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Date: 1863 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Judging from the inventory, Rembert was a large slaveholder. Names of the slaves listed include Levenia, Busty, Molly, Joanna, Peter, Jack, Judy, Delia, Horace, John, Sue, Paris, Harritt, Armstead, Chany, Drucilla, Liddia, Nancy, Julia, Richmond, Hester, Jennett, Prince, Charles, Cato, Penny, Hen... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1839 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Land grant dated 1 May 1839 signed by President Martin Van Buren. Land in Demopolis, Marengo County, Alabama, was granted to Henry M. Woodward. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
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. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Davis, Harwell Goodwin, 1882-1977 Date: 1918 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: <p> The following description was taken from the Samford Special Collection Treasures page: "Major Harwell G. Davis (1882-1977) was President of Howard College from 1939-1958. A lawyer by trade, he left his position as Alabama's first Assistant Attorney General in 1917 when he enlisted in the Arm... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1819 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: "Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, passed at its first session, which was begun and held in the town of Huntsville, on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and ended the seventeenth day of December the same year." View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The McLester Hotel was built in 1887 on the northwest corner of the intersection of Greensboro Avenue and Sixth Street. The capital for the building was furnished by Mrs. E.N.C. Snow, Mrs. William A. Leland, Mrs. John R. Kennedy, and the old Merchants Bank, each party investing $15,000. The lady ... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The McLester Hotel was built in 1887 on the northwest corner of the intersection of Greensboro Avenue and Sixth Street. The capital for the building was furnished by Mrs. E.N.C. Snow, Mrs. William A. Leland, Mrs. John R. Kennedy, and the old Merchants Bank, each party investing $15,000. The lady ... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: King, William R. (William Rufus), 1786-1853 Date: 1848-08-26 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: <p> William Rufus King (1786-1853) was elected as Vice President of the United States under President Franklin Pierce in 1852, becoming the only Alabamian to ever be elected to executive office. Earlier, King served as a U.S. representative from North Carolina and as a senator from Alabama. He al... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1834 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The note also lists the fee of $1.00 "for whipping said slave by order of the Justices." View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Clay, Clement Comer, 1789-1866 Date: 1834-05-10 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Following his time spent as a congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1828 to 1835, Clement Comer Clay (1789-1866) was elected governor of Alabama. Just two years later in 1837 Clay was appointed U.S. Senator (this was before senators were elected by popular vote). Clay and his fami... View Full Item at Samford University Library