Box 1115

The collection contains the draft of a claim and an answering paper, dated June 1861, relative to the seizure of the British schooner "Tropic Wind" by the U.S.S. Monticello.

A letter dated 22 February 1894, to Belle R. Harrison, Danville, Kentucky. Contains general news of self and children.

A letter dated 27 April 1863, to his wife, Olivia, written from Manchester, Tennessee. It discusses camp news, rumors of enemy movements, Stansel's wound, and eye surgery on his horse.

Unsigned depositions of James B. Tatom and Dr. Henry Pendleton regarding the death of a slave, Jerry, belonging to John Tatom. Location unknown.

A letter dated 11 October 1835, from Boston to Miss Susan C. Farley, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Smith, a former pupil of Farley's, discusses the latter's intention to go to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to teach at the Tuscaloosa Female Institute.

The collection consists of a letter from Sue to her sister Sallie discussing war news, known wounded, and attitudes towards the war.

This collection contains a copy of a letter from Charles Tait to his son, James A. Tait about the acquisition of land within what would become Alabama.

The collection contains an 1839 letter to E. L. Woodward of Jacksonville, Alabama, with instructions to collect on an enclosed promissory note from James M. Mitchell, deceased.

The collection contains a commercially published autograph book entitled "Leaves of Affection", containing handwritten notes and poems by Taylor's friends and acquaintances. Most of the signers were from Mobile, Alabama.

This collection consists primarily of letters written to his family during the Civil War. Taylor was captured at Port Hudson in July 1863, and many of the letters were composed while a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio.

A bond dated 27 May 1839, posted in order to serve as notary public in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.

This collection contains an autobiographical sketch, inspirational materials, the papers "Woman's Part in Making Alabama History - the Past" presented to the Thomaston, Marengo County, Alabama Study Club, which focuses on female educators, and "History of The Thomaston Parent-Teacher Association," both by Lockhart. Also containing a history of the town Thomaston, Alabama, written by Alma Jean Compton, and materials relating to teaching.

A letter dated 23 December 1912 to T. K. Oglesby, discussing naval and submarine warfare during the Civil War.

The collections contains a letter dated 20 November 1842, from G. A. Tompkins of Line Creek, Pike County, Alabama, to his brother, Charles Tompkins, Jr. in King William County, Virginia. It discusses family news, personal health, and cotton farming.

The collection contains a letter dated 5 August 1842, from Toulminville, Mobile County, Alabama, to Mrs. Samuel Ward, Newport, Rhode Island. In it Toulmin thanks Ward for the time spent together on her trip north the previous year, and inquires about various people.

The collection contains letters to Townsend's wife and family sent from Kentucky and Corinth, Mississippi in 1862. The letters give instructions for handling his business affairs and express discontent with the war.

A letter dated 4 March 1861, from Charleston, South Carolina to his son, W. L. Trenholm, in Montgomery, Alabama introducing the bearer, a Mr. Cathers, his wife, and her sister, Mrs. Pennnington.

Two documents in the case of an altercation between A. L. West and Thomas M. Pearce. One is a written document by Belle M. Turner, sister of Thomas M. Pearce about her eye witness account of what happened the day A. L. West showed up at her father's house. She claims he used profanity and had a pistol. The other document is a list of questions to her and her responses about the incidents of that same day, that she was asked at the trial.

This collection contains records of the societies activities, 1854-1867, including minutes, dues paid, money spent, and lists of recipients.

Civil War diary of a Virginia native who later settled in Alabama. The entries are limited to 1863. Poor condition

The collection contains a letter dated 7 July 1840, from New Orleans, to his father in Greensburg, Kentucky. It discusses business, Vaughn's health, and local excitement over an election.

The personal papers of an University of Alabama history professor.