Southern Alabama Emigration and Development Company Letters
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters written primarily by John M. Green of the Southern Alabama Emigration and Development Company, based in Chicago, Illinois, to Thomas J. Scott and Sons in Montgomery, Alabama, in the late nineteenth century.
The letters, written between 10 February and 29 October 1897, discuss a variety of real estate development projects proposed by the Southern Alabama Emigration and Development Company in the Mobile, Loxley, and Perdido areas of south Alabama with their agents in Montgomery. They also discuss the very real hazards and hardships that the almost annual yellow fever outbreaks imposed on those living in south Alabama and how the inevitable quarantines would affect their ability to sell land and property there.
Dates
- Creation: 1897
Creator
- From the Collection: Summers, E.A. (Person)
- From the Collection: Green, John M. (Person)
- From the Collection: Williams, A. S., III (Collector, Person)
- From the Collection: Southern Alabama Emigration and Development Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
none
Extent
From the Collection: 0.1 Linear Feet (55 letters; 63 pages)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository