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Box 251

 Container

Contains 8 Collections and/or Records:

Convict Labor Contracts, 1885 - 1903

 File — Box: 251, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Correspondence and documents concerning various business aspects, including: contracts between State of Alabama and Charles E. Allen for the purpose of hiring convicts as farm laborers; legal contracts between Charles E. Allan and tenant farmers; mortgages on Farms to enable farmers to plant crops; and Cancelled checks and bank statements from First National Bank of Demopolis, Alabama, and accounts of cotton sales handles by First National Bank for Charles E. Allen (these items are unarranged)....
Dates: 1885 - 1903

Tenant Farmer Contracts, 1895 - 1902

 File — Box: 251, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Correspondence and documents concerning various business aspects, including: contracts between State of Alabama and Charles E. Allen for the purpose of hiring convicts as farm laborers; legal contracts between Charles E. Allan and tenant farmers; mortgages on Farms to enable farmers to plant crops; and Cancelled checks and bank statements from First National Bank of Demopolis, Alabama, and accounts of cotton sales handles by First National Bank for Charles E. Allen (these items are unarranged)....
Dates: 1895 - 1902

Mortgages, Indentures, Crop Liens, 1889 - 1901

 File — Box: 251, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Correspondence and documents concerning various business aspects, including: contracts between State of Alabama and Charles E. Allen for the purpose of hiring convicts as farm laborers; legal contracts between Charles E. Allan and tenant farmers; mortgages on Farms to enable farmers to plant crops; and Cancelled checks and bank statements from First National Bank of Demopolis, Alabama, and accounts of cotton sales handles by First National Bank for Charles E. Allen (these items are unarranged)....
Dates: 1889 - 1901

Financial Papers

 File — Box: 251, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Correspondence and documents concerning various business aspects, including: contracts between State of Alabama and Charles E. Allen for the purpose of hiring convicts as farm laborers; legal contracts between Charles E. Allan and tenant farmers; mortgages on Farms to enable farmers to plant crops; and Cancelled checks and bank statements from First National Bank of Demopolis, Alabama, and accounts of cotton sales handles by First National Bank for Charles E. Allen (these items are unarranged)....
Dates: 1860 August 30 - 1943 May 23

Miscellaneous Papers, 1870 - 1905

 File — Box: 251, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Personal correspondence and other documents, including: school performance evaluations, letters to Charles E. Allen, property tax forms, Knights of Pythias (notices of meetings, dues, and receipts of dues), appointment as trustee to Marengo Board of Education. Arranged chronologically.
Dates: 1870 - 1905

Envelopes

 File — Box: 251, Folder: 26/A
Scope and Contents From the Series: Envelopes removed from correspondence in Allen Family Papers. Some still retain stamps. Several are highly decorated with advertisements. Items are unarranged.
Dates: 1848 - 1905

Envelopes

 File — Box: 251, Folder: 26/B
Scope and Contents From the Series: Envelopes removed from correspondence in Allen Family Papers. Some still retain stamps. Several are highly decorated with advertisements. Items are unarranged.
Dates: 1848 - 1905

Miscellaneous Papers, 1854, 1862-1865, 1866, 1876

 Series — Box: 251, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents Undated land maps, soap receipes, tax forms, and letters unrelated to the Allen Family. Chronologically arranged.
Dates: 1854, 1862-1865, 1866, 1876