Box 1756

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This collection consists of a poem and a watercolor by Ethel Creighton featuring the Old Spanish Tower in Mobile, Alabama.

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Excerpts from the diary of John G. Traylor (1817-43), an early Dallas County, Alabama resident, a genealogy of the Traylor family, and a history of the town of Pleasant Hill, Dallas County, Alabama.

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Contains minutes, reports, member information, notes, and a flyer of this Montgomery, Alabama, and possibly Brewton, Alabama, organization

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A copy of Stuart's 1913 memoir, which discusses his early life, Civil War service in the Fourth Alabama Cavalry Regiment, and his move to Utah in 1872.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains a letter dated 5 September 1813, from St. Stephens, Alabama, to his parents in which Griffin states that he has traveled fifty miles in flight from Indians, who killed more than 400 people in five days. On 30 August 1813, Creek Indians under the leadership of William Weatherford, also known as Red Eagle, attacked white settlers at Fort Mims near the convergence of the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers, killing approximately 500 people. Although Griffin and his family...

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This collection consists of a manuscript written by W.S. Hoole, read to the Darlington Historical Society, October 7, 1967.

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A copy of Wallace's paper, written for History 415: The New South at the University of Alabama.