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- Pages from the Dallas County session book for the Pisgah Presbyterian Church in Cahaba, Alabama.
- 1834
- These pages give information about the organization and first members of the congregation. The last page lists African American members.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Resolution regarding the restoration of Jeffrey, a slave of J. J. Craig, to the Pisgah Presbyterian Church in Dallas County, Alabama.
- 1857 July 21
- Jeffrey's membership had been suspended in 1848 because he was charged "with having been in the habit of visiting one of Mr. B. A. Glasses [sic] negrohouses occupied by a woman of loose character named Phillis."
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpts from a speech delivered by I. T. Tichenor, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1865
- Tichenor describes the postwar situation for the freed slaves from a paternalistic viewpoint: "Four millions of human beings, under the influence of a misguided philanthropy, have been rendered destitute of homes, protection, and comfort, and have...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from W. B. Ray, church clerk of the Baptist Church of Christ at Antioch in Montgomery County, Alabama.
- 1859 December 18
- In the letter Ray confirms that Mary, a slave of the McQurter family, is a member of the church in good standing.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Record from the Pisgah Presbyterian Church in Cahaba, Alabama, noting the baptism of several slave children and the appointment of four African American men as assistant elders of the congregation.
- 1858 July 4
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Mrs. S. C. Thornton in Greene County, Alabama, to Mrs. William Sayre in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1839 October 14
- In the letter Mrs. Thornton discusses the yellow fever epidemic in Mobile; news of family members and acquaintances; and education and religion in rural Alabama. At the time the letter was written, Mrs. Thornton and her family had recently moved to...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Diary kept by Sarah Espy from 1859 to 1868, while living in Cherokee County, Alabama.
- 1859-1868
- In the diary Espy discusses topics such as family life, church activities, weather, household chores, and her experience during the Civil War. Transcriptions are available: http://home.mchsi.com/~mlyle/diaryintro.html [not on the ADAH website].
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Diary kept by Eliza Fielding from January 1866 to June 1867, documenting her domestic and social life.
- 1866-1867
- In the diary she discusses relationships; domestic duties (such as sewing and weaving); visitors to her home; religious camp meetings; and other activities.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Incomplete letter from John S. Jones in Freestone County, Texas, probably to his daughter-in-law, Mary Francis Parker Jones.
- 1872 June 7
- Mary was married to William Riley Jones, who served in Company G of the 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. In the letter John sends news of family; describes the corn and cotton crops he has planted ("wee have had the finist...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from N. H. Cobb, a Protestant Episcopal bishop in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Benjamin Hale, a Protestant Episcopal minister and teacher at Geneva College in New York.
- 1848 July 28
- In the letter he discusses the young man Hale had recommended for a position in Cobb's diocese.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Elibi to her mother and sister.
- 1841 June 5
- Elibi was staying with friends in Dallas County, Alabama, though she was apparently from the North. In the letter she describes church services, social activities, new acquaintances, house slaves, and homes she has visited. A transcript of the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Martha Simmons to her niece, Annie.
- 1858 March 30
- In the letter Martha describes upcoming weddings and church activities, and she gives news of neighbors and family members. She mentions one family who will be leaving Alabama to move to California.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpt from VICISSITUDES IN THE WILDERNESS, the journal of Peggy Dow.
- 1833
- In the excerpt Peggy Dow discusses passing through present-day Alabama with her husband, Lorenzo, an itinerant preacher from Connecticut. She describes the landscape, accommodations, traveling conditions, and acquaintances met along the way. She...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Advertisement for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
- 1914 August 15
- The advertisement promotes the "Official Route to the National Baptist Convention" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "This has been selected as the Route for the Ministers of Montgomery, South East and West Alabama," and a round trip ticket from...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Speech by O. B. Porterfield, minister at the Cleveland Avenue Church of Christ in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1965 March 24
- This speech was originally broadcast on a local television station during the last days of the Selma to Montgomery March. In it, Porterfield denounces the demonstration, especially the "so-called preachers" who are participating. He argues that "it...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bertha Wallis in Atlanta, Georgia, to Governor Jim Folsom in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1957 August 14
- In the letter Wallis, a field worker for the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, criticizes the recent activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama and encourages the governor to intervene: "Alabama is getting black marks that I...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Mrs. Bob Jones in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1919 September 5
- In the letter Mrs. Jones writes to an Alabama senator, urging him to endorse a bill that would require Bible reading in the state's public schools. She informs him that the Woman's Missionary Society of the Court Street Methodist Church is in full...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Transcript of the autobiography of Ebenezer Hearn.
- This transcript covers the years 1794 to 1818, but it is incomplete; the original document was destroyed in a house fire. The excerpt discusses Hearn's childhood in North Carolina; his military service during the Creek War; and his work as a...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from James Meeks to Bolling Hall in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1848 August 1
- In the letter Meeks begins by discussing the proposed appointment of Mr. Jones as superintendent in a Methodist congregation in the state. He then asks for Hall's advice in political matters, especially related to the presidential election of 1848:...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Invitation to a turkey supper at a Methodist church in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1954 April 9
- This invitation announces a turkey supper being held to raise money for the building fund of a Methodist church in Mobile.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection