Box 18

The collection contains a mid-nineteenth-century cookbook and extracts from scrapbook of Mrs. Alexander (Charity Sophia) Brett. Includes a "Cure for Cancer," a "New broth for the sick," a "remedy for cholera," etc.

The collection contains two typescript copies of a letter, dated 15 October 1919, to Peter A. Brannon, state archivist, describing Bird H. Young, model for nineteenth century author Johnson J. Hooper's (1815-1862) character Simon Suggs. Copied 5 May 1948, from the original in the possession of Peter A. Brannon.

The collection contains an 1834 letter written from Tuscaloosa to his aunt, Mrs. Robert W. Withers of Erie, Greene County, Alabama and a biographical sketch, author and date unknown, which includes information on Clay's political career, wedding, and friends.

The collection contains photocopies of the papers, including personal correspondence, bills, receipts, business correspondence, etc., of the Crenshaw family. There is also a list of Crenshaw family letters available at the state archives, a typed transcript of a letter from Edward Crenshaw, written from the University of Alabama, 28 November 1858, and biographical information on the Crenshaw family.