Box 1112
Container
Contains 13 Collections and/or Records:
Journal
File — Box: 1112, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
Diary of a Pennsylvania minister and agent of the American Tract Society, while in New Orleans and Greenville, Louisiana. It includes notes on yellow fever epidemics, battles with "consumption" (tuberculosis), weather, and accounts of travels by boat in 1839 and 1846, both by ocean and up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, then by canal to Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
Dates:
1837-1847
Bylaws
File — Box: 1112, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The bylaws of this Perryville, Alabama, Grange organization. The collection also includes several chapters of a short story, written in the back of the book.
Dates:
1876
Papers
File — Box: 1112, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection includes short biographical clippings, a letter dated 1873 regarding photographs, an 1875 claim against the U.S. government for services worth $24 provided in 1856, and a letter to the Forney Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1903, thanking them for honoring him with an award.
Dates:
1873-1903
Papers
File — Box: 1112, Folder: 12
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From the Collection:
This collection contains copies of the 100th Anniversary invitation and letters pertaining to this academic honor society at the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1851-1913
Papers
File — Box: 1112, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence from Israel Pickens, one of the letters contains information about selecting of the University of Alabama seal after its incorporation.
Dates:
1822-1825
Papers, 1875 - 1921
File — Box: 1112, Folder: 10
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From the Collection:
Contains a variety of materials including maps; letters received from B.H. Meek, Carlos Surish, W.P. Hall; and an invitation to an event at the Alabama Central Female College.
Dates:
1875 - 1921
Letter, 1897-02
Item — Box: 1112, Folder: 11
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From the Collection:
Letter from Pettway to Professor John L. Calhoun at the University of Alabama regarding the current status of his church membership.
Dates:
1897-02
Letters, 1838-12-28
File — Box: 1112, Folder: 7
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From the Collection:
A letter dated 28 December 1838, to R. S. Hazard of Rhode Island, ordering clothing for his slaves. Includes measurements.
Dates:
1838-12-28
Deed, 1846-12-14
File — Box: 1112, Folder: 2
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From the Collection:
A deed dated 14 December 1846, conveying 80 acres in Pike County, Alabama to William P. Segars.
Dates:
1846-12-14
Papers, 1846
File — Box: 1112, Folder: 6
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From the Collection:
This collection consists of a notice of appointment of Charles W. and John Patton as administrators of the estate of William Patton, June 29, 1846. It also contains an inventory and appraisal of the estate, October 12, 1846.
Dates:
1846
Letter, 1850-07-26
File — Box: 1112, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A letter dated 26 July 1850, to J. R. Koogler, which discusses the people, countryside, and business prospects of Livingston, Alabama.
Dates:
1850-07-26
Letters
File — Box: 1112, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
Letters written from Colbert Shoals and Florence, Alabama, to a business partner about digging canals around shoals on the Tennessee River. Petrie discusses sickness, heavy rains, high water, and lack of funding.
Dates:
1831 - 1833