Iberville was the first governor of the province of Louisiana and the founder of Fort Louis de la Mobile in southwestern Alabama. Painting by Malty Sykes in 1944.
Bienville was the second governor of the province of Louisiana and the founder of what is now Mobile, Alabama. This image was reprinted for the Bienville Monument Fund in Mobile, Alabama.
Illustration from TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA, THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY, THE EXTENSIVE TERRITORIES OF THE MUSCOGULGES OR CREEK CONFEDERACY, AND THE COUNTRY OF THE CHACTAWS by William Bartram. The engraving...
Written on September 28, 1704, the document placed Henri Roulleaux de la Vente as the priest in charge of the church at Fort Louis de la Louisiane. It is signed by Bienville, Boisbriant, and de la Salle.
The fort was later moved and renamed Fort Condé. Under Spanish rule it was known as Fort Carlota, and under British and American rule it was known as Fort Charlotte.
Campbell served as a captain in the Continental Army during the Armerican Revolution, on the staff of General Nathaniel Greene. He was the grandfather of John Archibald Campbell of Alabama, who served as a state congressman, a United States Supreme...
In the letter McGillivray describes the efforts of the Creek Indian soldiers against the Spanish forces and the difficult living conditions his troops endure: "Owing to their being fed entirely upon salt provisions, the bad water about Pensacola,...
In the letter McGillivray describes a recent meeting of the Creek Indian chiefs and the efforts of the Georgia legislature to take control of Creek lands. He calls on their British allies for support against the Americans: "Georgia and Carolina in...
In the letter McGillivray discusses improved relations with the Spanish government; an address he sent to the Georgia legislature, to which he and the Creek Indians are awaiting a reply; and business opportunities in St. Augustine, Pensacola, New...