Coffee owes the company $408.40, which he will pay over the next two years. After full payment is made, the trustees will "convey the before mentioned lot of land containing forty acres...by a deed of conveyance with a general waranty [sic]"; if...
Bright owes the company $420, which he will pay over the next year. After full payment is made, the trustees will give him the deed to the lot; if they do not honor their part of the contract, they will owe Bright twice the amount he will pay for...
The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; death, marriage, and legal notices; local events; news about social, medical, agricultural, political, economic, and military...
The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; death, marriage, and legal notices; local events; news about social, medical, agricultural, political, economic, and military...
Chandler paid $525 for the property. The deed was originally written in 1824, but this copy was made by the county clerk on October 9, 1840. A transcript is included.
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...
The Alabama Commission had asked President and Mrs. Roosevelt to attend the dedication of the Alabama Mineral Exhibit and Vulcan statue in the Mines Palace at the World's Fair. The letter regretfully declines the invitation.
Much of the correspondence is concerned with different coal properties in Alabama and Tennessee that were available for investment. There are also letters from people wanting information on the quality of coal at different mines. Letters from John...
Most of the letters are handwritten copies, which are often faded and difficult to read. Many report on the daily operations of the company. Other topics include supply, labor, and shipping problems; the price and quality of the coke; the output of...
Daniel McGillivray lived at Hickory Ground (in present-day Wetumpka, Alabama). He was a trader and also worked as a messenger for Alexander McGillivray. A transcript is included.
The receipt lists the specific pieces of land he owns; the number of slaves and livestock; valuable possessions (a carriage and gold watch); and money he has loaned to others. It also mentions that he is acting as guardian of Milly Hall ("orphan of...
The receipt lists the specific pieces of land he owns; the number of slaves and livestock; valuable possessions (a carriage and gold watch); and money he has loaned to others. It also mentions that he is acting as guardian of Milly Hall. On the...