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Date: 1817-10-11 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Notable witnesses to the document were John L. Tindall (Tuscaloosa’s first doctor), Richmond Carroll (Tuscaloosa’s first blacksmith), and John Hodge (Tuscaloosa’s first elected sheriff). View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1836-02-20 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Mims Jemison entered military service in 1836 to fight in the Second Seminole War in Florida. Jemison writes in the will “Having entered into the services of my county against the Seminole Indians, in which I may perish – Be it therefore known to all whom it may concern that I do make and ordain ... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Manly, Basil, 1798-1868 Date: 1853-07-09 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Basil Manly (1825-1892) was an Alabama plantation owner, Baptist preacher, pro-slavery lobbyist, educator, and President of the University of Alabama from 1837-1855. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Manly, Basil, 1798-1868 Date: 1858-07-23 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Basil Manly (1825-1892) wrote this last will while in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1858, where he was a preacher at the Wentworth Street Baptist Church. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
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