.
- 1862-07-02
- During the Civil War, Riggs served in Company G of the 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In the letter he describes the bombardment of an English blockade runner by Union forces: "...English vessel run the blockade at Fort Morgan loaded with guns...
- 2010-06-09
- Letter from Absalom Jackson to Bolling Hall.
- 1860-02-20
- Hall served as the administrator of the estate of his niece Margaret Bailey, and Jackson had previously thought that his own children deserved a share of the estate. In this letter Jackson reports that according to the law in Alabama, his children...
- 2011-07-06
- Copy of a letter from Richard Blount in Milledgeville, Georgia, to Governor George M. Troup.
- 1827-03-15
- In the letter Blount, who had been the treasurer of the Oconee Navigation Association, discusses the settlement of the organization's accounts.
- 2010-11-17
- Letter from Charlotte Cherry in West Point, Georgia, to her uncle, Bolling Hall in Alabama.
- 1863-09-08
- In the letter Charlotte discusses the settlement of her grandfather's estate (Abner Crenshaw), over which Hall is executor ("Dr Reese told me that you & Uncle Walter had concluded to sell the negroes & everything else"); her plans to purchase one...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from William Rufus King to his brother, Thomas.
- 1850-11-21
- In the letter King discusses his business and the settlement of his father's estate, and he gives his views on the activities of the "fire eaters": "I addressed the people at Cahawba last week, and I think I succeeded in opening the eyes of many...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from several inhabitants of St. Stephens, Alabama, to Major General James Wilkinson.
- 1813-04-17
- In the letter the men describe the "hostile disposition of the Creek Indians" toward citizens in Clarke and Washington Counties. They explain that many families are preparing to leave the area, which is vulnerable to attack: "...nearly one half of...
- 2010-11-12
- Account book kept by Minor Winn Gracey while administering the estate of his brother, Robert Sinclair Gracey.
- 1842-00-00
- Robert Gracey died in 1841. The book is divided into three sections. The first notes the payment and collection of debts from 1842 to 1845. The second section deals with the accounts of Minor and his brother John Ivey Gracey; it records the...
- 2009-09-04
- Report of the settlement reached at the end of the strike at Lincoln Mills in Huntsville, Alabama.
- 1936-02-00
- The report gives the dates of the strike; the number of employees involved; the individuals who negotiated the settlement; a narrative describing the conflict; and the approximate losses to both the employees and local merchants. The narrative...
- 2011-01-13
- H.R. 4644.
- 1947-12-04
- This bill by Boykin deals with the settlement of a claim by E. Brevard Walker, owner of a lumber business in Mobile, against the United States. Walker filed because he did not receive full payment for a shipment of pine ordered by a government...
- 2009-09-15
- H.R. 3352.
- 1947-05-06
- This bill by Boykin deals with the settlement of a claim by Emeline Lartigue, a citizen of Mobile, against the United States government. Lartigue's car was hit by an Army vehicle.
- 2009-09-15
- Excerpt from THE REMINISCENCES OF GEORGE STROTHER GAINES: PIONEER STATESMAN OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI, 1805-1843, edited by James P. Pate.
- 1998-00-00
- This passage includes an excerpt from the editor's introduction, which discusses the cession of Choctaw lands east of the Tombigbee River to the United States in October 1816. It also mentions the settlement of French exiles at Demopolis in 1817.
- 2009-06-25
- Section 14 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- This section gives information from George S. Gaines, "in relation to his early settlement in Alabama." Topics include the arrest of Aaron Burr in 1807 and accounts of the Choctaw Indians.
- 2010-05-12
- Section 19 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- 1848-00-00
- This section gives information from Hiram Mounger, "about the early settlement of Alabama."
- 2010-05-12
- Section 28 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- This section gives information from Mr. Primrose of Mobile, about the "early settlement of Alabama."
- 2010-05-12