Papers, 1852-1914.

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Papers, 1852-1914.

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This collection contains a diary, with entries by Solomon, Maude, and Lyda Palmer, though the bulk of the diary contains entries made by Solomon. There are some clippings and cards in the diary. In addition, there is a memorial to Palmer, 1896, and a posthumous diploma, 1914, from the University of Alabama. The diary of Solomon Palmer, 1852-1893, contains Palmer, Law, and Bell genealogical information, and is autobiographical from 1839-1866. There are gaps. He generally made brief, descriptive entries that cover various events. Among the subjects discussed are: education, family illnesses, the U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, service in the C.S.A., 19th Ala. Infantry Regiment, teaching school in Blount Co., being a lawyer and Justice of the Peace, the Ku Klux Klan, the growth of Birmingham, work for the Democratic Party, Grover Cleveland, service as a preacher, law partnerships, and the East Lake Atheneum. The diary also contains two sermons of Solomon Palmer, 1872; clippings, n.d.; gift cards, 1914 and n.d.; and brief diaries of Lyda and Maude Elizabeth Palmer. The diary of Lyda Palmer covers the period 1894 Oct. 31 only. There are also two undated photos of unidentified children. The diary of Maude Elizabeth Palmer, 1900-1904, discusses her life in Warrenton, Va., and in Ala., and primarily covers current fashion and trips she made. The clippings, n.d., contain information on Solomon Palmer, Sardenia A. Timmons, Lyda V. Palmer, poetry, and other subjects. The gift cards were all addressed to Virginia L. Palmer, and contained notes that accompanied gifts to her. An index to the diary precede the typescript copy of the diary.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6736496

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)

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Democratic Party (Ala.)

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The 1860 Democratic National Convention was one of the crucial events in the lead-up to the American Civil War. The official Democratic national convention adjourned in deadlock without choosing a candidate for President. A resumed official convention nominated Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois for President and former Senator Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia for Vice President. A "rump" convention, primarily Southerners, nominated Vice President John C. Breckinridge for Presiden...

Law family.

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Palmer family.

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Solomon Palmer was born 1839 Aug. 23 to Solomon and Elizabeth H. Palmer in Blount County, Ala. He graduated from the University of Ala., 1861, and fought in the Civil War as part of the 19th Ala. Infantry Regiment. He represented Blount Co. in the Ala. Legislature, 1865-1867. On 1867 Feb. 24 he married Virginia A. Law. During the marriage they had seven daughters and one son. In 1870 Solomon was admitted to the bar. In 1874 the family moved to Guntersville, where he edit...

Palmer, Maude Elizabeth, b.1874.

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Palmer, Solomon, 1839-1896.

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Timmons, Sardonia A.

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East Lake Atheneum (Ala.)

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Bell family.

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Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

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Grover Cleveland, born in Caldwell, NJ, 18 March 1837; moved to Buffalo, NY in 1855; Erie County Sheriff, 1871-1874; Mayor of Buffalo, 1882; Governor of New York, 1883-1884; President of the United States, 1885-1889, 1893-1897; married Frances Folsom, 1886; died at Princeton, NJ, 24 June 1908....

Palmer, Virginia C.

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Palmer, Lyda V., b.1879.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 19th

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