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- Letter from Colin J. McRae in Richmond, Virginia, to President Jefferson Davis.
- 1862 February 24
- In the letter McRae encourages the president to establish an armory at Selma, a proposal he had unsuccessfully made to the Confederate government before: "I therefore take the liberty of again addressing you on the subject and to urge the absolute...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from J. W. Lapsley in Selma, Alabama, to Colin J. McRae.
- 1862 February 17
- In the letter Lapsley discusses the availability of iron for work on the Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Railroad ("I apprehend some difficulty now in procuring iron to complete the road"), and he mentions specimens of iron that are being sent to...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Harry Toulmin to James Caller at Mulberry Grove.
- 1810 January 10
- In the letter Toulmin briefly mentions plans to establish a salt works nearby, and then he criticizes Caller's recent efforts to prevent the division of the Mississippi Territory before statehood: "That the whole Mississippi Territory never will be...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Iron Works and Manufatory of Salt Pans, &c., By John Miller, Burnsville, Alabama."
- 1863 May 24
- Advertisement for the goods produced by the ironworks in Burnsville, specifically directed at salt manufacturers who might be interested in "Salt Pans of a superior quality and durability." Miller is "prepared to do all kinds of jobbing in his...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Wanted to Hire, 200 Negro Men."
- 1864 January 24
- Advertisement seeking two hundred slave men to work at the Bibb Iron Works; for every ten men hired, "One Woman will be received." Room, board, and clothing will be provided for all workers.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Lucy Audubon to Mary Harris, probably in Moorestown, New Jersey.
- 1862 October 7
- Lucy was the widow of naturalist John Audubon, who was a close friend Mary's husband, Edward. In the letter she discusses her plans to sell property in order to raise money for her debts. She also discusses a drawing she sent the Harrises, which...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Harry Toulmin at Fort Stoddert in Mobile County, Alabama, to U.S. Secretary of War John C. Calhoun.
- 1818 May 25
- In the letter Toulmin discusses the proposed improvement to the road between Fort Stoddert and Fort Hawkins in Georgia, which was authorized by a recent act of Congress. He argues that the current route between the two forts is "entirely out of...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from George R. Gilmer to Richard Blount, chairman of the board of commissioners for the Oconee Navigation Association.
- 1829 December 24
- In the letter Gilmer informs Blount that the state-owned slaves ("public hands") who are working for him on the Oconee River should be taken to Milledgeville, Georgia, where they will be put to work on "the improvement of the roads and rivers in...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Draft of the annual report of the commissioners of the Oconee Navigation Association.
- In the report the commissioners describe the work they have overseen on the river, including a lock and dam that has been completed, which will "advance the growth of Milledgeville, ultimately add to the convenience & prosperity of the agricultural...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Executive order from the governor of Georgia, requiring the commissioners of the river navigation improvement associations to return "the tools of all kinds in their possession belonging to the State" so the materials can be used "for the...
- 1830 January 4
- The order was sent to the associations for the Altamaha, Savannah, Ocmulgee, Chattahoochee, and Oconee Rivers; each organization was to deliver its materials (probably including the state-owned slaves) to a different city in Georgia.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from George R. Gilmer in Milledgeville, Georgia, to Richard Blount, chairman of the board of commissioners for the Oconee Navigation Association.
- 1830 January 8
- In the letter Gilmer informs Blount that Richard K. Hines has been appointed as a state agent to investigate the association and "to collect the public money in your hands & to receive of you the public property." He encloses the recent legislative...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Union Mills, Virginia, to his father in Alabama.
- 1861 November 12
- From May 1861 to early 1862 Bolling Hall, Jr., served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he mentions recent fighting, including battles at Belmont, Kentucky, and Port Royal, South Carolina: "Some of the men are rather discouraged by our...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- WPA Federal Writers' Project of Alabama, Format Changes, re: Project.
- Folder contains 20 pages.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- Public library reports, Covington County.
- 1942 circa
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Ex Slave Tales, Mobile County, # 6, folder 1.
- 1937-1939 circa
- Folder contains 176 pages of ex-slave tales compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Ex Slave Tales, Sumter County, #4.
- 1936-1939 circa
- Folder contains 267 pages of ex-slave tales compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Folklore, Mobile County, #6.
- 1936-1939 circa
- Folder contains 325 pages of Alabama folklore and stories compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Life Histories, Barbour County.
- 1937-1939 circa
- Folder contains 132 pages of life histories and stories compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Short Stories by Gertha Couric, Barbour County.
- 1938-1939 circa
- Folder contains 128 pages of Alabama short stories compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection
- WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Short Stories by Lawrence F. Evans, Baldwin County
- 1938-1939 circa
- Folder contains 87 pages of Alabama short stories compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
- Alabama Writer's Project Collection