Box 251
Container
Contains 6 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
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