Outgoing Correspondence, 1853-1855

This subseries contains outgoing correspondence that is arranged chronologically. It includes correspondence regarding eduation; to Iverson Brooks; to wife, Sarah; to J. L. Reynolds of Furman University; to sons, Basil and Charles; regarding the University of Alabama; regarding church affairs; about Newton Theological Seminary and Princeton; the Triennial Convention resolution; splits in Baptist congregations; opinions about slavery, secession, and acquiring land; countering criticism of The University of Alabama; resigning as university president; young people's marriage expectations; slave trade; elevated political excitement of pre-secession days; Robert Jemison of Tuscaloosa; traces secession to Baptist convention resolutions; Civil War news; plantation events and problems; money and supply worries; religious duty to black men; and bitterness at war's result. There are also fragments of correspondence without dates.

This subseries also contains incoming correspondence that is arranged alphabetically then chronologically. Most of this correspondence is personal and interfamily and relates to outgoing correspondence.

His correspondents beyond his family included J. L. Reynolds and Richard Furman (of Furman University), William H. McIntosh (Baptist clergyman), E. B. Teague (whose papers are also at the W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library), and Professor M. Tuomey (a University of Alabama professor).