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1854 land grant signed by President Franklin Pierce

Date:	1854-08-01
Contributing Institution:	Samford University Library
Description:	Land grant dated 1 August 1854 signed by President Franklin Pierce. Land in Cahaba, Alabama was granted to Milton McClanahan (1796-1861). McClanahan served as a private in Captain William Walkers Company Tennessee Militia during the War of 1812.
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1811 letter from U.S. Congressman William Wyatt Bibb regarding the deteriorating relations between the United States and England, which would ultimately lead to the outbreak of the War of 1812

Creator:	Bibb, William Wyatt, 1781-1820
Date:	1811-11-28
Contributing Institution:	Samford University Library
Description:	Before becoming Alabama's first governor in 1819, William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator. This 1811 letter was written during Bibb's tenure as a U.S. Representative. Considered by some to have been a "war hawk", Bibb expresses in the letter his beliefs in a st...
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