Court case files, 1878-1889.

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Court case files, 1878-1889.

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This series contains the files of material collected by the State Auditor for cases in which the state was the plaintiff in efforts to retrieve money owed it, specifically for taxes due to the state, from tax collectors or other individuals. The files contain correspondence and reports from attorneys, government officials, and others involved in the case giving information on the case or the individual in question. Cases represented include the State vs. individuals such as James W. Gullatt, S.D. Houston, W.J. Hutchinson, E.L. James, W.R. Julian, John C. McBride, W.H.H. McDonald, B.D. Williams, W.G. Britton, and S.A. Dauphin. Of particular interest are items relating to State Treasurer, Isaac H. Vincent, who disappeared from the state in 1883 with over $230,000 in state funds.

13 folders.

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6696680

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama. State Auditor (1875- )

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Authorities: Alabama Constitution of 1901, Including Amendments Ratified in 1966. Article V, Section 116. (Charlottesville: The Michie Company, 1967). Brookings, Robert S. Organization and Administration of the State Government of Alabama. (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Government Research of the Brookings Institution, 1932). The Code of Alabama. The Constitution of 1819: Article IV, Sec. 23 (p. 73), 1907; The Constitution of 1868: Article V, Se...

Alabama. State Treasurer (1819- ).

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Authorities: Alabama Government Manual. Sixth edition. Atlanta: Darby Printing Company. 1982. Clay, C.C. Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama. Tuscaloosa: Marmaduke J. Slade, 1843. Code of Alabama 1975, 36:17:1-19. Charlottesville: The Michie Company, 1977. Markley, Anne Ethelyn. Author Headings for the Official Publications of the State of Alabama. Chicago: American Library Association, 1948. Toulmin, Harry. Digest o...

James, E. Lincoln

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Brunson, T.M.

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Britton, W.G.

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Dauphin, S.A.

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McDavid, W.H.H.

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Gullatt, James W.

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Hutchinson, W.J.

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Houston, Samuel H.

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Samuel Houston, Jr. (1843-1894) was the eldest of eight children of Sam and Margaret Moffette (Lea) Houston. Born at Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, he attended Bastrop Military Institute (later the Texas Military Institute, Austin) but joined the Confederate Army in 1861 before he could finish. He fought at the Battle of Shiloh (1862). After his capture during the battle, he was incarcerated for several months at Camp Douglas. Upon the end of the Civil War, Houston stu...

McBride, John, 1943-

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Williams, B.D.

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Vincent, Isaac H.

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Julian, W.R.

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