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Alabama. Governor (1837-1841 : Bagby). Administrative files, 1829-1841.

Title: Administrative files, 1829-1841.

The Governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activities used to accomplish this function is the administering of executive decisions and actions. This series consists of the administrative files of Governor Arthur P. Bagby and contains correspondence, reports, petitions, copies of laws and resolutions, and circulars. Much of the series deals with the state's economic climate, especially the status of the State Banks, and politics in general. The presidential election of 1840, Bagby's reelection in 1839, and the abolition movement figure prominently in much of the political correspondence. Other prominent topics include the vulnerability of the Mt. Vernon Arsenal, improvement of navigation on the Tombigbee River, construction of the state penitentiary at Wetumpka (1839-1841), and various functions and activities at the University of Alabama. At a more specific level, the series contains an 1840 petition from citizens of Escambia County in West Florida requesting annexation to the state of Alabama; petitions and correspondence concerning the passage of a National Bankrupt Law; a letter about sixteenth section land transactions dated 1841; an argument delivered on 1838 March 1 before the state supreme court about dueling; correspondence from Joseph E. Caro regarding the translation of Spanish and French documents in the Mobile County Clerk's office; and correspondence and circulars from Aaron H. Palmer, Director of the American and Foreign Agency, promoting the agency and soliciting to represent the state of Alabama in its European business transactions. Among the correspondents are national figures such as William H. Seward and Daniel Webster, and state figures such as Clement Comer Clay; William R. King; William R. Hallett, a prominent Mobile banker who advised Bagby on economic and political issues; and Basil Manley, the second president of the University of Alabama. Other correspondents include: J.G. Lyon, William B. Norris, William Hale, William Thaddeus Sanford, Reuben Saffold, T.L. Toulmin, and John B. Hogan. Because a large number of Bagby's correspondents resided in Mobile, the affairs of this community are discussed frequently.

ArchivalResource: Copies: 3 microfilm reels.

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Centerville Academy (Ala.). Records, 1833-1873.

Title: Records, 1833-1873.

Records, 1833-1873, including specifications for carpenters and joiners, receipts, accounts, at least one contract, and bills. Among those prominently mentioned are Thomas Crawford, Enoch Carson of Carson & Howard, Edward H. Moren, William B. Norris, H.A. Smith, Henry Youngblood, and Hardy Johnson. There is one resolution, n.d., allowing the faculty to hire an assistant. It was signed by F.M. Reese.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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