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- Monument for William Lowndes Yancey at Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- Top image: "Home Where William L. Yancey Spent His Last Days." Bottom image: "Scene On The Wetumpka Road."
- 1894
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- Letters from Littleton W. Tazewell in Norfolk, Virginia, to Henry Semple and others in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1848 June 29
- After the nomination of Lewis Cass as the Democratic candidate for president in 1848, a committee of men from Alabama asked Tazewell to run against him. In the first letter, Tazewell declines the invitation, though he also disagrees with the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John Bragg in Montgomery, Alabama, to Colin J. McRae.
- 1861 January 21
- Bragg wrote this letter while representing Mobile County at the Alabama constitutional convention of 1861 (also known as the Secession Convention). In the letter Bragg discusses events at the assembly, including McRae's election as a delegate to...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Confederate Chieftains.
- Confederate Chieftains: Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America; Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice-President of the Confederate States of America; Judah Phillip Benjamin, Secretary of State, Confederate States of America;...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall at the University of Virginia to his father, Bolling Hall, in Alabama.
- 1860 October 6
- In the letter Bolling describes campus activities and promises to do better in school than he had the previous year, despite his busy social life. He also discusses politics in detail, including the presidential election of 1860 and Virginia's...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall at the University of Virginia to his father, Bolling Hall, in Alabama.
- 1861 January 5
- In the letter Bolling discusses his studies at the university; criticism of his father's vote in the Electoral College during the recent presidential election; "troubles in Autaugaville & Prattville among the negroes"; disagreements among Southern...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John E. Hall at the East Alabama Male College in Auburn, Alabama, to his father, Bolling Hall.
- 1860 October 19
- In the letter John writes about his health, family members and acquaintances, and an upcoming fair. He also discusses politics in detail, including the presidential election of 1860: "I have just been reading Yancey's great New York speech. I think...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from William Rufus King to William T. King.
- 1851 March 27
- In the letter King sends news of family and friends, and he discusses the unsuccessful attempts of the "fire eaters," who encouraged the secession of the Southern states: "I have as yet been no where & consequently know nothing of the movements of...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Copy of a letter from E. Lewis in Montgomery, Alabama, to Mr. Kerr in Kentucky.
- 1861 January 11
- In the letter, written an hour after Alabama formally seceded, Lewis describes the celebrations taking place in Montgomery, adding that even the ladies are in favor of secession. He discusses the taking of federal forts in Alabama and Florida;...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from a committee of men in Montgomery, Alabama, to Littleton W. Tazewell in Norfolk, Virginia.
- 1848 June 20
- The committee was composed of seven men: Henry Semple, William Lowndes Yancey, S. Heydenfeldt, John A. Campbell, N. Harris, John A. Elmore, and Thomas S. Mays. In the letter they discuss the recent nomination of Lewis Cass as the Democratic...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Excerpts from AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA by William Lowndes Yancey.
- 1848
- Yancey discusses his withdrawal from the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore; the main points of the Wilmot Proviso, which sought to prevent the introduction of slavery into any territory acquired from Mexico; and the "permanent evil" to be...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- William Lowndes Yancey.
- Yancey served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1841, the Alabama Senate in 1843, and the United States House of Representatives from 1844 to 1846. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1861 (also known as the Secession...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- William Lowndes Yancey.
- Yancey served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1841, the Alabama Senate in 1843, and the United States House of Representatives from 1844 to 1846. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1861 (also known as the Secession...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- Portrait of William Lowndes Yancey.
- Yancey served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1841, the Alabama Senate in 1843, and the United States House of Representatives from 1844 to 1846. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1861 (also known as the Secession...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- William Lowndes Yancey.
- Yancey served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1841, the Alabama Senate in 1843, and the United States House of Representatives from 1844 to 1846. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1861 (also known as the Secession...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- William Lowndes Yancey.
- Yancey served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1841, the Alabama Senate in 1843, and the United States House of Representatives from 1844 to 1846. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1861 (also known as the Secession...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- Portrait of William Lowndes Yancey.
- Yancey served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1841, the Alabama Senate in 1843, and the United States House of Representatives from 1844 to 1846. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1861 (also known as the Secession...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- William Lowndes Yancey.
- 1860
- Yancey served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1841, the Alabama Senate in 1843, and the United States House of Representatives from 1844 to 1846. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1861 (also known as the Secession...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- William Lowndes Yancey.
- 1860 October
- Yancey served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1841, the Alabama Senate in 1843, and the United States House of Representatives from 1844 to 1846. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1861 (also known as the Secession...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection