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Date: 1826 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: William M. Marr was a wealthy plantation owner in early Tuscaloosa. In March 1828, the University of Alabama Board of Trustees narrowed their search to several locations in Tuscaloosa to erect their school buildings. It was eventually decided that Marr’s plantation would be the site of the new ca... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Boardman, John Date: 1826-01-24 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: <p> John Boardman became one of the first men licensed to practice law in the Alabama Territory. In 1818, Boardman became editor and eventually sole proprietor of the Alabama Republican newspaper in Huntsville. Through his newspaper, Boardman became one of the first to print copies of the newly ... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1845-11-06 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Transcription available. In this letter, dated 6 November 1845, Dr. Prevost writes to his sister in Philadelphia describing in vivid detail the Arsenal at Mt. Vernon and the surrounding area. William Brantley, the donor, wrote "Good account of bachelor life of young, yankee physician in an unkno... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1845-11-04 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Transcription available. In this letter, dated 4 November 1845, Dr. Prevost writes to his father in Philadelphia on his experience during his travels on the Steamboat Eliza bound for the U.S. Arsenal at Mt. Vernon, Alabama. Dr. Prevost describes in amazing detail his experience on the Alabama Ri... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1845-11-03 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Transcription available. In this letter, dated 3 November 1845, Dr. Prevost writes to a relative in Philadelphia on his experience during his travels on the Steamboat Eliza bound for the U.S. Arsenal at Mt. Vernon, Alabama. William Brantley, the donor, wrote "Good account of bachelor life of you... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1862 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Part of the letter reads "We disapprove and abhor all unauthorized and illegal war, and we believe that citizens who fire into railway trains, attack the guards of bridges, destroy the telegraph lines, and fire from concealment upon pickets, deserve and should receive the punishment of death." View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1818 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Dated 1818, this estate inventory and appraisal was written before Alabama officially became a state (1819). The estate inventory includes slaves and their names and prices. The names of the slaves listed include Julius, Davy, Enoch, Hall, Ned, Saul, (Parmay and child), Lucy, Amy, Minerva, Reubin... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1865-02-13 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The certificate was for a $1,500 loan to the Tuscaloosa County Commissioners to buy corn for soldiers’ families. Food shortages in the Confederate States towards the end of the Civil War caused the price of food to increase by 10%. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1820-08-01 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: A. Benson writes to his brother Elias Benson about selling his plantation. A. Benson discusses moving to “Tom Bigbee…about 40 miles above the long leaf pine which will give me the latitude of Union Court House where I shall make a crop.” He discusses his slaves dying of typhus fever. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1822-04-01 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: LeRoy Pope was an early settler, lawyer and planter of Madison County, Alabama. Commonly known as the "Father of Huntsville," Pope was one of the founders of the city of Huntsville. View Full Item at Samford University Library