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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: Morgan, John Tyler, 1824-1907 Date: 1896-07-05 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: <p> In the letter Morgan discusses the Nicaraguan Canal issue, as well as the major economic policy issue of free silver. Regarding the canal issue, Morgan writes: "The canal is, with our people an Alabama question, for which nothing can be substituted." </p> <br> <p> John Tyler Morgan (1824-1907... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Oxford, A.C. Date: 1916 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: <p> A. C. Oxford (1835-1925) was an Alabama-based photographer during the late 19th and early 20th century. Born in Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama, Oxford took some of the earliest photographs of Birmingham. Having served in the Confederacy during the Civil War, Oxford remained active in Con... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Oxford, A.C. Date: 1871 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: William McKendree Byrd (1817-1874) was a lawyer, member of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1851, and was an associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1865 to 1868. Photograph from A. C. Oxford's scrapbook of photographs, 1916. View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1825 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Statement by the Notary Public, dated 1 January 1825, regarding payment due to Tombeckbe Bank, Alabama's first chartered bank, in St. Stephens. Attached is a handwritten document, dated 1 October 1824, regarding this payment. The handwritten document is signed by Governor Israel Pickens, his brot... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Richard, Timothy, 1845-1919 Date: 1899 Contributing Institution: Hong Kong Baptist University Library View Full Item at Hong Kong Baptist University Library -
Creator: Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Spoleto (Italy). Archbishop (1853-1867 : Arnaldi) Date: 1860 Contributing Institution: Fordham University Libraries View Full Item at Fordham University Libraries -
Creator: Leo XII, Pope, 1760-1829. Date: 1826 Contributing Institution: Fordham University Libraries View Full Item at Fordham University Libraries -
Creator: La Ville, Andrea, conte de Date: 1865 Contributing Institution: Fordham University Libraries Description: Digitized by the Metropolitan New York Library Council as part of the Culture In Transit project, funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation View Full Item at Fordham University Libraries