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Creator: Smith, Jacob B. Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Underground Railroad description from Jacob B. Smith's account ledger. The document is undated, but it is believed to be from the 1830s or 1840s. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1816-1858 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The records of Ulcanush Baptist Church. The records include church membership, rules of decorum and church conference minutes. 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: 1845-03-18 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: In the letter Mark H. Pettway writes to his wife Marina C. Pettway about his travels along the Alabama River near Wilcox County. Pettway describes the land and its people, writing "on comeing down the Alabama River there is apparently a great deal of cotton and wealth in this country - though the... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1842-01-11 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: O’Brien writes that he is unsatisfied with Priscella because she “is subject to such fits…is not able to stand…[and] is quite useless.” O’Brien asks Stone to send him a younger girl to replace Priscilla. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1841-11-29 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: In the letter Clement asks for a reduction in the price of hire for Matilda because of the medical expenses incurred due to Matilda’s pregnancy. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1841-10-06 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: William Brantley, the donor, writes: "the letter is a wild account of forged check which bank will not pay, counterfeiters, stolen slaves, and shootings in Tuscaloosa." 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: 1841-01-15 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: The slave's name was Adam, and he was owned by Thomas B. Stone. Stone agreed to pay a man by the name of Lowell Newsom to travel to Rogersville, Tennessee to retrieve Adam, a runaway slave, who was captured and put in jail. Newsom is directed to keep Adam confined "believing that if he [Adam] is ... View Full Item at Samford University Library