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Jones, Thomas Goode, 1844-1914. Papers, 1861-1914.

Title: Papers, 1861-1914.

This collection contains the private correspondence of Thomas Goode Jones from 1861-1914. In addition to the correspondence, the collection includes financial records, court papers, newspaper clipping, and documents pertaining to railroad regulation. A map showing land ownership in Township 20, Range 10 East in Randolph county is also a part of the collection. The collection deals with topics such as railroad regulation, political appointments, and Jones' private business ventures. Correspondence of Jones' secretary E. L. May is also included in the papers.

ArchivalResource: 10 cubic ft. (10 records center boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122538361 View

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

Title: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

A collection of images, manuscripts, and printed material, mostly relating to the Massachusetts soldiers and regiments in the American Civil War. Some material relates to other Union regiments and the Confederate States of America.

ArchivalResource: 47 linear feet (143 boxes, 2 volumes)

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Alabama. Governor (1882-1886 : E.A. O'Neal). Appointments files, 1882-1886.

Title: Appointments files, 1882-1886.

The governor of Ala. is responsible for making appointments to various state and local offices and for signing grants and commissions. This series consists of letters and petitions relating to appointments, appointment recommendations, and resignations. The main state-appointed positions, for which petitions and letters of recommendations were sent to the governor, are watchman of the capitol building and grounds, Ordnance Sergeant of the Ala. troops, and Inspectors of the Penitentiary (also referred to as Inspector of Convicts). In 1885, the title "Board of Inspectors of the Penitentiary" was legislatively changed to "Board of Inspectors of Convicts." Another position for which petitions and letters were sent is for the office of judge of the seventh judicial circuit of Ala. Some of the letters are to or from William C. Oates, J.L. Pugh, prison inspector J.H. Judkins, the governor's private secretary Robert McKee, attorney J.G. Harris, and former Governor Rufus Wills Cobb. Also included are letters about Rufus Wills Cobb, J.H. Judkins, and J.G. Harris. The letter from Robert McKee is a recommendation for Dr. Henry J. Winn of Birmingham to be appointed to the position of Superintendent of Convicts. The letters from and about Rufus Wills Cobb pertain to his appointment as judge of the seventh judicial circuit of Ala. The oversized folder contains the appointment of James W. Lapsley to the office of agent of the State of Ala. within the Republic of Mexico, ordering him to return Isaac H. Vincent to Ala.

ArchivalResource: 10 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122557809 View

Oates, William C. (William Calvin), 1835-1910. Papers, 1880-1904.

Title: Papers, 1880-1904.

Papers, 1890-1904, including letters, a broadside, notes, and a receipt. There are two letters. In the first, 1880 July 4, from Oates, in Abbeville, Barbour Co., Ala., to Col.?, is discussed a bill introduced into the U.S. Congress by Hilary A. Herbert in which the U.S. Senate would decide in the occasion that two governments should be established in the same state in opposition to each other. Oates revealed his position on that issue, and his friendship with Herbert. In the second, 1896 Jan. 8, from Oates to Governor Joseph F. Johnston, is discussed the $300,000 loan at six percent interest Oates contracted for the state of Ala., $100,000 on his note as governor, and $200,000 on Ala. Auditor's warrants. The loan was made through General R.N. Nelson with a New York bank, the Mercantile National Bank, via a note. There is a copy of the note at the bottom of the letter. The broadside, 1896, entitled "Open Letter by the Governor," presents Oates position on the $300,000 loan after the Populist paper, "The Plain Truth," accused him and several others of personally profiting from the loan. The notes, n.d., detail Ala. participation in the Civil War, including a listing of major generals and brigadier generals, some comparisons between the Union and Confederate armies and prison deaths, and an estimation of the monetary cost of the war.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122581419 View

Wheeler family. Papers, 1809-1943.

Title: Papers, 1809-1943.

Papers, 1809-1943, that belonged to General Joseph Wheeler consist of genealogical and biographical material, letters and correspondence, financial and business records, legal notes, military reports, speeches, printed material, maps, scrapbooks, and photographs. Additionally, the family subgroups contain a wide variety of papers, including letters, invoices, receipts, account books, legal instruments, real property documents, work contracts, and other material that testify to the family's business and legal activities. The collection documents primarily the public service career of Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906) as a Confederate and, later, as a U.S. general, and, more fully, his almost-two decades as a U.S. Representative from Ala. The bulk of political papers are letters, telegrams, and postcards sent to him in Washington. Unfortunately, Wheeler did not regularly keep records of his responses until the late 1890s, and then only during the months he was on active duty. Within the Political/Post-political series of the Joseph Wheeler subgroup, the letters and correspondence cover such topics as patronage, a variety of U.S. Postal Service issues, military appropriations, claims and pension settlements, the development of Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River, Alabama politics, the free silver issue, and the Spanish-American and Civil wars, on which he wrote extensively. Other topics include tariff issues, elections, education, and African American soldiers' claims. The Joseph Wheeler papers also include letters and correspondence on personal and family matters as well as financial, business, and legal topics, the latter being generated by the extensive and complicated Wheeler real property lawsuits.

ArchivalResource: 70 cubic ft. (145 archives boxes, 4 oversized containers, and 51 volumes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122537924 View

Oates, William C. (William Calvin), 1835-1910. Address of William C. Oates, 1946.

Title: Address of William C. Oates, 1946.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79454765 View

Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943. Alabama pamphlets collection, 1821-1961.

Title: Alabama pamphlets collection, 1821-1961.

Pamphlets, 1821-1961, that were collected by employees of the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History. The pamphlets were collected because either they were written by an Alabamian or cover an Alabama-related subject. Topics covered in the collection include education, medicine, religion, politics, U.S. foreign and domestic policies, agriculture, racial issues, history, economics, and slavery. Some of the pamphlet authors include George Washington Carver, Walter L. Fleming, William T. Hamilton, Roland M. Harper, J. Thomas Heflin, Richmond P. Hobson, Ernest G. Holt, George Huddleston, Thomas G. Jones, John B. Knox, John T. Morgan, William C. Oates, Eugene A. Smith, William H. Thomas, Oscar W. Underwood, Booker T. Washington, Ariosto A. Wiley, Richard H. Wilmer, Justin Winsor, and William L. Yancey.

ArchivalResource: 13 cubic ft. (13 records center cartons).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122498782 View