Box 1114
Container
Contains 17 Collections and/or Records:
Letters
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains three letters composed while Schurz was traveling in the South during the summer of 1865, at least one of which was written from Alabama. It also contains a letter of introduction from Major General James H. Wilson.
Dates:
1865
Letter, 1864-03-16
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A letter dated 16 March 1864 to General Joel Briggs, Adjutant and Inspector General of Alabama, declining to detail George Breitenbach as shoemaker for the cadets of the University of Alabama.
Dates:
1864-03-16
Letters
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains two letters, one by C. C. Sale from Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 26 May [1864] to his wife, and one from Sallie Sale from Culpeper Courthouse, Virginia 30 July [1864] to her sister. The former discusses sickness in camp, news of friends and neighbors, and Sale's desire to see his wife. The latter addresses the sick and wounded, how she misses her husband and wants to see him more often, and family and friends.
Dates:
1860
Letters, 1865 - 1871
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letters from Tuscaloosa to Samuel's cousin Edmond W. Samuel at Bagdad, Shelby Co., Kentucky; Fort Henry, Randolph Co., Missouri; Centersville, Missouri; and Salesbury, Chariton Co., Missouri. These are chatty letters with news, social and otherwise, of Tuscaloosa, the aftermath of the Civil War, and much else. Includes an account of the loss of the steamboat Montgomery, on which Samuel was a passenger, on the Black Warrior River.
Dates:
1865 - 1871
Papers, 1859
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Two letters, dated 25 January and 23 June 1859, to C. E. Hull, M.D., New York, the latter of which includes details of mileage, expenses, and accounts settled, 13-23 June 1859, while selling patent medicine in Alabama.
Dates:
1859
Berry vs. Latham – Jackson County, Alabama – Trial transcripts, writs, complaints, affidavits, pleas, etc., (5 documents), 1830-1831
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains legal documents from three court cases that began in Jackson County, Alabama but concluded in Madison County, Alabama. The presence and activity of Captain Slick’s Company in Jackson County was a factor in each of these cases and was the reason for the cases being transferred from Jackson to Madison County. The bulk of the materials in this collection are from the case of Berry vs. Latham.The documents in this collection include both original court records...
Dates:
1830-1831
Berry/State vs. Latham – Jackson County, Alabama – Subpoena and trial transcript, (2 documents), 1829-1831
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains legal documents from three court cases that began in Jackson County, Alabama but concluded in Madison County, Alabama. The presence and activity of Captain Slick’s Company in Jackson County was a factor in each of these cases and was the reason for the cases being transferred from Jackson to Madison County. The bulk of the materials in this collection are from the case of Berry vs. Latham.The documents in this collection include both original court records...
Dates:
1829-1831
Berry vs. Latham – Franklin County, Tennessee – Notification of deposition, order to take depositions and deposition, (3 documents = wrapper for deposition), 1831
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains legal documents from three court cases that began in Jackson County, Alabama but concluded in Madison County, Alabama. The presence and activity of Captain Slick’s Company in Jackson County was a factor in each of these cases and was the reason for the cases being transferred from Jackson to Madison County. The bulk of the materials in this collection are from the case of Berry vs. Latham.The documents in this collection include both original court records...
Dates:
1831
Berry vs. Latham – Madison County, Alabama – Subpoenas, Bill of exceptions, affidavits, writs, list of witnesses, bonds, etc., (13 documents), 1831-1843
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains legal documents from three court cases that began in Jackson County, Alabama but concluded in Madison County, Alabama. The presence and activity of Captain Slick’s Company in Jackson County was a factor in each of these cases and was the reason for the cases being transferred from Jackson to Madison County. The bulk of the materials in this collection are from the case of Berry vs. Latham.The documents in this collection include both original court records...
Dates:
1831-1843
Hall vs. Cowart, et al. – Jackson County, Alabama - Trial transcripts, writs, complaints, affidavits, pleas, etc., (13 documents; Items 1-5 are bound together), 1831-1833
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains legal documents from three court cases that began in Jackson County, Alabama but concluded in Madison County, Alabama. The presence and activity of Captain Slick’s Company in Jackson County was a factor in each of these cases and was the reason for the cases being transferred from Jackson to Madison County. The bulk of the materials in this collection are from the case of Berry vs. Latham.The documents in this collection include both original court records...
Dates:
1831-1833
Huff vs. Cowart et al. – Jackson, County, Alabama – Trial transcripts, writs, complaints, affidavits, pleas, etc., (6 documents; Items 1-4 are bound together, 1831-1833
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains legal documents from three court cases that began in Jackson County, Alabama but concluded in Madison County, Alabama. The presence and activity of Captain Slick’s Company in Jackson County was a factor in each of these cases and was the reason for the cases being transferred from Jackson to Madison County. The bulk of the materials in this collection are from the case of Berry vs. Latham.The documents in this collection include both original court records...
Dates:
1831-1833
Appendix – Reference materials (2 items, photocopied)
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains legal documents from three court cases that began in Jackson County, Alabama but concluded in Madison County, Alabama. The presence and activity of Captain Slick’s Company in Jackson County was a factor in each of these cases and was the reason for the cases being transferred from Jackson to Madison County. The bulk of the materials in this collection are from the case of Berry vs. Latham.The documents in this collection include both original court records...
Dates:
1830-1834
Papers
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains three letters written between Ralph Cowert and U.S. Senator Leverett Saltonstall about Saltonstall's family for the Tuscaloosa Historical Society.
Dates:
1963
Letter
Item — Box: 1114, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
A letter dated 6 December 1863, from a camp near Dalton, Georgia, to S. D. Cabaniss, Huntsville attorney.
Dates:
1863 December 6
Papers
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
A manuscript titled "A Telephone Rate Case," (subsequently published by Public Utilities Reports, Inc., Washington DC, in 1941), intended to provide material to help lawyers understand the background, existing state of, and rules involved in deciding, public utilities rare cases.
Dates:
1941
Letter
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
Letter written to Professor Hale at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Dates:
1834 May 20
Papers
File — Box: 1114, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains letters, one of which is hand written and describes the purchase of land.
Dates:
1939-1940