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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 -
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 -
Date: 1835-06-14 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Jack Shackelford (1790-1857) was a medical doctor, politician and solider, who played a key role in the Texas Revolution. With the outbreak of the Texas Revolution in October 1835, just a few months after this letter was written, Shackelford raised a unit in Courtland, Lawrence County, Alabama. T... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
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... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Moore, Gabriel, approximately 1785-1845 Date: 1816-11-09 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Originally from North Carolina, Gabriel Moore (ca. 1785-1845) settled in Huntsville, in what was then part of the Mississippi Territory, in 1810. He entered public service around this time, being appointed tax assessor and collector. His duties included supervising the county census, which helped... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Moore, Gabriel, approximately 1785-1845 Date: 1830-04-20 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Gabriel Moore (ca. 1785-1845) served as Governor of Alabama from 1829 to 1831. Originally from North Carolina, Moore settled in Huntsville in the early 19th century. Moore was a representative to the Mississippi and the Alabama Territorial Houses and later served in the Alabama Senate and the U.S... View Full Item at Samford University Library